The next step
Let's get your application ready
You have to file for Elterngeld either way. We make sure it takes 15 minutes instead of an evening of Google Translate and second-guessing.
- 1.Add your personal details on top of your free Elterngeld plan
- 2.Get your pre-filled 23-page application
- 3.Print, sign, and mail it with the birth certificate
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- Pay only when you download
- Takes 15 minutes
- GDPR compliant
Keep these documents close by and you'll fly through it
Grab your Steuer-ID, IBAN, employer details (or your last Steuerbescheid if you're self-employed), the past 12 months of payslips, your Krankenkasse info, and your baby's due date. With all of that within reach, the whole thing takes around 15 minutes.
About your deadline
You have 3 months after birth to submit. Every month past the deadline is one full month of Basiselterngeld permanently lost. The application can't be sent before birth because you need the certificate, but everything else can be ready and waiting, so the day it arrives you just drop the envelope in the mail.
One price, no upsells
€49, one-time. Walk through the questions first, then pay when you're ready to download the finished PDF. No upsells, no hidden fees.
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Marijke · Hamburg