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Your Elterngeld Application Tool.

Built specifically for expat families in Germany: answer simple questions in English, get your Elterngeld plan and download your completed 23-page application at the end.

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Your amountYour planYour application

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Answer one question at a time
Inside the tool

Everything you need, in one place.

One question at a time, each explained in a sentence, and only the ones your case actually needs.

Not a form to fill in. A guide that adapts.Three chapters: your amount, your plan, your application. You can go back at any point.
Your amountYour planYour application

Did you have income in the year before the birth?

Yes, as an employeeYes, as self-employedYes, as both
Get a month-by-month plan built around your familyBasis, Plus and the bonus split between you two. Every click is checked against the rules.
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Your documents

Birth certificate
✓Pay slips
✓Employer confirmation
Know exactly which documents to attach

Brutto, €/month

1.800 €/ month
See exactly how much you'll get, and for how longDownload your application, filled in and ready to signAll 23 official pages, in German, because that is what your Elterngeldstelle wants. You print it, sign it and send it.
The completed 23-page Elterngeld application
Elterngeld-Antrag.pdf23 pages
How it works

No appointment. No German required.

  1. 1

    Answer the questions

    Every question is explained in plain English, and we skip everything that does not apply to you.

  2. 2

    See your amount

    We work out what you get and how to split the months while you go.

  3. 3

    Download and send

    Print the finished application, sign it, send it to your Elterngeldstelle.

Be honest with yourself

Right for you? Or not?

This is right if

  • ✓You are employed and your income was steady
  • ✓You would rather answer simple questions than work through a German form
  • ✓You want it done today, not after an appointment

Take the Expert application instead if

  • –You are self-employed or had mixed income
  • –You live in Bavaria, we cannot serve that state yet
  • –Your case has Mutterschutz, ALG I or cross-border details
Look at the Expert application →
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Who is behind it

We know what every question is really asking.

We prepare Elterngeld applications every day, one by one. That is what went into this tool: what each question actually means, what your Elterngeldstelle really needs, and where families quietly leave money behind.

A few questions for you. 23 completed pages for the Elterngeldstelle.

Answer the questions, get your completed application and submit it to your Elterngeldstelle.

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60-day refund if the authority rejects your application because of an error in our pre-filled PDF.