Administrative services A-Z

• Form: Federal Employment Agency: Notify changes online (in the case of receipt of basic security benefits for jobseekers according to the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II), notification to your local job center)
• Online procedure possible: yes, in job centres of the Employment Agency
• Written form required: yes
• Personal appearance required: no

If you live in the following districts and receive SGB II benefits, the procedure may be different:

• Havelland
• Oberhavel
• Oder-Spree
• Ostprignitz-Ruppin
• Potsdam-Mittelmark
• Spree-Neisse
• Uckermark

If there are changes in your personal situation during your unemployment, these often have an impact on your entitlement to unemployment benefit I or unemployment benefit II. You must immediately report any change in your personal circumstances to your local job centre.

For example, you need to report:

• Absence
• Move
• Sideline
• Operational
• Commencement of training
• Independence
• Study
• Parental leave
• Old-age pension
• Disability pension
• Maternity protection
• Internship
• School attendance
• Volunteer
• Military exercise
• Other opt-out

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Changes to your personal situation should be communicated in writing:

• Register with the Employment Agency.
• Once you have registered, you can use the online service of the Employment Agency to notify us of any changes.
• However, you can also send the change notification by post to the responsible job center or hand it in personally to your responsible job center.

Federal Employment Agency or, if you receive basic security benefits for jobseekers in accordance with the Second Book of the Social Code, your local job centre.

Note: If you cannot find your responsible job centre via the office finder on the website of the Federal Employment Agency, please visit the website of the job centre.

• Office finder on the website of the Federal Employment Agency

• First Book of the Social Code (SGB I)
• Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II)
• Third Book of the Social Code (SGB III)

• Leaflet for the unemployed
• Leaflet Citizen's Allowance - Basic Security for Job Seekers
• Information on rights and obligations for jobseekers and unemployed persons without unemployment benefit
• Things to know about moving and travelling when receiving unemployment benefits

Federal Employment Agency