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Register as a jobseeker
As an employee, you are legally obliged to register as a jobseeker with the Employment Agency no later than 3 months before the end of your employment relationship. If you have learned of the end of your employment relationship less than 3 months in advance, you must register as a jobseeker within 3 days.
The same applies if you are doing an off-the-job training and you are subsequently threatened with unemployment.
After your jobseeker registration, the Employment Agency will support you in your search for a suitable job.
In general, you should register as a jobseeker with the Employment Agency as early as possible if
- you have been dismissed,
- your fixed-term employment contract expires,
- you have concluded a termination agreement with your employer by mutual agreement,
- you are looking for work again after a long illness,
- the school, vocational training or studies are coming to an end and you do not yet have a firm contractual prospect of a job or training place,
- you want to return to work after longer periods of child-rearing or
- You are looking for work for other reasons.
You can register with the Employment Agency online, in writing, by telephone or in person as a jobseeker. If you do not personally register as a jobseeker with the Employment Agency, you must do so at a later date, at the latest on the first day of unemployment.
Written:
- Within the deadline, send an informal letter or fax to your competent department of the Employment Agency or to the general address of the Employment Agency.
- Provide your name and address, as well as when your employment ends and that you want to register as a jobseeker.
- The Employment Agency will then contact you for a consultation appointment.
Telephonic:
- Call the service hotline within the deadline and let them know that you want to register as a jobseeker.
- The Employment Agency will then arrange a consultation appointment with you.
Online:
- Log in to the portal of the Employment Agency.
- Choose there that you want to register as a jobseeker.
- Fill in the fields provided.
- The Employment Agency will then contact you for a consultation appointment.
Personal:
- Within the deadline, visit the department of the Employment Agency responsible for you and register there as a jobseeker.
- If possible, you will receive a consultation immediately. If this is not possible, you will receive a consultation appointment.
- You are currently in an apprenticeship or employment relationship that will end soon
- You can also continue to work for at least 15 hours a week, subject to compulsory insurance.
- Identity document (identity card or passport and registration certificate) when registering personally for a jobseeker at the Employment Agency
- Registration before the online jobseeker registration on the website of the Federal Employment Agency
Register as a jobseeker: At least 3 months before the end of your employment or external training relationship.
If you only find out afterwards that your employment or training will end in less than 3 months, you must register as a jobseeker with the Employment Agency within 3 days.
Usually several minutes, the personal consultation on site usually takes between 30 and 60 minutes. To be on the safe side, allow a little more time.
Forms: none
Online procedure possible: yes (to meet the deadline)
Written form required: no
Personal appearance necessary: yes
The online display of the jobseeker's registration is not in itself a legally effective jobseeker's registration. It serves solely to meet the deadline. The personal jobseeker's report must be made up at the latest on the first day of unemployment.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)