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Yes — German law requires you to deregister (Abmeldung) within 14 days of moving out of your address. If you skip it, you stay legally liable for Rundfunkbeitrag, taxes, and any official mail that lands at the address you left. Most people deregister the week before they leave; you can also do it up to 7 days after your move date.

In theory yes, in practice it gets messy. The Bürgeramt expects the form signed by you in person or with a notarised power of attorney. Once you are outside Germany, you need a German consulate signature or an apostilled translation. That takes 4–8 weeks and costs more than the deregistration itself. The cleaner path: handle it before you leave, or have us submit it for you.

The Abmeldebestätigung is your proof of deregistration. The Bürgeramt issues it the moment your Abmeldung is processed. You need it to cancel your Rundfunkbeitrag, get a pension refund, close certain bank accounts, prove tax residency in your next country, and — for non-EU citizens — surrender your residence permit. Keep the PDF, you will use it 4–6 times in the months after you leave.

The Abmeldung itself takes 15 minutes at the Bürgeramt (or about 5 minutes if we do it for you online). The follow-on cancellations — Rundfunkbeitrag, health insurance, car deregistration, pension refund — stretch over 3 to 6 months. The pension refund alone has a 24-month waiting period after your last German contribution. Plan for a process, not a single appointment.

The Rundfunkbeitrag keeps charging EUR 18.36/month until you actively cancel it. Your Abmeldung does not stop it automatically. Send the Abmeldebestätigung plus a one-page cancellation letter to the Beitragsservice; they refund any overpayment within 4–6 weeks. One catch: if you cancel late, the refund is only retroactive to your Abmeldung date, not to the day you actually left.

Yes — if you are a non-EU citizen and have not paid into the Deutsche Rentenversicherung for the minimum vesting period (5 years / 60 months). You can apply 24 months after your last contribution. The average refund is EUR 8,000–25,000 depending on contribution history. EU citizens cannot get a refund but keep the contributions credited toward their pension in their home country.

Same team, same expertise, two languages. abmelden.de serves German-speaking customers; deregistration.de is the English-language service for international expats. Both run on the same processing engine, the same case management, the same Oliver. If you are comfortable in German, abmelden.de gives you the native experience. If you would rather work in English, deregistration.de is built for that.

Starter is EUR 69.90 — we file the Abmeldung for you, you get the Abmeldebestätigung emailed within 1–3 weeks. Comfort at EUR 109.90 adds Rundfunkbeitrag cancellation and the standard follow-up correspondence. All-Inclusive at EUR 199.90 covers everything: deregistration, broadcasting fee, insurance cancellations, and priority support for the full 3 months after you leave. Pension refund is a separate service with success-based pricing (9.405% of the refunded amount, minimum EUR 854.05).

Your passport or national ID, your German address (street + city + postal code), and your move-out date. For Comfort and All-Inclusive: also your Rundfunkbeitrag number (the 9-digit code on every invoice from the Beitragsservice) and any contracts you want us to cancel — phone, internet, gym, insurance. We send you a short intake form once you start; takes 5 minutes.

Then you do not deregister — you re-register at your new Bürgeramt (Anmeldung) within 14 days. The new registration automatically updates the old one. deregistration.de is built for people leaving Germany entirely; if you are moving from Berlin to Munich, you do not need us.