You can inform the Künstlersozialkasse online or by post about your career change.
Online notification:
- Call up the online form on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de. This will guide you step by step through the necessary information, which you can enter electronically.
- Note: You will need your electronic ID document to register for the online form.
- It will take you about 15 minutes to complete the online form.
- First enter your personal details, including your insurance number. You will find this in the top right-hand corner of the letter from the Künstlersozialkasse.
- On the next page, select your request.
- When you make your selection, you will receive general information about your request.
- You then provide more detailed information about your request and upload any required documents.
Notification by post:
- If you wish to notify the start or end of dependent employment, fill in the PDF form "Notification of the start/end of dependent employment" on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
- If you wish to notify the receipt or end of unemployment benefit or citizen's allowance, please complete the PDF form "Notification of receipt / end of receipt of unemployment benefit I and II or citizen's allowance" on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
- If you wish to notify the commencement or termination of a course of study, please complete the PDF form "Notification of commencement / termination of a course of study" on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
- If you wish to report the commencement of a self-employed non-artistic or non-publishing activity or the registration of such a business, please complete the PDF form "Notification of the commencement of a self-employed non-artistic/non-publishing activity" on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
- If you wish to report the cessation of a self-employed non-artistic or non-publishing activity or the deregistration of such a business, please complete the PDF form "Notification of the cessation of a self-employed non-artistic/non-publishing activity or the deregistration of the business" on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
- Please inform us informally of all other changes to your professional situation.
- Please always include your insurance number. You will find this in the top right-hand corner of the letter from the Künstlersozialkasse.
- Sign your informal notification or the printed PDF form and enclose the required documents.
- Send everything together to the Künstlersozialkasse.
Please answer any queries from the Künstlersozialkasse immediately.
The Künstlersozialkasse will check your details and inform you by post if and how your insurance status has changed.