Apply for voluntary continued insurance in the social long-term care insurance scheme

You can submit the application for continued insurance by post, for example, or - in the case of many long-term care insurance funds - in person at the office or online.

• Fill out the application form from your long-term care insurance fund and submit it to the long-term care insurance fund together with the documents required in the individual case. The application can also be submitted informally.
• The long-term care insurance fund will check whether you meet the requirements for voluntary membership and inform you of the result.
  

• You already had statutory long-term care insurance, either
  • without interruption in the past 12 months or
  • for a total of at least 24 months in the past 5 years
• You do not have any other long-term care insurance, for example through your statutory or private health insurance
  

In general, you do not need to submit any documents to apply for continued insurance. Depending on the specific case, your long-term care insurance fund may require further documents.

You do not have to pay anything for the application.

You must apply for continued insurance no later than 3 months after leaving compulsory insurance or family insurance.

If your compulsory insurance ends because you move abroad, you must apply for continued insurance no later than 1 month after you cease to be subject to compulsory insurance.

Processing normally takes around 2 to 5 working days.
In order to process and decide quickly, your long-term care insurance fund must have the necessary information and any required documents in a complete and meaningful form.
The long-term care insurance fund decides on applications promptly.
Please note that the processing time indicated is an average value for all long-term care insurance funds. It may vary in individual cases.
The exact processing time also depends on the complexity of the individual case and may be longer. The same applies if documents or records are sent to you or your long-term care insurance fund by post.

• §26 Eleventh Book of the Social Code (SGB XI)

• Appeal
• After receiving the notice of objection: Legal action before the social court

- Forms: yes

- Online procedure possible: Many long-term care insurance companies offer an online procedure.

- Written form required: no

- Personal appearance necessary: no

• Application for continued insurance via the health insurance navigator of the GKV-Spitzenverband

28.10.2021