This process step becomes active as soon as you have selected the "I would like to insure myself as ..." field.
For further information, please refer to question 3 “What notice period must be observed?” under Questions and Answers
Due to legal requirements, only persons over the age of 15 are permitted to change health insurance companies.
You will find your pension insurance number (Rentenversicherungsnummer) example "12 123456 M 123" on your social security card, salary statement or pension approval certificate.
Address data not found?
You can now enter your address manually.
It is not mandatory to mention your telephone or mobile phone number. However, this information will help us reach you quickly in case of any queries.
Your email address is required for authentication. Once we receive your application, an email with a confirmation link is sent to the address provided by you.
Please indicate when the (current) semester for which you are enrolled starts.
The statutory compulsory insurance of a student terminates at the end of the semester in which the student reaches the age of 30. In exceptional cases, it is possible to extend the compulsory insurance.
Please upload a corresponding proof in step 3 of this application.
Your university is automatically informed about your insurance through the automatic notification procedure.
Before beginning their studies, students who are insured by a private health insurance can request to be exempted from the statutory compulsory health insurance. This is valid for the entire period of study and cannot be revoked.
If you have entitlement to aid/medical care, we require appropriate proof of this.
If you are studying in Germany temporarily and are a resident of a certain EU/EEA country, your foreign health insurance will continue to exist. However, the German legislation will apply as soon as you take up employment during your studies. We would be pleased to schedule a personal consultation to check the conditions under which a switch to statutory health insurance is possible.
If the employment is not fixed-term, please indicate an expected end date for it. For example, the date of the regular end of the study programme.
Your employer's company number is 8 digits and you can find this number on your employer's social security statement or on your contribution statement.
If the remuneration of further employment is more than 450,00€ per month, please indicate Yes.
If you are a shareholder or managing director, please send the AOK your shareholder agreement or proof of your managing director's salary as evidence.
To be able to insure you appropriately, we require information on the amount in euros of your annual income from self-employment/freelance work. You can find this information in your current notice of income tax assessment. Please send a copy of this notice to your AOK.
Note: If you have little or no income, please indicate how you support yourself (e.g., parental support, support from partner, etc.) under other income
As a self-employed person or freelancer, you pay a reduced contribution rate and are not entitled to sickness benefit. If you want to insure yourself against loss of income, you can choose the statutory sickness benefit starting from the 7th week and pay the general contribution rate. You can find more information on sickness benefit at www.aok.de.
If you choose a health insurance with entitlement to statutory sickness benefit, you can take out a sickness benefit optional tariff from AOK as an individual supplement. You can find information on optional tariffs at www.aok.de.
If your monthly income is above EUR 5.550 (gross), we will insure you as a voluntary member. The gross amount of EUR 5.550 per month – EUR 66.600 Euro per year – is the statutory threshold for this. If you earn less than EUR 5.550 (gross) per month, you become a member covered by compulsory insurance.
In the following, please enter the details that apply at the time you start insurance with AOK NORDWEST. You will find this information on your notice of approval.
Please enter the details below that are applicable at the time you started your insurance with AOK NORDWEST. You will find this information on your notification of approval. (Arbeitslosengeld II)
Ihre Steueridentifikationsnummer (Steuer-ID) finden Sie beispielsweise auf Ihrem letzten Steuerbescheid oder auf Ihrer letzten Lohnsteuerkarte. Die Steuer-ID (Beispiel: 12345678901) wird benötigt, damit die AOK die Daten über die von Ihnen geleisteten Beiträge zur Krankenversicherung direkt an das zuständige Finanzamt übermitteln kann. Krankenversicherungsbeiträge werden steuerbegünstigend angerechnet.
If you would like to participate in direct debit, you will receive the SEPA Direct Debit Mandate form from AOK by post in the next few days. Alternatively, you can transfer your entire semester fee in advance to AOK itself. You will receive further details by post.
You will find your tax identification number (tax ID) on your last notice of tax assessment or on your last income tax card, for instance. The tax ID (example: 12345678901) is required so that the details of the health insurance contributions you have paid can be directly transferred to the competent tax office by AOK. Health insurance contributions are tax-deductible.
You can download the application for participation in the direct debit procedure (SEPA mandate) after completing this online application. Please sign it and send it to the AOK.
If you would like your health and nursing care insurance contributions to be debited at a later date than from the start of the insurance, please enter a date here.
We need to know whether you have children (even adopted or foster children) to be able to correctly calculate your contributions to nursing care insurance. As proof, we need a parental benefit certificate or birth certificate for instance.
If you have a partner or children who are to be insured as a family, the application for free family insurance will be sent to you separately.
You have the option of uploading the following documents directly. However, you are also welcome to send the documents by post to:
AOK NORDWEST._x000D_ 58079 Hagen
Data is collected and processed for the fulfilment of our health insurance related tasks according to § 284 Para. 1 Sentence 1 No. 1 of SGB V and of our nursing care insurance related tasks according to § 94 Para. 1 No. 1 of SGB XI for the purpose of determining the health and nursing care insurance relationship according to § 5 of SGB V and § 20 of SGB XI. Your information is required according to § 206 of SGB V and § 50 Para. 3 of SGB XI. Your membership cannot be processed in the event of lack of cooperation. Third parties or service providers commissioned by us may be the recipients of your data within the scope of legal obligations and powers of notification. General information on data processing and your rights can be found at www.aok.de/nw/datenschutzrechte. If you have any questions, please contact AOK NORDWEST – Die Gesundheitskasse, Kopenhagener Str. 1, 44269 Dortmund, kontakt@nw.aok.de or our Data Protection Officer at datenschutz@nw.aok.de.
I commission the sales partner to arrange membership of AOK NORDWEST. I declare my consent to AOK NORDWEST transmitting to the sales partner for billing purposes my identification data and the information as to whether and, if applicable, from when my membership with AOK NORDWEST has come into effect. This consent is voluntary and I can revoke it within 14 days with my "distribution partner".
I consent to AOK NORDWEST processing and using my data in order to inform and advise me in the future about the services and products of AOK NORDWEST in a targeted manner by email, including within the scope of customer surveys. I can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future - a call to the service number 0800 265 5000 is sufficient. You can only make this declaration of consent if you have reached the age of 15.
Please check whether you meet at least one of the requirements for switching to AOK NORDWEST.