# Spending time abroad
Follow your dreams of travel. But whether you are planning a semester abroad, want to visit exotic destinations or will be travelling with children in tow, safety and health are important. Here you will find information for long, short or unusual stays abroad.
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- Conducting research in another Member State as part of an education programme
- Travel documents
- Getting medical treatment in another Member State
- Health insurance rules applicable in the case of short-term or long-term stays in another Member State, including how to apply for a European Health Insurance Card
- Holding a bank account in another Member State
- Moving temporarily or permanently to another Member State
- Renting a motor vehicle
- Taking a motor vehicle temporarily or permanently to another Member State
- Voice calling and sending and receiving electronic messages and electronic data within the Union
If you want to learn the German language and find your way around independently in everyday life, you can take part in an integration course under certain conditions.
If you want to use the online ID function as a provider in your own application, you need an authorisation certificate.
The registration must be made within two weeks after moving into the (new) apartment at one of the BürgerService facilities of the Bürgeramt. Please note that different forms are offered for the registration of families and individuals. The form for the registration of individuals must also be used by persons who are moving together but who are not married or living in a registered partnership of the same sex.
In the case of immigration from abroad, personal appearance is required for all persons subject to registration.
Registration via the Internet is not possible.
Wenn Sie für Ihre gesetzliche Krankenversicherung und die Pflegeversicherung zu hohe Beiträge gezahlt haben, können Sie bei Ihrer Krankenkasse eine Erstattung beantragen.
If you are subject to compulsory statutory health insurance, you can be exempted from this in certain cases. You submit the application to your statutory health insurance fund.
The declaration of consent should show that you agree to travel abroad. They facilitate the work of the border police to prevent child abduction or the unauthorized removal of children from the sphere of influence of one or both legal guardians.
The following content is recommended for the declaration of consent:
- the personal details of your child or the other minor for whom you have custody
- Your own personal details and information about your availability
- the planned itinerary
- the personal details of adult accompanying persons
- the certification of your signature (by a notary)
- If necessary, a translation of the entire declaration of consent into the national language of the target country (for example by a translation agency)