1
Your children
Add each child — age and country determine coordination rules.
🏠 Family home country — where the family lives (used when a child studies abroad temporarily)
2
Parents' situation
Where does each parent work or receive social insurance?
👨👩👧 Family situation
Are the parents living together?
✅ Yes — one household
❌ Separated — children live with Parent B
❌ Separated — children live with Parent A
🔄 Shared / alternating custody
A
Applying parent / primary claimant
Country of work / social insurance
Employment / income status
Employed / Self-employed
Work-related benefit
Pension / Disability
Not working
B
Other parent / co-parent
Country of residence / work
Employment / income status
Not working
Employed / Self-employed
Work-related benefit
Pension / Disability
Status definitions
Employed / Self-employed — regular job, part-time, agency, freelance, own business, Gewerbe, Minijob with social insurance, daily cross-border commuter (Grenzgänger)
Work-related benefit — unemployment benefit (ALG I, JSA, PUP…), statutory sick pay, maternity / paternity pay linked to prior employment, Elterngeld
Pension / Disability — old-age or disability pension from any country. Treated as employment-equivalent in most EU countries for child benefit purposes.
Not working — homemaker, insured through partner, unemployed without benefit, registered at job centre without payment, full-time student
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