I did my Anmeldung in Germany about a month ago, but I’m still waiting for my Tax ID letter. Is it normal it takes so long?
September 20, 2024
I did my Anmeldung in Germany about a month ago, but I’m still waiting for my Tax ID letter. Is it normal it takes so long?
by Suitable-Pace-524
15 comments
Welcome to Germany buddy
You can send an email to your local Finanzamt and ask them to send it (by post). Sharing a template that I’ve used in the past.
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Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
ich bin am xx.xx.xxxx nach Deutschland gezogen und habe mich am xx.xx.xxxx beim Bürgeramt angemeldet. Ich habe meine Steuer-ID noch nicht erhalten. Können Sie mir bitte meine Steuer-ID per Post zusenden? Vorname: xxxxxx Nachname: xxxxxxxx Geburtsdatum: xx.xx.xxxx Geburtsort: xxxxxxxxx Anschrift: xxxxxx
Mit freundlichen Grüßen xxxxxxx
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Dear Sir or Madam,
I moved to Germany on xx.xx.xxxx and registered with the Bürgeramt on xx.xx.xxxx. I have not yet received my tax ID. Can you please send me my tax ID by post?
First name: xxxxxx Surname: xxxxxxxx Date of birth: xx.xx.xxxx Place of birth: xxxxxxxxx Address: xxxxxx
Yours sincerely xxxxxxx
I waited 3 months before i said fuck it and walked in to get one printed out in person.
if you need the tax ID before the letter arrives, you can visit the local finanzamt (in some places without appointment, in some it requires an appointment) to get it in person with your passport
I didn’t get my Tax ID number until I officially signed up for health insurance. Then the health insurance provided me with the number. But you need the registration to get health insurance so that’s probably the next step.
It was a year, and I still haven’t received it. Just go to nearest Finanzamt yourself and ask for it, all procedure will take 5 minutes.
Got mine in 3 days, because I went to pick it up by myself. Figured it would be less of a hustle. Maybe try to pay a visit to the office.
Mine never came after one year being here. And I requested a new one after I moved.
Up to 8 weeks had to get mine again few weeks ago..
welcome to the german bureaucracy
Oh gosh, why do you even ask 😂
Yes, German bureaucracy is slooooow.
After my wife applied for her visa, the tax ID letter was in the mail even before she received her visa grant letter 😂
My kids got their tax ID maybe 2 days after their birth ways before we got the birth certificates.
It will take even longer than that…
What do you expect!? It was August, people go on holiday! Do government workers not have the right to go on holiday!? Do you know how many vacancies there are!? Do you know how many forms have to be filled in, in triplicate, and each copy must be checked!?
/s
Welcome to Germany! Where the government decided that no more technological innovation was required after 2006
15 comments
Welcome to Germany buddy
You can send an email to your local Finanzamt and ask them to send it (by post). Sharing a template that I’ve used in the past.
—
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
ich bin am xx.xx.xxxx nach Deutschland gezogen und habe mich am xx.xx.xxxx beim Bürgeramt angemeldet. Ich habe meine Steuer-ID noch nicht erhalten. Können Sie mir bitte meine Steuer-ID per Post zusenden?
Vorname: xxxxxx
Nachname: xxxxxxxx
Geburtsdatum: xx.xx.xxxx
Geburtsort: xxxxxxxxx
Anschrift: xxxxxx
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
xxxxxxx
—
Dear Sir or Madam,
I moved to Germany on xx.xx.xxxx and registered with the Bürgeramt on xx.xx.xxxx. I have not yet received my tax ID. Can you please send me my tax ID by post?
First name: xxxxxx
Surname: xxxxxxxx
Date of birth: xx.xx.xxxx
Place of birth: xxxxxxxxx
Address: xxxxxx
Yours sincerely
xxxxxxx
I waited 3 months before i said fuck it and walked in to get one printed out in person.
if you need the tax ID before the letter arrives, you can visit the local finanzamt (in some places without appointment, in some it requires an appointment) to get it in person with your passport
I didn’t get my Tax ID number until I officially signed up for health insurance. Then the health insurance provided me with the number. But you need the registration to get health insurance so that’s probably the next step.
It was a year, and I still haven’t received it. Just go to nearest Finanzamt yourself and ask for it, all procedure will take 5 minutes.
Got mine in 3 days, because I went to pick it up by myself. Figured it would be less of a hustle. Maybe try to pay a visit to the office.
Mine never came after one year being here. And I requested a new one after I moved.
Up to 8 weeks had to get mine again few weeks ago..
welcome to the german bureaucracy
Oh gosh, why do you even ask 😂
Yes, German bureaucracy is slooooow.
After my wife applied for her visa, the tax ID letter was in the mail even before she received her visa grant letter 😂
My kids got their tax ID maybe 2 days after their birth ways before we got the birth certificates.
It will take even longer than that…
What do you expect!? It was August, people go on holiday! Do government workers not have the right to go on holiday!? Do you know how many vacancies there are!? Do you know how many forms have to be filled in, in triplicate, and each copy must be checked!?
/s
Welcome to Germany! Where the government decided that no more technological innovation was required after 2006