A Mitgliedsbescheinigung or Versicherungsbescheinigung proves that you have health insurance. You get this document from your health insurer after you choose health insurance.
You need a Mitgliedsbescheinigung to…
If you have public health insurance, you get a Mitgliedsbescheinigung nach § 175 SGB V. If you have private health insurance, you get a Mitgliedsbescheinigung nach § 257 SGB V.
If you don’t have health insurance, get a vorläufige Mitgliedsbescheinigung. It’s a provisional proof of health insurance. It proves that you will have health insurance in the future, for example after you start working or studying. Ask my insurance expert to help you.
