Moving abroad
What to cancel when you leave a country, and how to do it from abroad.
All countries
Germany
All Germany topics →- Leaving Germany: how to cancel your German contracts, also after you have leftMost German contracts can be cancelled in text form, so registered mail is optional.
- Cancel the German broadcasting fee (Rundfunkbeitrag) when you move abroadThe online form is enough. The fee only stops in the month your notice arrives, though.
- Cancel German health insurance when you move abroadNo registered mail needed. Compulsory members do not cancel; voluntary members and private policies do, with proof of new cover.
France
All France topics →Spain
All Spain topics →Belgium
All Belgium topics →Switzerland
All Switzerland topics →United Kingdom
All United Kingdom topics →United States
All United States topics →Netherlands
All Netherlands topics →- Cancel Dutch contracts from abroadDutch energy, internet and gym contracts end by email or portal with at most one month's notice.
- End a Dutch rental when you emigrateMoving abroad? End your Dutch rental by registered letter, to a rent day, with one to three months' notice.
- Dutch health insurance when you emigrateNo cancellation needed: Dutch health insurance ends by law when your duty to be insured ends.