V0100 Antrag auf Kontenklärung: Fix Your Pension Record

What is V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung?

Your German pension is calculated from your insurance record (Versicherungsverlauf). Kontenklärung is the process of checking that record and filling its gaps: jobs that are missing, time in the former GDR, abroad or in Poland, sickness, unemployment and education, child-raising, vocational training and more. Form V0100, Antrag auf Kontenklärung, is how you ask the Deutsche Rentenversicherung to do it. The form itself says in its title that it is not a pension application.

The form works as a checklist. After your personal details, each section asks a yes/no question — do you have periods of this kind that are missing from your record? — and for a yes, either asks for dates and details or tells you which supplementary form to enclose, such as V0800 for child-raising, V0410 for credited periods, V0700 for the former GDR or V0720 for Poland. The DRV's explanatory notes are Vordruck V0110; they point out that you are obliged to check your record and provide the evidence.

FileIt explains every question in English with the German wording alongside, prints your answers onto the official PDF — including names and places with Polish or Romanian letters — and saves it in your vault. You sign it by hand and post it yourself. The DRV also accepts the application online.

Who fills it: The insured person, or a legal representative, guardian, carer or authorised person on their behalf
Given to: Deutsche Rentenversicherung (your pension insurance carrier)
Length: 6 pages
Signatures: The applicant's handwritten signature, with place and date
Edition: V0100-00, Version 39021

Who needs to fill out V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung?

Anyone whose German pension record (Versicherungsverlauf or Renteninformation) shows gaps or mistakes.
People who worked in several countries, lived in the former GDR, or have periods in Poland or other states that aren't yet recorded.
Parents whose child-raising periods are missing (together with V0800).
People preparing to claim a pension who want their record complete in good time.

When to use V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung

When your insurance record is incomplete or wrong.
When the Deutsche Rentenversicherung asks you to clarify your account.
Well before applying for a pension, so the claim isn't delayed by missing periods.

What you need before you start

Your pension insurance number and your latest Versicherungsverlauf.
Your personal details: names including birth and former names, date and place of birth, nationality, address, and where you lived on 18 May 1990.
For each missing period: dates, the exact job, the employer (or 'selbständig') and the health insurance fund.
Dates and details of periods abroad, foreign insurance numbers, vocational training, civil-service pension rights or pensions already drawn.
Evidence such as employment certificates, payslips, social insurance records, training certificates — and the supplementary forms the questions point to.

What’s on V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung

The 2026 edition has 6 pages. FileIt asks for it in 7 parts, and it is signed by Insured person (antragsteller/-in):

1 · About you (Angaben zur Person)Insured person (antragsteller/-in)
2 · Application made by someone else (Antragstellung durch andere Personen)Insured person (antragsteller/-in)
3 · Contribution periods in Germany (Beitragszeiten im Inland)Insured person (antragsteller/-in)
4 · Periods abroad (Zeiten im Ausland)Insured person (antragsteller/-in)
5–6 · Credited periods and children (Anrechnungszeiten, Kinder)Insured person (antragsteller/-in)
7 · Other information (Sonstige Angaben)Insured person (antragsteller/-in)
8–10 · Accessible documents, declaration and enclosuresInsured person (antragsteller/-in)

How to fill out V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung, step by step

1 1 · Angaben zur Person

Your insurance number, names, date and place of birth, sex, nationality, address and phone. Also where you lived on 18 May 1990, your last address in Germany if you now live abroad, and whether and when you moved to Germany from abroad.

2 2 · Antragstellung durch andere Personen

Only if someone applies for you: their name or authority, the capacity they act in (legal representative, guardian, carer or authorised representative), and their address. Enclose the power of attorney or the court's decision.

3 3 · Beitragszeiten im Inland

3.1 lists contribution or employment periods in Germany that are missing: dates, the exact job, the employer and the health insurance fund, in a table with room for six rows (more on V0105). 3.2 asks about periods in the former GDR up to 31.12.1991, which go on V0700.

4 4 · Zeiten im Ausland

Periods abroad, including just living there: membership of a foreign insurance system with its dates, country and number; residence in certain countries after age 15 or 16; expellee or late-repatriate status (V0710 to V0720); and periods in Poland (V0720).

5 5–6 · Anrechnungszeiten and Kinder

Missing credited periods such as sickness, unemployment or education (V0410), incapacity caused by an accident or other people after 30.06.1983 (F870), child-raising periods (V0800), and care of a child in need of care since 1992.

6 7 · Sonstige Angaben

Vocational training with its dates, final exam and type; a right to a civil-service or church pension, with the pension authority; and any pension you already draw or have applied for, in Germany or abroad.

7 8–10 · Documents, declaration and enclosures

Optionally ask for documents in large print, Braille, on CD or as audio. Then sign the declaration that your answers are true and that you had no contribution, credited, child-raising or care-credit periods in the remaining gaps, and list your enclosures. Section 11 is for the office that certifies your documents.

Common mistakes to avoid

Treating V0100 as a pension claim — it only clarifies your record.
Describing jobs vaguely. The form's own example asks for 'Bilanzbuchhalter' rather than 'kaufmännischer Angestellter'.
Answering yes to a question and forgetting the supplementary form it names (V0410, V0700, V0720, V0800, F870 …).
Sending no evidence for missing periods.
Leaving out birth or former names under which older records may be filed.
Forgetting to sign the declaration on page 6.

After you fill it out

Print the form, check it, and sign it by hand on page 6. Add the supplementary forms and the evidence you listed as enclosures.

Post it to the Deutsche Rentenversicherung — your insurance number is on every page. FileIt does not send it for you.

The DRV checks your record and sends you an updated Versicherungsverlauf or a decision. Keep the application and the reply in your FileIt vault.

Fill out V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung online with FileIt

Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 114 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real Deutsche Rentenversicherung form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault. Sign it, or send it for e-signature.

FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.

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V0100 — Antrag auf Kontenklärung: frequently asked questions

Is V0100 a pension application?

No. The form says so in its title ('kein Rentenantrag'). It asks the Deutsche Rentenversicherung to check and complete your insurance record.

Can I fill out V0100 online?

Yes. FileIt guides you through V0100 in English and fills the official PDF, which you print, sign and post. The DRV also accepts the application electronically.

Which supplementary forms might I need?

The form names them: V0105 for more periods, V0700 for the former GDR, V0710 to V0720 for expellees and Poland, V0410 for credited periods, F870 for incapacity caused by others, and V0800 for child-raising periods.

Where do I find my insurance number?

On your social insurance card and on every letter from the Rentenversicherung. If you don't have one yet, the details in section 1 are used to issue one.

Do I have to send evidence?

Yes, for the periods you report. The explanatory notes V0110 list examples such as contribution statements, insurance cards and employment certificates.

Can someone apply on my behalf?

Yes. Section 2 is for a legal representative, guardian, court-appointed carer or authorised person, who must enclose the power of attorney or the court's decision.

Official sources

Blank form (PDF), published by Deutsche Rentenversicherung: https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Formulare/DE/_pdf/V0100.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Official instructions and guidance: https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Formulare/DE/_pdf/V0110.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Edition shown on this page: V0100-00, Version 39021 (PDF of 29.04.2026) (checked 2026-09-28).

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Deutsche Rentenversicherung or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-09-28.