What to do before you leave

  • Accommodation:
    Make sure that your student residence in particular knows your departure date as early as possible, and arrange a time for your room check, so that your security deposit can be returned to you.
     
  • De-register your residential address with the City of Graz:
    Just as you registered your residential address, you also need to de-register. 
    • Complete the form, sign it and bring your passport with you.
    • To de-register you do not need a signature from your student residence or landlord/landlady. 
    • You can find your ZMR number (residential registration number) on your registration confirmation
    • Please place a cross in the YES box at the question “Are you leaving the country?”
       

  • ÖGK-Insurance, Josef-Pongratz-Platz 1: On the same day, you also need to deregister from your ÖGK-insurance. Please complete our sample letter with your personal information. It is best if you take the note to the insurance company yourself.

  • Additional de-registration for EU/EEA citizens:
    By e-mail to maria.janisch(at)stmk.gv.at  or gerald.nussbaum(at)stmk.gv.at
    If you were given a document confirming your registration as an EU citizen, you must return this before you leave the country.
     
  • Returning the Austrian Residence permit card – for full-year EU/EEA citizens only:
    After you have arrived back in your home country, send your residence card by post to the responsible department in Graz. Important: it is illegal to keep the card – even if it has expired!

    Address:
    Government offices of the Province of Styria
    Department 3 – Administrative and internal affairs, Office for Residence (Verfassung und Inneres, Referat für Aufenthaltswesen)
    Paulustorgasse 4, 8010 Graz
  • Close your accounts (e.g. bank, phones, ...)