Resources
Tools that save you time
Practical checklists, planners and references you can use straight away.
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First 30 days checklist
Every essential step of your first month, week by week and in the right order.
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Anmeldung documents checklist
What to bring to the Bürgeramt so you do not need a second appointment.
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Apartment viewing checklist
What to look at, what to ask and which warning signs to take seriously.
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Job application checklist
The complete German application folder, from CV to certificates.
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Moving to Germany checklist
Everything to arrange in the three months before departure.
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Starting an Ausbildung checklist
Contract, vocational school, insurance and the paperwork of your first weeks.
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Monthly budget planner
Enter income and costs and see instantly what is left at the end of the month.
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Important emergency numbers
112 and 110 first, plus the official services worth saving in your phone.
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German bureaucracy vocabulary
The terms that appear on every form, with plain explanations and when you meet them.
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Emergency numbers
112 and 110 are free, reachable around the clock and work from any phone. Save them before you need them.
- 112
Fire brigade, ambulance, medical emergency
The European emergency number. Free from any phone, also without credit. Say where you are, what happened and how many people are affected, and wait for questions.
- 110
Police
For crimes, immediate danger from other people, accidents with damage and any situation that needs the police.
- 116 117
Medical on-call service
For medical problems that cannot wait for surgery hours but are not an emergency. Nationwide and free.
- 0800 111 0 111
Telephone counselling (Telefonseelsorge)
Free and anonymous support in crisis situations, day and night. A second free line is 0800 111 0 222.
- 115
Public administration service number
Not an emergency line: general questions about public authorities. Availability differs by region.