Germany · Tool index

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13 free tools. The map below files them in the order the paperwork actually happens.

A letter arrivedFind out what it is before you worry about itPhotograph the letter or upload the PDF. You get its name in plain English, whether a clock is running, and what happens if you do nothing.The letter is read on your own device and never uploaded.Tame your paper →

Arriving

First two weeks

One registration unlocks everything else.

Start hereLynxAnmeldung starter packFreeThe deadline, the documents, the form fields — in order.

↳ Meldebescheinigung opens the account

WildcatBank account basicsFreeYour legal right to a Basiskonto, and what to bring.

LynxHealth insurance explainerFreeGKV and PKV explained, with nothing to sell you.

WildcatRundfunkbeitrag helperFreeThe broadcast-fee letter, decoded before it worries you.

LynxCertified translations & copiesFreeWho may translate it, who may copy it, and which order to do them in.

WildcatWho sent this letter?FreeThe Behördenpost that finds every newcomer, identified.

WildcatGerman message templatesFreeThe German email you need, answered in a few taps.

Working

Job search → first salary

German conventions for CVs, grades and payslips.

New to this? Read first: How a German job application works →

WildcatGrade scale converterFreeYour grades on the German 1.0–4.0 scale, sourced.

↳ converted grade goes on the Lebenslauf

WildcatCV format quick-checkFreeYour CV against Lebenslauf conventions, finding by finding.

↳ salary lands in the account from 01

WildcatPayslip explainerFreeEvery deduction on the payslip, named and explained.

Renting

The flat hunt

From application folder to key handover.

New to this? Read first: How the German flat hunt works →

↳ landlords ask for the payslips from 02

LynxRental application helperFreeThe application folder landlords expect, assembled.

WildcatHandover protocol (Übergabeprotokoll)FreeThe Übergabeprotokoll, built room by room.

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Guides and more tools are added as they clear our sourcing bar: every rule cited, every date verified.

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