Germany · Tool index

Tools

10 free tools, filed in the order the paperwork actually happens.

Arriving

First two weeks

One registration unlocks everything else.

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

↳ Meldebescheinigung opens the account

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

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

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

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

Working

Job search → first salary

German conventions for CVs, grades and payslips.

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

↳ converted grade goes on the Lebenslauf

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

↳ salary lands in the account from 01

Payslip explainerFreeEvery deduction on the payslip, named and explained.

Renting

The flat hunt

From application folder to key handover.

↳ landlords ask for the payslips from 02

Rental application helperFreeThe application folder landlords expect, assembled.

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

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