RELOCATION GUIDE

All you need to know about:

RELOCATION GUIDE

All you need to know about:

  • Registration and residency permit
  • Apartment or real estate purchase
  • Account, banking and insurance
If you register in Berlin, you have to go through a lot of paperwork.

Registration of residence

How to register when you have relocated to Berlin.

Finding a flat in Berlin is not always easy. With our tips it works.

Finding a home in BerlinCourage and a little perseverance.

young women stand at an ATM in Berlin

Your first to-do in Berlin:

Opening a bank account.

Living and working in Berlin: We show you how to get your residence permit for Berlin.

Residence permit in Berlin

Living and working in the German capital.

The real estate experts at Berliner Sparkasse can help you buy a property in Berlin.

Buying a flat in Berlin

This is how to get your own home!

Health insurance, liability insurance or supplementary dental insurance: These insurance policies should be taken out in Germany.

Basic insurances Compulsory for everyone who stays in Germany for more than three months.

Download: Relocations A – Z

This list of terms in German and English might come in handy, when dealing with bureaucracy, contracts and so on… Let the games begin!

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Get in contact with us

We will be happy to advise you

📞     030 869 869 20

✉     expats@berliner-sparkasse.de 

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