How to "Anmedlung" and other useful paperwork to help you get an apartment in Germany. A short intro on the paper work you need and tips and tricks on how to get an apartment and register yourself as a resident in Germany, as an expat

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Who are you and why are you talking about this?
We make insurance simple

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We want to help expats simplify life in Germany
coya.com/expats-in-germany
Expats in germany
Coya
80 people
20+ nationalities
6 FT dogs (2 expats)

4. ● Short presentation
○ Getting an apartment: Tips, tricks and papers
○ What is Anmeldung and how to do it?
● Personal support with bureaucracy
○ Got any papers you need help with?
○ Open Q&A throughout the session
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What we will talk about today:

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Disclaimer!
(we’re a regulated company and need to make sure our legal team are happy! )
The information in this presentation are only tips
and tricks, not legal advice or guidance. We take no
accountability for the correctness or completeness
of any given information.
Coya AG, Ohlauer Str. 43, 10999 Berlin
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Thomas Münkel
Vorstand: Andrew Shaw (Vorsitzender), Laura Kauther, Johannes Jacobsen
Handelsregister: HRB 188013 B, Amtsgericht Berlin (Charlottenburg)
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Finding an apartment in Berlin is hard!!!
Picture: Rex. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/21/hundreds-turn-flat-viewing-affordable-housing-crisis-hits-berlin-8272467/?ito=cbshare
This is a real apartment viewing in
Kreuzberg (Dec-2018)

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Many options available, easy to approach online
Many websites to find an apartment:
● Immobilienscout24.de
● Immonet.de
● Immowelt.de
● Wohnung-jetzt.de
● Wg-gesucht.de
● Suche-neue-wohnung.de
● Berlin.de.craigslist.de
● Immobilienscout24.de
● Ebay-kleinanzeigen.de
Tips on how to get an appointment
✅ Write your message in German
✅ Mention the dates your available
✅ Mention your financial status
✅ Mention your employment status
✅ Mention your document status

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Paperwork you will probably need
● Passport or ID card
● Last three payslips / proof of income
● Schufa-Auskunft: credit rating report
● Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung: previous landlord letter
● Previous address registration “Anmeldung”
● Private liability and/or home contents insurance
● Even a CV and apartment cover letter (yes, it can help show you’re serious)

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Be German󾓨: Take your documents folder to viewings
https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/german-chancellor-angela-merkel-takes-a-folder-out-of-nachrichtenfoto/989648418

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Last 3 paychecks? But I just moved
✅ Paychecks from other countries / past jobs are fine too
✅ If there's gaps, provide a bank account summary
✅ Have a job? provide the employment contract too
✅ German family or friends? Consider a guarantor (Bürgschaftserklärung, extra doc)

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Last 3 paychecks? But I'm not even working
✅ You may need to pay 3-6 months rent upfront
✅ Provide a bank account summary, also other countries
✅ German family or friends? Consider a guarantor (Bürgschaftserklärung, extra doc)

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Schufa? Your credit score in Germany
✅ Only need positive, no real numerical score
✅ But I just moved? No history, is still something
✅ Provide a credit rating from your home country
✅ No credit score at all? Bank account summary

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Schufa? You can get one for free!
Schufa is obliged to give you 1 free credit score per
year. Google 'Schufa kostenloser Credit Score' or click
here
Other sites charge up to
30 euros! And Schufa
tries to sell you a
unnecessary premium
package

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Schufa likes personal data, but will make things faster
To get your credit score you
have to enter your personal
information.
A credit score is very personal
data. Thus, Schufa will make
sure that it's really you
requesting the data.
Uploading your passport is
only optional but will make
the process faster.
Enter Personal data Upload passport

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Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung?
A recommendation letter from your past landlord
✅ No fixed format. Even via email is fine
✅ Basically, new landlords want to know that you used
to be a good tenant to your past landlord
✅ They want to know that you don’t owe your own
landlord money
✅ Can also be from abroad. Even from your parents

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Bürgschaftserklärung (guarantor)
✅ If you have little or no income you can ask someone, normally
family, to be liable in case you do not pay your rent on time or break
something in the apt
✅ Landlords are not allowed to take a deposit and ask for
guarantor
✅ Make sure the liability/guarantee is limited to a few month rent
Download PDF here

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Insurance? Haftpflicht, Hausrat, sometimes both
● Sometimes required, generally improves your
chance to get an apartment
● Haftpflicht? Private liability insurance
Protects the landlords things inside the house if you
cause accidental damage. especially relevant for
furnished rentals
● Hausrat? Home contents insurance
Protects the things you own inside the house against
fire, water, storm, theft. Some landlords want you to
have it so you can’t blame them if something
happens.
✅ Everything in English
✅ Daily cancellation
✅ Fully digital
If you’re interested, I can send you a
discount code. Let me know after.

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CV & cover letter, I wasn’t kidding. Germans do it!

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Found my dream home! I can relax now! Right? Nope!
www.charliechaplin.com/

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What is Anmeldung? Official registration
✅ Official government registration at your new address (14 days)
✅ Need a rental contract and confirmation from the landlord / main
tenant (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung, more on this later)
✅ Needs to be handed in person at the Burgeramt (PoA possible.)
✅ All forms are available online https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120686/
✅ Some services even offer in English: https://appmeldung.com/,

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You can book an appointment online
You can book an appointment online
https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/12
0686/
but only one month a head. If you need
an appointment sooner than you need
to call 1155 and ask them if there is a free
appointment on the same day.

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14 days… lol
As long as you book an appointment 14
days after you move in there shouldn’t be
any issues.
Need it faster? go online everyday at 8am
and hit refresh! Calling 1155 might be easier.
Or ask a German friend to call.

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I’m subletting, can i still get the anmeldung?
✅ Wohnungsgeberbestätigung needed - not always possible
✅ The main tenant needs to request this from their landlord, if the
person subletting doesn’t want the landlord to know… not possible
✅ Needs to be filed and signed by landlord
✅ Same form for later registering family members / partners who
move in

24. ✅ Filled and signed Anmeldung form
✅ Filled and signed Wohnungsgeberbestätigung (landlord confirmation)
✅ Passport / ID card
✅ If married or have kids, extra sheet with family member details
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What you need for your appointment

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What to expect at the appointment
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berlin-ein-termin-im-buergeramt-gar-kein-problem/13626936.html
󾓨 don't speak German?
We will make you suffer.
Stay strong!
You can also take a German
friend, or even hire one
myhelpbuddy.com

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Got all my papers! what can I do now?
You made it! Your anmeldung allows you to:
● Feel proud you made it through your first German bureaucracy experience!
● Open a bank account
● Get a mobile phone contract
● Pay your taxes
● Register a vehicle
● Other government related documents

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Coya AG, Ohlauer Str. 43, 10999 Berlin
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Thomas Münkel
Vorstand: Andrew Shaw (Vorsitzender), Laura Kauther, Johannes Jacobsen
Handelsregister: HRB 188013 B, Amtsgericht Berlin (Charlottenburg)
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