Orientation and First Steps
You might need some extra support, information or counseling about the following subjects:
Finance and Insurances:
- Information on Germany’s social security system, heath insurance, unemployment insurance and social aid, pension plans
- Information on recommendable insurances (personal liability insurance, home insurance, car insurances,…)
- How does payroll work
- How to submit a tax report, which taxes are to be paid
Organizing your home and household:
- Shopping facilities, including where to buy furniture and household goods
- How to find qualified tradesmen
- How to find a household help
Medicine:
- Doctors that speak your language
- Emergency numbers
- Hospitals
- Pediatric care
- Payment of medical services
- Pharmacies
City information and leisure time:
- Public transport system
- Shopping and nutrition
- Churches and religious communities – maybe in your mother tongue
- Sports
- Cultural facilities and activities
- Sightseeing and excursions
- Meeting points, clubs and associations for expats or people that speak your language
- Where to buy products from your home country
- Language courses