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Germany - An Expatriate Guide
Overview
Climate and Weather
Getting There
Speaking the Language
Visas, Residency, Immigration & Documentation
Currency and Cost of Living
Foreign Currency - how to secure a favourable exchange rate
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Germany - City Guides
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Germany - Latest Articles
Bach, Building And The Berlin Wall - About Germany And Living There
Deliver Me From Insanity
Expats Alone At Home
How I Fell In Love With A German City
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An American Expat in Deutschland - Christina has lived in Germany since May 2002. In addition to blogging on AmiExpat.com, she founded the site Mamas Worldwide and is a contributor on API Speaks...
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Expat Experiences of Life in Germany (submit yours here)
Germany is not as bad as many people make it out to be, yes Germany is a society of rules and regulations but once you make the leap and understand that, you will find that you will fit in quite well. Cost of living will depend on where your from, fly in from NYC and it will seem really cheap, move from backwoods Montana and the cost of everything will kill you...
Here is a story of my experiences getting my dog to Frankfurt. My Vet in Miami wanted to fill out some paperwork or another (I can't remember which one) which included a provision for verifying blood test results and a certification that he was fit to travel which I would have had to have then taken to get notarised and stamped in some US government department located next to Miami Airport on a road that runs parallel to NW36th St and pay around $40-$50 dollars for the privilege plus around $80 dollars from the vet. Since he already had a German Heimtier-Ausweis(Pet Passport), I insisted that all the US paperwork was not required, which eventually I was proved correct on...
Homeschooling our children is one of the main reasons my wife and I (she is a German national) are leaving Germany next month for the UK. Homeschooling is not allowed in Germany and can lead to legal action against you if you do it. If you are here in Germany connected to the U.S. forces then homeschooling isn't an issue since you fall under the status of forces agreement. Anyone else in the country with children that are school age MUST place their kids in a state or private school. My wife researched the issue after my contract with the U.S. forces here ended and we chose to stay here...
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