Free Advice about Berlin

Advice about Berlin

The former resources for a Berlin based Facebook group

A Facebook group I used to be an administrator for was run with a simple democratic approach. A rogue admin tricked us into allowing another admin to join our group, and just after we realised what had occurred, myself and the other elected admin were unexpectedly removed without any consultation with the rest of the administration/moderation team. All group moderators chose to leave within hours of this occurring.

This website is a collection of the resources we had created for the group. I am keeping them here in case they are useful to others. If the data becomes significantly out of date, then I will remove the website.

The original groups website content, used a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License and it's website design used GPL license version 2.0.

Note: You may have been redirected here from the original groups domain name. I do not control that domain. The owner of that domain is also no longer involved with the original Facebook group.

Leaving Germany for good?

Last updated: 28th of March 2016

Leaving Germany for good? Here is a short check list for you, especially if you are a non European citizen.

  1. Cancel your city registration https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120335/
  2. Close your bank account. It is not mandatory to close your bank account, but you may need to pay fees to keep it.
  3. Insurance policies. German health insurance policies may require proof of an insurance plan for the country you are moving to.
  4. Cancel your contracts, such as mobile phone plans, rent, electricity, gas, or others. Important reading about how to cancel contracts is found on our common questions page.

Here is a checklist specific for people from the USA: http://www.unigrouprelocation.com/static-assets/pdf/resources/international-moving-checklist.pdf

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