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I'd think u'd need pretty good German to work in the service industry to be honest.Corndog wrote:Hi, does anyone know how difficult it is to find work once I'm in Germany, particularly Berlin? I mean anything, such as bar work, just enough to get by. I speak some German and would pick it up again very quickly once I'm out there.
Go and try it mate, It's only 150 quid or so return to Berlin via Jet2 from Manchester, one room flat is 200 Euro a month Kalt. so with a grand or so in your pocket you could survive for 3/4 months until ur conversational German improves and get a job.Corndog wrote:I was even thinking of something behind the scenes until I improve my German. I'm just thinking that a lot of foreignours come to the UK without much English and manage to get a job and wander if this is similar in Germany. My mother is German and it is actually my first language, however have not spoken much for a few years.
http://immobilien.immobilienscout24.de/ ... rlin/2.htmCorndog wrote:Thanks for the advice. I think am just going to go and do it. Do you have any ideas of where to look for rooms? Or is it just best to google it?
When you say Kalt after the price, whta do you mean? I have seen Warm after a price too.Wanderer wrote:Go and try it mate, It's only 150 quid or so return to Berlin via Jet2 from Manchester, one room flat is 200 Euro a month Kalt. so with a grand or so in your pocket you could survive for 3/4 months until ur conversational German improves and get a job.Corndog wrote:I was even thinking of something behind the scenes until I improve my German. I'm just thinking that a lot of foreignours come to the UK without much English and manage to get a job and wander if this is similar in Germany. My mother is German and it is actually my first language, however have not spoken much for a few years.
Kaltmiete is the 'cold' rent - ie no electricity/heat/water bills included. Warmmiete is the rent plus the normal monthly bills, heating/water/telephone etc, ie all-inclusive....Corndog wrote:When you say Kalt after the price, whta do you mean? I have seen Warm after a price too.Wanderer wrote:Go and try it mate, It's only 150 quid or so return to Berlin via Jet2 from Manchester, one room flat is 200 Euro a month Kalt. so with a grand or so in your pocket you could survive for 3/4 months until ur conversational German improves and get a job.Corndog wrote:I was even thinking of something behind the scenes until I improve my German. I'm just thinking that a lot of foreignours come to the UK without much English and manage to get a job and wander if this is similar in Germany. My mother is German and it is actually my first language, however have not spoken much for a few years.
Biggest difference is we don't need a work permit to go or any permit or visa at all. The EU is much like the US now - a Union of States and free movement.Praetorian wrote:Those links are very helpfull by the way. I'm from the U.S. so I'm not sure how the German immigration/ work permit/ apartment rules differ from you U.K. guys. Looking for the donation of any and all helpfull info...
A good place to start would be here, on the website of the German Embassy in Washington DC. US citizens (together with those from the EU/EEA, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, and Switzerland) can apply for the required residence permit for work purposes after entering Germany without a visa. (Citizens of other countries must apply for and obtain a visa for work purposes before entry - and this is an option also open to the non-visa, non-EU/EEA people as well). The German Embassy is in Washington DC, and there are consulates in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Yor, and San Francisco.Praetorian wrote:Those links are very helpfull by the way. I'm from the U.S. so I'm not sure how the German immigration/ work permit/ apartment rules differ from you U.K. guys. Looking for the donation of any and all helpfull info...
Experience by proxy really, it's my non-EU partner who actually had to endure it first hand. She speaks excellent German which I why I know it's so important. Otherwise she'd still be sat at home with me, which we'd actually prefer, but it's important for her studies...Christophe wrote:Well, you do sound as if you're speaking from experience!Wanderer wrote:All the ones started by me!!Christophe wrote:....but other threads on these boards suggest that German bureaucracy can be something else again...
