Tell us your visa status and what you want to do. You'll get a personal, ordered checklist — not another 40-page guide you have to interpret yourself.
Your permit type decides what you're allowed to do before anything else, and most guides skip straight past it. Startklar begins exactly there.
Not a weekend of forum reading, and not a PDF you have to interpret yourself.
Answer a few questions once, then the path sorts itself — or you get the name of exactly who to ask next.
Student, Blue Card, employee, §21 applicant — whatever it is.
A fixed decision tree, never a bot improvising — and every figure names the law it comes from.
Ordered by dependency — or a named human if it's genuinely unclear.
No verdict on a genuinely unclear case. Either you get a checklist, or you get the name of exactly who to ask — free counseling or a lawyer, not a shrug.
The offices behind the checklist, on one map. Pick a pin to see what each one does and what to bring.
Addresses checked 26 July 2026 against berlin.de and each authority's own site. Appointment rules change often, so treat them as a starting point and confirm before travelling. Which Finanzamt is yours is decided by where you live, not where you work — use the Finanzamt-Suche on the linked directory. Building images are illustrations, not photographs of the actual sites.
An independent tool that explains and organizes — never an advisor that decides. Knowing that line is what keeps it trustworthy.
Startklar is an independent, private tool — not affiliated with the Ausländerbehörde, the Finanzamt, or any German government body. For binding advice on your specific situation, we point you to Migrationsberatung (free) or a licensed professional.
Answered straight, in plain language. Every guide is sourced and carries the date it was last checked.
You'll know exactly where you stand — or exactly who to ask next.
Startklar is an independent, private tool — not affiliated with the Ausländerbehörde, the Finanzamt, or any German government body.
Startklar turns publicly available information from German authorities and legislation into structured, step-by-step guidance. It is not legal or tax advice.