After completing the twelfth or thirteenth grade (depending on the federal state) and successfully passing the final examination, students receive the Abitur or Fachabitur.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - School System

Positive results in the anabin database: evidence that your degree is recognised by the state in your country of origin.

Source: Make it in Germany — Work - State Recognition

Landlords and landladies will usually request recent payslips and your passport or a document showing your residence status.

Source: Make it in Germany — Finding accommodation in Germany

When applying for a licence and a professional permit to practise medicine, proof of your physical fitness (proof from your country of origin or a medical certificate issued in Germany), personal suitability (certificate of good conduct or standing from your home country or a German certificate of c…

Source: Make it in Germany — Work - Physicians Professions in Demand

im Jahr 2023 waren es noch 329.120.

Source: BAMF — Asylum - Migration Report

229.751 Asylerstanträge wurden entgegengenommen.

Source: BAMF — Asylum - Migration Report

der Trend setzte sich mit einer weiteren Halbierung der Erstantragszahlen auf 113.236 in 2025 fort.

Source: BAMF — Asylum - Migration Report

Mit aktuell rund 87.000 hat sich ihre Zahl im Vergleich zum Vorjahreswert mehr als halbiert.

Source: BAMF — Education - Expansion of Language and Orientation Courses

Bei den rund 60 % aller Verfahren, die innerhalb eines Jahres abgeschlossen werden, beträgt sie nur noch 3,1 Monate.

Source: BAMF — Education - Expansion of Language and Orientation Courses

Die durchschnittliche Verfahrensdauer beträgt derzeit noch 10,7 Monate.

Source: BAMF — Education - Expansion of Language and Orientation Courses

Most of their money was spent on accommodation, energy and housing maintenance (€1,025).

Source: Make it in Germany — Employment - Earnings

This was followed by food, beverages and tobacco (€417).

Source: Make it in Germany — Employment - Earnings

But recreation and culture were not neglected: every month, Germans spend €245 on activities such as sports and cinema outings.

Source: Make it in Germany — Employment - Earnings

and transport (€347).

Source: Make it in Germany — Employment - Earnings

In 2022, however, the Germans spent an average €2,846 per household every month on all additional expenses.

Source: Make it in Germany — Employment - Earnings

To open a bank account, you generally require the following documents: valid passport, residence permit, registration certificate, payslip (depending on the account type).

Source: BAMF — Banking - Opening a Bank Account

To open a bank account, you generally require the following documents: valid passport, residence permit, registration certificate, payslip (depending on the account type).

Source: Make it in Germany — Opening a bank account in Germany

To open a bank account, you generally require the following documents: valid passport, residence permit, registration certificate, payslip (depending on the account type).

Source: BAMF — Banking - Opening a Bank Account

Die Bundesregierung hat bislang bilaterale zivile Unterstützung in Höhe von rd. 41 Mrd. EUR geleistet.

Source: Auswärtiges Amt — Residency - Ukraine Solidarity

To this end, you can set up a blocked account in Germany with a minimum amount of €11,904 (as of 2026).

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Study Requirements

For that purpose, EU citizens residing in Germany can usually apply for a “European Certificate of Good Conduct” at their local Residents' Registration Office.

Source: Make it in Germany — Visa - Setting Up Business Requirements

Another requirement is that you must have never been banned from practising the profession you intend to set up a business in.

Source: Make it in Germany — Visa - Setting Up Business Requirements

you may apply for a residence permit to look for work (known as a Chancenkarte [Opportunities Card]) for up to one year.

Source: BAMF — Skilled workers with academic education

In the age group of 3 to 6 years, which includes schoolchildren as well, the proportion of all children looked after was as high as 91 per cent.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In 2024 more than one third of the children aged 0 to 3 were supervised in a day-care facility.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In March 2024, about 60,662 public and private day care facilities were available in Germany.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In 2024 more than one third of the children aged 0 to 3 were supervised in a day-care facility.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In 2024 more than one third of the children aged 0 to 3 were supervised in a day-care facility.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In 2024 more than one third of the children aged 0 to 3 were supervised in a day-care facility.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In the age group of 3 to 6 years, which includes schoolchildren as well, the proportion of all children looked after was as high as 91 per cent.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In the age group of 3 to 6 years, which includes schoolchildren as well, the proportion of all children looked after was as high as 91 per cent.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In the age group of 3 to 6 years, which includes schoolchildren as well, the proportion of all children looked after was as high as 91 per cent.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

Approximately a quarter of them (25.5%) are conventional universities.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

Approximately a quarter of them (25.5%) are conventional universities.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

Approximately a quarter of them (25.5%) are conventional universities.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

In March 2024, about 60,662 public and private day care facilities were available in Germany.

Source: Make it in Germany — Education - Education System in Germany

Der deutsche Beitragsanteil beträgt ca. 25 Prozent, deutsche Pflichtbeiträge in Höhe von 645 Mio. Euro wurden bereits gezahlt.

Source: Auswärtiges Amt — Residency - Ukraine Solidarity

It is not valid on long-distance trains (IC, ICE).

Source: Make it in Germany — Housing - Mobility in Germany

It is not valid on long-distance trains (IC, ICE).

Source: Make it in Germany — Housing - Mobility in Germany

This ticket, available only as a monthly cancellable subscription, currently costs €58 per month, and offers unlimited travel throughout Germany on all local public transport (buses, metros, regional trains, etc.).

Source: Make it in Germany — Housing - Mobility in Germany

It is not valid on long-distance trains (IC, ICE).

Source: Make it in Germany — Housing - Mobility in Germany

You completed the vocational training successfully.

Source: Make it in Germany — Work - State Recognition