Donation
If you find this blog funny, clever or even useful, you can keep it alive with a small donation. Thank you!
$10.00
-
Recent Posts
- Time Management: “No thanks!”
- How to speed up your application for German citizenship
- The Sharing Culture of Germany
- Germany on Drugs: The Legalization of Cannabis
- Deportation
- A Divorce between the Peaks of the Balkans
- Lawyers as Peacemakers
- The new German Citizenship Law of 2024
- How to spot clients who won’t pay
- White Christmas in Chemnitz
-
Join 8,798 other subscribers
Category Archives: Germany
How to speed up your application for German citizenship
With the new German citizenship law entering into effect in June 2024, the number of people applying for naturalization will increase substantially. For one, you no longer need to give up your primary citizenship. This requirement, though already riddled with … Continue reading
Posted in German Law, Germany, Immigration Law, Law, Politics
Tagged German citizenship, German passport, lawyer, legal advice
7 Comments
The Sharing Culture of Germany
In Germany, people put this plastic cover over the power socket, so that friends can’t charge their mobile phones while visiting. And that’s all you need to know about Germany. 😞
Posted in Germany, Technology
31 Comments
Germany on Drugs: The Legalization of Cannabis
Living in Germany, but you can’t get high on castles and chocolate cake alone?
Here is everything you need to know about the legalization of weed in Germany. Continue reading
Deportation
Rather somber moment, opening the e-mail from a citizenship client, and it says: I have also attached the transportation records for my great-great-grandfather’s 1941 deportation from Hamburg to Lodz and his 1942 death record. That really puts into perspective some … Continue reading
Posted in German Law, Germany, History, Holocaust, Law, Poland
Tagged citizenship, German citizenship, Lodz
2 Comments
The new German Citizenship Law of 2024
Long awaited, the day has finally come: The German parliament has passed substantial amendments to the Citizenship Act, which will – in many cases – make naturalization in Germany easier. In essence, the residency requirement will be shortened to 5 … Continue reading
Posted in German Law, Germany, Immigration Law, Law
Tagged German citizenship, German passport, legal advice, passport
40 Comments
White Christmas in Chemnitz
The skepticism I had expressed the day before was proven wrong yesterday when it snowed so heavily that the whole city of Chemnitz was covered in a thick layer of powdery snow. And it seemed like it would never stop … Continue reading
Good Morning from Chemnitz
Don’t worry, I ain’t gonna bother you with sunsets and sunrises all the time. But this morning was pretty neat. That’s one advantage of living on the top floor, besides the exercise.
Home sweet Home
After I have come under criticism that my living room allegedly looks like an office, I have redecorated and put up some flowers. Looks really cozy now, doesn’t it? And for those of you who were so shocked by the … Continue reading
Finding a new home in Chemnitz
After years on the move, I decided to settle down for a few years.
For my abode, I chose Chemnitz, a totally underrated city which will be the European Capital of Culture in 2025. Here is a first look. Continue reading
Visiting the Stasi Archive
Zur deutschen Fassung. 2.3 million index cards, and that’s only for the district of Karl-Marx-Stadt. This is one of the many pieces of information I took away from my visit to the Stasi Archive in Chemnitz, as Karl-Marx-Stadt is called … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 