• azimir@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    So far my German immigration process has been hazy at every step. It’s more like the information isn’t clear and the process requires careful reading of shifting rules all the time. Not so much antagonism, more like underfunded infrastructure.

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      2 days ago

      If you haven’t already, try bringing a German with you to the ausländerbehörde. It’s wild how much politer and more attentive they are

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        2 days ago

        That is a gute Idee.

        I’ll make a note and see if I can convince someone to tag along for our appointment.

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          1 day ago

          I’m tall, blue eyed, fluent in German, and I married a German, so racists always consider me “one of the good ones”(until they actually talk to me). It was still absolutely night and day to go with my husband. It’s probably worth buying a friend lunch.

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      3 days ago

      It would be dangerous to assume that the underfunded infrastructure is an accident, though.