Individual Relocation
Visa & Immigration Services
Depending on your situation you may need a freelancer visa, a EU Blue Card, a permanent residency permit, or an intensive language course visa. We will help you determine your options and make a plan.
Our Visa & Immigration Service includes:
Immigration consultation
Compiling your paperwork and submitting the visa application
Coordinating with immigration authorities, supervising the process
Accompanying you to the appointment at the local immigration office
Short Term / Long Term Apartment Finding
Nothing exceeds the importance of finding a suitable home if you want to settle in Berlin.
The Short Term/ Long Term Apartment Finding Service includes:
Pre-search consultation on requirements
Pre-selection of apartments
Scheduling of viewings, managing all communication
Accompanying, interpreting, and advising at the viewings
Managing and submitting your applications
Coordinating the contract signing process
Accompanying you at the hand-over, supervising the process
Visa / residence permit applications require a registered address in Berlin. We assist in finding a short term furnished apartment, so that you can take all the following steps of your relocation process from there.
Bureaucratic Services
Formal appointments are necessary - and annoying. Our support saves you nerves, costs, and spares you possible mistakes.
Bureaucratic services can be for example:
Registering with city authorities
Expediting tax ID
Accompanying to and interpreting at appointments at German authorities
Applying for subsidies, e.g. Kindergeld (child allowance), Elterngeld (maternity/paternity allowance)
Applying for a Berlin daycare / after school care voucher
Opening a German bank account
Registering with a German health insurance / other insurances
Registering your home utilities (electricity, gas, internet, broadcasting fees)
Registering your vehicles
Getting a parking permit
Transferring your driver's licence
Registering your pets (welcome to Berlin: there's a dog tax!)
We can discuss which individual needs you may have and tailor our services accordingly.
Daycare & School Finding
Berlin has a broad variety of child care and schools - both public and private. We help you find the right one.
The Daycare & School Finding Service includes:
Pre-search consultation on your needs
Finding the right daycare / school
Assisting with your applications
Assisting with the communication with school authorities and institutions
Applying for the daycare/after school care voucher
Accompanying you to and interpreting at appointments
Family & Lifestyle Services
The success of your relocation depends in no small part on the integration of the whole family into your new community. We work closely together with you to ensure the best results.
There are many components to the "family & lifestyle equation" that we can assist with.
Services can befor example:
Cleaning services
Childcare resources
Language courses
Consultation on clubs and memberships (sports, culture) incl. registration
Philanthropic connections
Interior design services
Expectant parent support
Spousal career transition support
We can discuss which specific needs you have and tailor our services accordingly.
"Moving our family of five to Berlin on short notice seemed an impossible task until we found Jessica. She immediately understood our needs and shepherded us through local immigration requirements, a very tight short term housing rental market, and equally challenging decisions on childcare, all under an urgent timeline. She went above and beyond to find us a home, place our young children in a wonderful bilingual kita, and get fully registered with local authorities. Jessica far exceeded our expectations and we unequivocally recommend her services to any family looking to move to Berlin hassle-free."
Carolyn and Damien Pieretti
"When I came to Berlin, I had a newborn and an ambitious project ahead of me. Besides dealing with all the bureaucracy and administration for our arrival and departure, Jessica was immensely helpful by finding us a nanny and setting us up in a way that allowed us to effectively combine work and family. She was always there for us and found excellent solutions for the various challenges we were facing as a young family abroad. I warmly recommend her - as a person and as a professional problem solver."
Wang Lu, Composer and pianist; Associate Professor of Music, Brown University
"Bringing together work and family is a challenge - all the more if you are abroad in a country with a foreign language. My wife and I are both academics and we had 3 boys who needed child care and schooling for our year in Berlin. This was no easy undertaking in Berlin's highly competitive school and daycare landscape, but Jessica managed to organize it all in her calm and efficient manner, coordinating everything, and managing all communication with respective institutions and authorities. We are grateful for Jessica's great support - I do not know how we would have managed without her!"
Haun Saussy, University Professor, Comparative Literature, the Committee on Social Thought, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, The University of Chicago