Free guides for your international students
English guides to Anmeldung, residence permits, health insurance, tax class and housing. Your office can link to them for students who need a starting point for German paperwork.
What we are asking for
An optional link to the free resources on your student information page or in a welcome email.
What would help
- A link on your international-students page, alongside the other external resources you already list
- Or a line in the welcome email new arrivals receive anyway
- Feedback on the questions your students ask most, to help us choose future guides
Terms of resource linking
- Linking to the resources carries no contract or fee in either direction
- We do not request student data, lists or applicant introductions for this arrangement
- No exclusivity, and no obligation to keep the link up
- No endorsement: we won't name your university or use its logo without written permission
What students can use today
All of it opens without an account and without payment. Try any of it before you decide.
The paperwork
- 924 step-by-step guides across 44 German cities: Anmeldung, residence permit, health insurance, tax ID, bank account, Kita, driving licence
- Official forms explained field by field, in English
- Bürgeramt waiting times, measured on the booking portals, with the date we checked
The numbers
- Gross-to-net salary calculator on the current year's tax parameters, in seven languages including Chinese, Russian and Spanish
- Cost of living by city, built as a monthly budget (English)
- Estimate what a job offer is worth after tax
After graduation
- How a student visa becomes a work permit, and when to start
- Whether a foreign qualification needs recognition
- Which employers in Germany work in English, with a link to each careers page
Free resources and separate services
The resource-linking offer is separate from our courses, tutoring and Ausbildung projects.
What Talents in Germany offers
Our public guides, salary and living-cost calculators, and self-study tools are free to use. Using these resources does not require booking a course or a coordination service.
We offer language courses, examination preparation and academic tutoring. The learning goal, teacher, format, schedule and price are confirmed before lessons start.
In an Ausbildung project, the Chinese agency recruits and prepares applicants locally. TiG coordinates requirements and communication with German employers. Employers conduct interviews and decide whom to hire. We agree the service scope and responsibilities before work begins.
See our About page for the company and service overview.
What linking means
- Listing a resource does not create a recruitment, screening or placement arrangement with your university
- We do not represent your university or imply that it endorses our separate services
- The guides provide general information and official sources; they do not replace individual legal advice
Our Impressum and privacy policy are public, as German law requires.
If it is useful, link to it
You can also tell us which information your students still need.