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An ongoing collection of health, social and cultural resources for English-speaking queer people in Berlin.

Nick Oestreich is the Head of Business Development at Uplink and is sharing with us some useful tips and tricks for freelancers in Germany.

In the first part of this series, we covered how to register for the ELSTER platform as a new user. In this part, we’ll explain step by step how to fill out the Fragebogen if you’re a freelancer.

Completing the Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung to register as a freelancer must be done online via Germany’s ELSTER (tax) portal. Part One of this guide covers how to register for the ELSTER platform as a new user, and Part Two covers how to fill the Fragebogen out (for freelancers).

Caring for your mental health is essential no matter where you live, and an extra challenge when you are living abroad: Here’s Expath’s collection of mental healthcare providers, resources, sites, apps, and more, to help you get support as an expat in Germany.

New country, new health insurance system! German health insurance can be daunting for new arrivals. In the first part of this guide, we spoke about public health insurance and its advantages and disadvantages. We will now talk about the private health system to help you fully understand the options you have when you move to Germany.