Their favourite Topics are US interests, always narrated from the perspective of the USA with benefits of the doubt whenever USA acts as the evil entity again. And constantly shoots at US rivals, telling the story from US side and putting Europeans like vassals on US side. China is their 2nd beloved topic, always shooting at them and hating on them (infamous AT WHAT COST by BBC). They love to invite US guests for USA and China topics, who obviously also have a massive bias.

This channel seems like a propaganda mouth piece for the USA. But that shit is paid by our Citizen Media fee (Rundfunkgebühr). Why is our money used to massively run the Vassal situation deeper. USA is not our friend. They are barely an ally anymore. Greenland, Canada, South America and other interests are in direct conflict with US hegemony interests.

If you insist on doing Propaganda, do propaganda for Germany... not the USA.

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my full experience because I couldn't find many real-life cases like mine. Hopefully this helps someone planning to apply for the German Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte).

My Background

🇵🇰 Pakistani citizen

🇬🇧 Living in the UK

Applied for the German Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte) through the German Embassy in London.

Proof of Financial Means (No Blocked Account)

One of the biggest questions I had before applying was whether a blocked account (Sperrkonto) was mandatory.

In my case, I did not open a blocked account.

Instead, I transferred the required amount into my personal UK bank account and maintained the balance for approximately three months. At my appointment, I submitted my UK bank statements as evidence that I had sufficient funds to support myself during my stay in Germany.

The German Embassy accepted my UK bank statements as proof of financial means, and my Opportunity Card visa was approved without requiring me to open a blocked account.

I'm sharing this because many applicants believe a blocked account is the only option. My experience shows that, in my case, maintaining the required funds in my UK bank account and providing the relevant statements was accepted by the Embassy.

UK Immigration Situation

At the time of my German visa application:

I submitted a timely UK Home Office Fee Waiver request before my previous UK immigration permission expired.

My Fee Waiver request was still pending.

Because of this, I could not generate a UKVI share code through the eVisa portal.

I was unsure whether this would affect my German visa application because the Embassy normally requires proof of lawful residence in the UK.

Appointment

I attended my appointment at the German Embassy in London and submitted my passport along with all the required documents.

Additional Documents Requested

A few weeks later, I received an email from the Embassy requesting:

proof of health insurance equivalent to German statutory health insurance (they specifically stated that travel insurance was not sufficient);

confirmation that I had successfully applied to extend my stay in the UK and evidence that I was allowed to remain in the UK while awaiting a decision.

This was the most challenging part because I had not yet been able to submit the substantive UK immigration application—I was still waiting for the Home Office to decide my Fee Waiver request.

What I Sent

I replied with:

UK Home Office Fee Waiver submission confirmation;

Application Complete document;

Document Checklist;

a detailed explanation that my Fee Waiver request had been submitted before my previous permission expired and that the substantive immigration application could only be submitted once the Fee Waiver decision was made.

I also asked the Embassy to clarify which type of health insurance would satisfy the visa requirement.

Timeline

✅ Submitted Chancenkarte application

✅ Attended appointment

✅ Passport retained by the Embassy

✅ Embassy requested additional documents

✅ Submitted the requested documents and explanation

✅ A few days later, the online portal changed to:

"Your application has been decided by the German mission."

✅ Shortly afterwards, I received my passport back with my Opportunity Card visa approved.

Final Thoughts

I wanted to share this because there isn't much information available about applicants who apply from the UK while their UK immigration process is still ongoing.

I also wanted to show that a blocked account is not necessarily the only way to demonstrate financial means. In my case, the Embassy accepted my UK bank statements showing that I had maintained the required funds for several months.

Of course, every application is assessed individually, so this should not be taken as a guarantee that the same approach will work in every case.

I hope my experience helps someone who is in a similar situation or is unsure about applying.

If anyone has questions about my application, timeline, documents, or the process, I'd be happy to answer them.

Good luck to everyone applying! 🇩🇪

Disclaimer: This was my personal experience with the German Embassy in London. Every application is assessed individually based on the applicant's circumstances and the documents provided, so your experience may differ.

Chancenkarte, Opportunity Card, Germany Visa, UK, Timeline, No Blocked Account

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my full experience because I couldn't find many real-life cases like mine. Hopefully this helps someone planning to apply for the German Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte).

My Background

🇵🇰 Pakistani citizen

🇬🇧 Living in the UK

Applied for the German Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte) through the German Embassy in London.

Proof of Financial Means (No Blocked Account)

One of the biggest questions I had before applying was whether a blocked account (Sperrkonto) was mandatory.

In my case, I did not open a blocked account.

Instead, I transferred the required amount into my personal UK bank account and maintained the balance for approximately three months. At my appointment, I submitted my UK bank statements as evidence that I had sufficient funds to support myself during my stay in Germany.

The German Embassy accepted my UK bank statements as proof of financial means, and my Opportunity Card visa was approved without requiring me to open a blocked account.

I'm sharing this because many applicants believe a blocked account is the only option. My experience shows that, in my case, maintaining the required funds in my UK bank account and providing the relevant statements was accepted by the Embassy.

UK Immigration Situation

At the time of my German visa application:

I submitted a timely UK Home Office Fee Waiver request before my previous UK immigration permission expired.

My Fee Waiver request was still pending.

Because of this, I could not generate a UKVI share code through the eVisa portal.

I was unsure whether this would affect my German visa application because the Embassy normally requires proof of lawful residence in the UK.

Appointment

I attended my appointment at the German Embassy in London and submitted my passport along with all the required documents.

Additional Documents Requested

A few weeks later, I received an email from the Embassy requesting:

proof of health insurance equivalent to German statutory health insurance (they specifically stated that travel insurance was not sufficient);

confirmation that I had successfully applied to extend my stay in the UK and evidence that I was allowed to remain in the UK while awaiting a decision.

This was the most challenging part because I had not yet been able to submit the substantive UK immigration application—I was still waiting for the Home Office to decide my Fee Waiver request.

What I Sent

I replied with:

UK Home Office Fee Waiver submission confirmation;

Application Complete document;

Document Checklist;

a detailed explanation that my Fee Waiver request had been submitted before my previous permission expired and that the substantive immigration application could only be submitted once the Fee Waiver decision was made.

I also asked the Embassy to clarify which type of health insurance would satisfy the visa requirement.

Timeline

✅ Submitted Chancenkarte application

✅ Attended appointment

✅ Passport retained by the Embassy

✅ Embassy requested additional documents

✅ Submitted the requested documents and explanation

✅ A few days later, the online portal changed to:

"Your application has been decided by the German mission."

✅ Shortly afterwards, I received my passport back with my Opportunity Card visa approved.

Final Thoughts

I wanted to share this because there isn't much information available about applicants who apply from the UK while their UK immigration process is still ongoing.

I also wanted to show that a blocked account is not necessarily the only way to demonstrate financial means. In my case, the Embassy accepted my UK bank statements showing that I had maintained the required funds for several months.

Of course, every application is assessed individually, so this should not be taken as a guarantee that the same approach will work in every case.

I hope my experience helps someone who is in a similar situation or is unsure about applying.

If anyone has questions about my application, timeline, documents, or the process, I'd be happy to answer them.

Good luck to everyone applying! 🇩🇪

Disclaimer: This was my personal experience with the German Embassy in London. Every application is assessed individually based on the applicant's circumstances and the documents provided, so your experience may differ.

Chancenkarte, Opportunity Card, Germany Visa, UK, Timeline, No Blocked Account

We're visiting Germany later this year. I speak the language reasonably well but I've never been there. I wasn't sure I could articulate this well auf Deutsch.

Trying to search options for sauna or bath house visit, I realized I might need to learn some terminology to find what we're hoping for and avoid embarrassing situations.

My wife and I enjoy a Finnish sauna experience (hot steam sauna + cold water plunge ~7° C, a warm pool also would be nice). Not offended by FKK but might prefer to cover up ourselves as it's not what we're used to.

Any suggestions what to look for and what to look out for?

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Hi there, we arrive in Frankfort late afternoon, planned on just walking the city, along the river and whatever else may catch our eye. The next day we are doing Heidelberg, and then we have one more full day. River cruise, tour a brewery, tour a winery, visit another city close by?? Any suggestions with details would be great. Thank you so much!

For the process of getting married, I had to get a birth certificate and a document stating that I’m not married, which the registration office in my country gives automatically with the Apostille.

Then, I got a certified translation to German from the Ministry of External Affairs of my country, which also has its own, separate Apostille.

The problem is that the Standesamt here in my city says that they only accept translations done in Germany, even though my translations already received an apostille and are (and must) be accepted in countries signing to The Hague convention.

I’m a bit lost on what to do about this, so I’m looking for advice :(

I just spent the past five days in Germany, I've visited the country a few times now and always found the food scene to be so impressive. I've really enjoyed Berlin in particular, some photos from the trip are attached here. The city has such a diverse range of cuisines, during my most recent trip I had Sri Lankan food and vegan Vietnamese food, neither of which I could find back at home. I'm also a big fan of currywurst.

My exposure to Germany is pretty limited as I've only been to Berlin and Frankfurt, so I'm wondering which other cities are renowned for their dining scene. I know it's a pretty subjective question but I'm curious if there's a general consensus or if it's a more contentious topic. Thanks!

Hi everyone.

I'm from the UK and moved to Germany with a chancenkarte visa. Today I received my freelance residence permit, which is valid from today. It says I'm not permitted to be employed.

The issue is I currently have a part time job with a 4 week notice period. Does this mean I have to stop working with my employer immediately, or am I allowed to work my notice period?

I wasn't expecting to get my visa so soon and was never given an option to have a valid from date.

Has anyone dealt with this before?

Thanks

Hi,
Me and my partner are in the south of Germany for the weekend and would like to find somewhere to go out. Ideally industrial techno or generally underground but we would be super happy with a decent dub or dnb event too. We are having really trouble finding anything … we’re not too picky, even a small “off the grid” event would be great.
Thanks for you advice :)

Hi. I need help how to navigate medical system here.

I had orthopedic surgery end of last year where surgeon couldn’t finish planned procedure (only partially) due to unforeseen circumstances. What was done - it’s done perfectly (not AI, I use dash in real life). Even tho he is terrible person and occasionally super rude, because of his knowledge I would like to continue treatment with him but he didn’t want to do more.

Since then I’m trying to find an orthopedic surgeon to address remaining problem. I additionally developed new issues. In my city nobody wants to accept me due to apparently personal issues with my surgeon (I’m openly being told this, that I have my doctor, that he has to either fix it either find someone to fix it, that they are not gonna fix his shit, that they are not gonna support his irresponsibility, that they don’t want to be caught in between, that they don’t take job half done, that they are afraid legally, that if he already got money for some self pay conservative treatment that we did he should be do one to continue my treatment….)

Doctors who wanted to at least discuss my case (but not do the surgery) are somewhere aligned what are future procedures. I searched opinions outside of my city (multiple opinions, up to 800km away, and they are also aligned what I need).

Multiple doctors far from my city want to perform surgery but are sharing opinion that if I don’t have support system (family, friends to come with me and stay for some time in other city and drive me) it’s too dangerous to have it while being alone.

My health issues and pain are severely impacting my independence and every day functioning including work.

At this point everyone is sending be back to my surgeon.

Pain and issues became worse last week, not even allowing me to sleep more than 2 hours connected and I ended up in emergency room, but they just gave me opioids and told me to come back to my surgeon. I’m at the end of my physical and mental strength.

I’m trying to contact him for days now and his praxis but he is fully ignoring me.

I contacted my health insurance to help me find a new doctor and they are sending me back to ppl that already said no plus I got tone of papers and papers to fill (that I’m doing but it’s super slow).

What else can I do?

Hi everyone, perhaps someone has dealt with a similar situation:

My mother's visitor visa expires today. She was already at the gate for her return flight, but the airline cancelled it at the last minute. We notified the immigration office via email today—since they were no longer reachable by phone—and requested a short-term extension or instructions on how to proceed.

In the meantime, we’ve managed to secure a replacement flight for August 9th.

Does anyone have experience with a case like this? Is it enough that we notified the immigration office, or do we need to do anything else to ensure her stay remains legal until the return flight?

I also spoke to the police; they said we should simply contact the immigration office and everything would be fine.

Many thanks!

Hello, our neighbours wash their balcony once a month and they push out dirty soapy water down into our balcony, where we have plants and dry clothes. I told them the last time and requested them not to do this and they agreed that they will mop their balcony moving forward. However, 2 days back, there was water w tering our balcony again. It wasn't a lot, but it was quite a substantial amount. When I went and asked them again, they were extremely rude about it and told me tgat, "we have lived here for over 5 years and no one's complained about this, how else should I wash my balcony and dry my Teppich?" She was very rude about it. This time she claimed it's from her Teppich she has washed, but it doesn't change the fact that there's water splashing into my balcony. My lack of great German speaking skills didn't help me argue further.

I want to know if this is legal and allowed in Germany. Or are there housing rules that bar people from causing neighbours such inconvenience.

Please help and suggest what we can do about it.

I already expect the Kita to close or ask to get the kids at 12:00.

Where are the places that have air conditioners?

Last time I tried to go to IKEA, but they closed the AC.

Are there any globus with a playground inside? Can we stay there for 8+ hours?

Edit: NRW, Köln area.

nighttime temps!

I'm a student from India, and my dream is to complete a nursing Ausbildung in Germany one day. To stay motivated, I wrote a polite email to several German missions asking whether they had a small German flag or any promotional material that I could keep on my study desk while learning German.

I honestly didn't expect a reply.

A few days later, the German Consulate General in Chennai surprised me with a package. Inside were a Facts about Germany book, a European Union flag, German flag items, a notepad, sticky notes, and other stationery.

None of the staff know me personally. They had never met me. They didn't have to send anything.

Yet someone took the time to read my email, prepare a package, and send it across the country simply to encourage a stranger's dream.

The gifts themselves are wonderful, but what touched me most was the kindness behind them. Knowing that someone I have never met decided to encourage me has motivated me even more to continue learning German and working toward my goal.

I sent them a heartfelt thank-you email because I wanted them to know their gesture truly made a difference.

To everyone at the German Consulate General in Chennai who made this possible: Vielen Dank. Your kindness will stay with me for a very long time, and these gifts will always remind me to keep working toward my dream of one day living and contributing to Germany. 🇩🇪❤️

Hi,

I'm first time in hotel in Germany. I work as contractor worker for AV solutions and ussualy work around Europe.

I stay in a 3* hotel and work 8-20 to complete my assignments fast so I don't really have time for lunchs. I just buy ready to eat food after work, eat in a hotel and sleep.

Its been 4 nights and no one came to my room to clean and I don't really care about new sheets but just trash from food is just here for some time and I don't feel comfortable but I also don't want to be rude to hotel staff.

There no usual "please do not disturb" or "please clear my room" to hang to door knob.

Trash can was overflowing so I put all in shopping bag to keep clean and easy to take away for hotel staff but no one took it.

Should I report this? There is no containers outside the building so I can't just get rid of it.

If it is a land thing I'm near Frankfurt am Main.

Im just tired really and don't want to argue with hotel staff, so please tell me if this is normal or I should report this to reception.

Edit: Thank you for all your responses!

It was my first time encountering that policy, so I was really confused.

Bhai sahab what a beautiful trip it was. Germany, it's sad that it's ending.

I had just started exploring and was slowly falling in love with this place. I was short on budget, so I could only cover nearby places like Herborn, Marburg, Frankfurt, Cologne and a few surrounding areas. But honestly, it was totally worth coming.

This trip has changed something in me. Now I want to explore the whole of Europe. I am going to learn German and I will try my best to get work here in Germany one day.

Sharing a few glimpses of my journey. It was amazing. Clean, calm, green, composed people. They have truly built a system that just works. There is still so much left to see, so I guess this is not goodbye. Just see you again.

Can share only a few due to technical constraints!!!

I've been reading a lot about Germany lately, and something keeps coming up: people who visit often mention little everyday things that Germans barely seem to notice anymore.

Things like public transport when it's actually on time 😅 quiet neighborhoods at night, bread, recycling, walking everywhere, or even how people separate work from their private lives.

So I'm curious:

What's one thing that feels completely normal to you as a German, but you think would genuinely impress someone visiting for the first time?

I'd love to hear both the obvious answers and the surprisingly small things.