This is our most information-heavy episode to date. We talked about your rights and obligations in Germany, contract, tax, medical care, German bureaucracy, and the key to decision-making: find out if you are willing to eat the shit sandwich.
A helpful website on tax deduction in Germany:
https://lifeinduesseldorf.com/deductible-work-expenses/
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Timeline:
0:38 Travel regulations in Germany
3:20 Registration obligation
4:18 Izzy's accidental expulsion from school
6:20 German health insurance
7:53 Bonus program for insurance
9:11 Return policy
10:12 Free legal counsel for students
11:30 Honor the contract
13:01 Hanson's moving out story
16:17 All about (un)employment
17:15 How to get unemployment benefits
18:30 How to get a voucher for further education
20:57 50 shades of bureaucracy
25:21 All about German tax
28:49 The special pain of applying to German schools as Chinese
32:24 (Horror) stories of getting resident permits
37:47 "Eat the shit sandwich"
38:54 Medical drama
42:54 Closing thoughts