Preparing for Your Research Stay
Researchers working at scientific-research institutes funded exclusively or mainly from public funds do not usually need a work permit. However, you should check whether this special regulation applies to you.
Foreigners wanting to stay in Germany for longer than 90 days and who want to work or study in Germany need a visa. Nevertheless, there are several exemptions and different types of visa. Read more here.
If you have to pay social security contributions or taxes depends on the nature of your contract with the host institute.
As long as you remain in Germany, you must ensure that you and those accompanying you have health insurance cover, regardless of whether you hold a grant, scholarship, fellowship, or employment contract.
Finding somewhere to live in Germany can, like everywhere else in Europe, be difficult and time-consuming. As far as possible, it is best to start your flat hunting before you leave for Germany.
Germany, children between 3 and 6 years of age are able to attend a pre-school facility. All children aged between 6 and 15 (or in some federal states 16 years) must attend school.
While it is no problem to communicate in English at German research institutes, there are still plenty of good reasons for at least gaining a basic knowledge of German. Language is the key to a country’s culture and people!
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