Berlin Anmeldung Stories

This minisode is an outtake from the last interview we aired with Zozan, a Kurdish Turkish masters student in Sociology here in Berlin, at Freier Univiersitat. Our conversation explores identities within the Turkish diaspora. Zozan talks about her personal experiences with the 1st wave of Turkish immigrants – guest workers that migrated during the 70s – and she reveals how the brain drain Turkey is now experiencing colors peoples opinions of her motivations for being in Germany. Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook & Twitter @BerlinPodcast! https://www.facebook.com/BerlinPodcast https://twitter.com/BerlinPodcast To listen to past episodes featuring Zozan, her main interview episode, "Save a tree, don't move to Germany" is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/08ttfcyCffK2iRACpdHf1S And her teaser episode, out last month, called, "Who are you calling an expat?" can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XhnrqkAhjEOnWF9mK6Fm2 Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: berlinpodcast.com We are a little behind in posting the transcripts. Please think about donating to the podcast, which will help us manage the transcription process: https://berlinpodcast.com/donate/#.XI0hrNF7k1I You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: @antti-simola

In this episode we interview Zozan, a Kurdish/Turkish masters student at FU, in Berlin. We lament the trees that might be saved if Germany would just let go of it's obsession with printed documents and go digital! And we talk about some of the ways a Turkish visa application process is unique! Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook & Twitter @BerlinPodcast! https://www.facebook.com/BerlinPodcast https://twitter.com/BerlinPodcast Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: berlinpodcast.com (though we are a little behind in posting the transcripts, please be patient with us!) You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: @antti-simola

In this minisode, we take a break from bureaucracy and talk about that other thing Berlin has in abundance; Spätis. Is there a correlation between the abundance of bureaucracy in Berlin and the Späti culture? You be the judge. This is an outtake from the interview we released last week with Javi– in it, he shares more than his opinion on the best Spätis around, he also imparts the origin story behind everyone's favorite Berlin Mexican Restaurant. We'll be posting the Späti map on social media but if you can also find it on our website at, https://berlinpodcast.com/donate Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook & Twitter @BerlinPodcast! https://www.facebook.com/BerlinPodcast https://twitter.com/BerlinPodcast Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: berlinpodcast.com You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: @antti-simola

Hosts Bridget & Aleks interview Javi, a Berliner of Mexican origin who has been on a student visa for almost a decade and is looking forward to applying for citizenship soon. Javi shares cautionary tales of the Kirchensteuer and housing missteps in his early days. Info for Javi's visa type is available on the Berlin website, here: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305244/en/ Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: berlinpodcast.com Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook & Twitter @BerlinPodcast! You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: @antti-simola

This minisode is a part of the interview with Zozan, a Kurdish/Turkish sociology student. In it, hosts Bridget and Aleks and interviewee Zozan stray from the main topic of German-Turkish bureaucratic conundrums to attempt a clarification of some recurring labels like “migrant” ”immigrant” and “expat” and differences in their German and English usage. The full article on Expats by Jacinta Nandi can be found here: https://www.thelocal.de/20140617/are-you-an-expat-or-immigrant-in-germany Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: https://berlinpodcast.com Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook @BerlinPodcast or tweet at us @BerlinPodcast! You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/antti-simola

This minisode is an outtake from the interview with Beensu Chilenga, which you can listen to in our first full-length interview episode “Berlin, Rude & Accomodating – with Beensu” we were inspired (distracted) by some dogs creating a racket in the Hinterhof and rant about the outdated German oddity which is the dog tax, or auf Deutsch: Hundesteuer. More information on the dog tax/pet ownership in Germany: https://www.thelocal.de/20171123/everything-you-need-to-know-about-having-a-pet-in-germany Transcript of this episode can be found here: https://berlinpodcast.com/pet-policy-rant-hundesteuer-minisode/?fbclid=IwAR16EsYKes4kEfe2tRegOug2kZZ8ZNDVn_pc8e45D3TxBUoi5PsdEfFMm7Q#.XGgmNZNKgWo Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook or Twitter @BerlinPodcast! You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/antti-simola

Hosts Bridget and Aleks interview Beensu Chilenga, a new Berliner from Zambia about his bureaucratic adventures in acquiring a Language Learning visa/Sprachvisum and the equally enterprising process of switching to a Preparation to Study visa/Aufenthaltserlaubnis zur Studienvorbereitung. During the conversation, we touch upon a diverse array of topics such as sleepless nights at the Ausländerbehörde, differences between bureaucracy in Berlin and German small towns or the rough yet accommodating nature of Berlin. Visa info for these two visa types is available on Berlin's website, here: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324289/en/ https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305156/en/ We reference the federal website: “Make it in Germany” when we’re talking about “shortage occupations." https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/jobs/professions-in-demand/nursing/ Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: https://berlinpodcast.com Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook & Twitter @BerlinPodcast! You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/antti-simola

Introducing the 1st season of Berlin Anmeldung Stories, a bi-weekly podcast on immigration in Berlin. Hosts Bridget & Alex interview folks about the Kafkaesque experiences of German bureaucracy. Mostly in English. Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you find your favorite podcasts– first full length episode drops February 2019! Also, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @BerlinPodcast and Soundcloud– follows help others find us and by raising our visibility in the app and via search engines! You can visit visit our website at: http://BerlinPodcast.com Transcript of this audio: https://berlinpodcast.com/no-anmeldung-necessary-for-this-podcast-teaser/ We're here to help take some of the stress out of the visa process so of course you don't need an Anmeldung– or in English, an application– to listen to our podcast!