Berlin, Rude & Accomodating – with Beensu

02/09/19 • 23 min

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

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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!

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Pet Policy Rant – Hundesteuer Minisode

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