Landkreis Cham
Checklist for a good start in the district of Cham
You plan to live and to work in the district of Cham? You have come to the Federal Republic of Germany recently or have moved from another region to us?
This step brings a number of changes with it. The following list is intended to be a guide for you. What has to be considered and what has to be organized? What you should not forget? Where to find more information, contacts and correspondents? The checklist is certainly not conclusive and can not provide answers to all questions. But it might be a help for you to find your way around more quickly in your new home.
1. Information from the Federal Republic of Germany
a) Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
2. Information from the district of Cham
a) Residence and naturalization
b) Habitation
c) Mobility
d) Money, banking and tax
e) Health and health care
- Registration for health insurance
- First aid and help in case of desease or emergency
- Application for national insurance numberMedicare in the dirstrict of Cham
- Hospitals and emergency care
f) Children and family
- Child care
- School and education
- Application for child allowance
- Information about parental leave, parental allowance and child care
g) Insurances
h) Infrastructure
- Internet and telecommunication
- TV and cable junction
- Power supply
- Water supply, waste disposal and recycling
i) Vernacular language and integration
- Language courses
- Integration courses
- Welcome happenings
- Exchange of ideas and regulars' table for new citizens
k) Work and job
- Acceptance of foreign graduations
- Contracts of employment
- Holidays attestation from the previous employer
- Reference from the previous employer
- Certificate of good conduct, if applicable
- Children's birth certificates, if applicable - Information about employment law in Germany
- Introduction for new members of staff, mentor and coach
- Dictionaries for technical terms
- Chances for family members
l) School, education and academic studies
- Information about the educational system in Germany
- Information about the regional educational system in Cham