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During your studies at UP you will sometimes also have to contact external service providers, such as health insurance agencies or the local authorities. To help you get acquainted with them, we have listed the most important external service providers below.
The main task of the Public Health Department Potsdam is to secure and promote health related matters of the population, observe and evaluate the latest developments of the pandemic and create necessary supportive offers.
Berlin's 12 Public Health Departments are responsible for the health care services of the population on a disctrict level.
With its various social services, the Studentenwerk Potsdam provides the framework for successful studies. They take care of more than 30.000 students at universities in Potsdam, Brandenburg an der Havel and Wildau. No matter whether it is about offering a healthy lunch, providing affordable accommodations, helping with financial matters, giving advice in difficult times or helping to find a job.
Information for tenants of the residence halls of the Studentenwerk Postdam
Everyone living in Germany is required to register their address. For stays of three months or longer, you must register your address within two weeks of your arrival. To do so, please make an appointment right away at the beginning of your stay with the Citizen Services Office in Potsdam
For all appointments, please remember to bring your passport / identification
To register, you also need a confirmation from your landlord / guest house called "Wohnungsgeberbestaetigung"
The Foreigners’ Registration Office is responsible for matters related to laws concerning foreigners, as well as the granting and extension of residence permits.
If you do not have an EU passport and intend to stay in Germany longer than three months, then you must apply for a residence permit at the Foreigners’ Registration Office where you live (unless you already have a long-term visa for the entire duration of your stay). Please apply for your residence permit six to eight weeks before your visa or your current residence permit expires. For more information please also check our website.
You will find information on the required documents and the address of the Foreigners' Registration Office on this page: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/international/incoming/students/preparation#c466660
After you send the mail to them, you are legal in Germany, even if the visa / the residence permit expires.
Pandemic restrictions: https://vv.potsdam.de/vv/oe/173010100000007806.php .
Appointments are therefore still only possible after prior telephone clarification and registration via the following numbers: 0331-289 1113
Applications can also be submitted at any time by post or e-mail.
Everyone living in Germany is required to register their address. For stays of three months or longer, you must register your address within two weeks of your arrival. To do so, please make an appointment right away at the beginning of your stay with one of the Citizen Centers in Berlin.
For all appointments, please remember to bring your passport / identification
To register, you also need a confirmation from your landlord / guest house called "Wohnungsgeberbestaetigung"
To register in Berlin, you typically also need to bring your rental contract.
You may register your residency in any
Bürgeramt in Berlin, no matter if it is lo-
cated in your living quarter or not.
The Foreigners’ Registration Office is responsible for matters related to laws concerning foreigners, as well as the granting and extension of residence permits.
If you do not have an EU passport and intend to stay in Germany longer than three months, then you must apply for a residence permit at the Foreigners’ Registration Office where you live (unless you already have a long-term visa for the entire duration of your stay). Please apply for your residence permit six to eight weeks before your visa or your current residence permit expires. For more information, please also check our website
You will find information on the required documents and the address of the Foreigners' Registration Office on this page:ww.uni-potsdam.de/en/international/incoming/students/preparation#c466660
After booking an appointment, you are legal in Germany, even if the visa / the residence permit expires earlier.
Online appointment: https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/en/services/appointments/ .
Pandemic restrictions: https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/ueber-uns/aktuelles/artikel.1041742.php .
Due to the pandemic only students who have an appointment, can be served: https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/en/residence/artikel.998443.en.php .
While booking an appointment is currently not an easy task, the Foreigners' Registration Office Berlin recommends to book a later appointment (check again and again whether free appointments are activated) rather than coming without an appointment.
Applications can also be submitted at any time by post or e-mail.
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