I'm 28, living in Berlin.
I have a Visitor's Visa and have been inside Europe's Schengen Area for a little over two months in total. Ultimately I have until November 30th at the very latest that I am allowed to be here.
Since I arrived I've been trying to sort out getting a proper Visa or a Residency so that I would be able to remain longer. I spent a little bit of time learning the language, but decided I didn't have time to do that. So I have someone who I found is helping me with the language barrier in order to get these things sorted out. The biggest hurdle I am having to overcome is acquiring a registered address. I don't want to bore you with details about the places I've been staying, including hostels and such like that. Where I am staying at the current time it is not really doable to register the address.
I am fully capable of paying rent and even potentially moving in someplace fairly comfortable. But for many people, they don't want to take the time to help me fill out the registration papers, which looks like a big daunting contract. When instead anyone can basically just rent their rooms out to other people that don't need such a thing. Without a registered address I cannot make progress in my application for a longer stay. I'm starting to fear that if I do manage to find a place that will help me register an address, I'll arrive at immigration with little more than a few days or a week left.
If I don't have all of my i's dotted and everything in order once I go in, I won't have time to reapply. Then I would be forced to leave the Schengen Area for a minimum of 3 months before being allowed back. So that discourages me from wanting to commit to any kind of lease or tenancy agreement of any kind. If I had to basically leave, then all that would be a waste.
Where should I go to get an address? From what I understand, it only has to say 1 month. The immigration guys are going to want to say "yes he has an address" and put a stamp on a separate piece of paper and I can advance the process.
Despite the highly relaxed nature of Berlin, I'm finding myself a little bit stressed out because I feel like I don't have very much time left.
I have a Visitor's Visa and have been inside Europe's Schengen Area for a little over two months in total. Ultimately I have until November 30th at the very latest that I am allowed to be here.
Since I arrived I've been trying to sort out getting a proper Visa or a Residency so that I would be able to remain longer. I spent a little bit of time learning the language, but decided I didn't have time to do that. So I have someone who I found is helping me with the language barrier in order to get these things sorted out. The biggest hurdle I am having to overcome is acquiring a registered address. I don't want to bore you with details about the places I've been staying, including hostels and such like that. Where I am staying at the current time it is not really doable to register the address.
I am fully capable of paying rent and even potentially moving in someplace fairly comfortable. But for many people, they don't want to take the time to help me fill out the registration papers, which looks like a big daunting contract. When instead anyone can basically just rent their rooms out to other people that don't need such a thing. Without a registered address I cannot make progress in my application for a longer stay. I'm starting to fear that if I do manage to find a place that will help me register an address, I'll arrive at immigration with little more than a few days or a week left.
If I don't have all of my i's dotted and everything in order once I go in, I won't have time to reapply. Then I would be forced to leave the Schengen Area for a minimum of 3 months before being allowed back. So that discourages me from wanting to commit to any kind of lease or tenancy agreement of any kind. If I had to basically leave, then all that would be a waste.
Where should I go to get an address? From what I understand, it only has to say 1 month. The immigration guys are going to want to say "yes he has an address" and put a stamp on a separate piece of paper and I can advance the process.
Despite the highly relaxed nature of Berlin, I'm finding myself a little bit stressed out because I feel like I don't have very much time left.