Germany Expat Toolkit
Moving to Germany? Check your Blue Card salary, register, and get the first 90 days done
For people moving to Germany for work. Three tools on one page: is your job offer enough for a Blue Card, how to do the Anmeldung within two weeks, and a checklist that explains every German word on it. No signup; your answers stay in your browser.
- Runs
- In your browser
- Signup
- Not needed
- Licence
- MIT, open source
- Topic
- Everyday life
- 1.
Use it free
Open it in your browser. The first result needs no signup.
- 2.
Run it yourself
Open source under MIT. Take the code to your own server.
- 3.
Stay in touch
One email when it gets a new feature. Nothing else.
What it does
- Compares your gross salary (per year or per month) with the 2026 Blue Card minimums: €50,700, or €45,934.20 for shortage occupations, new graduates and IT specialists with 3+ years of experience instead of a degree.
- Says whether the Federal Employment Agency has to approve the job, how far you are below the minimum, and which other routes fit: skilled worker visa, Chancenkarte, and the 45+ salary rule.
- Anmeldung step by step: what to bring (passport, Wohnungsgeberbestätigung), your two-week deadline from the move-in date, how to find an appointment, and what arrives afterwards (Meldebescheinigung, Steuer-ID by post).
- A first-90-days checklist with 14 steps: SIM card, bank account, health insurance, Steuer-ID, Rundfunkbeitrag, Haftpflicht, residence permit appointment, family doctor, driving licence. Each one explains the German term.
- Due dates counted from your move-in date, progress saved in your browser (localStorage), printable.
- Every figure linked to the official source (Bundesanzeiger, AufenthG, BMG, BZSt) with an "as of" date. English and German.
Why I built it
Most people I know who moved to Germany for work lost weeks to the same things: not knowing if the salary was enough for the Blue Card, hunting for a Bürgeramt appointment, and letters full of words like Wohnungsgeberbestätigung. The official information is good but spread over ten websites. So I put the three questions everyone asks in the first weeks on one page, with the source for every number.
Hafiz
Limits. Not legal advice. Figures as of October 2026; the Blue Card minimums change every January. Your embassy or Ausländerbehörde has the final word.
Run it on your own server
Static files, no build step and no dependencies. Any web server works; tests run with Node.js 18+ (node --test tests/).
- Stack
- HTML, JavaScript
- Licence
- MIT
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