
CECarolin Eisentraut
GKGábor KismihókPractical onboarding for international TIB employees, visiting researchers, doctoral candidates, and accompanying partners or families. Choose the route that matches your citizenship or residence status, location and family situation, then work through the relevant steps for arriving, registering, living and working in Hannover. Core modules cover housing, administration, finances, healthcare and mobility; family topics are optional.
This path provides general orientation and does not replace individual legal, immigration, tax, financial or medical advice. Requirements can change. Use the linked official sources and contact your TIB HR contact or the responsible public authority for case-specific guidance.
The creation of this learning pathway has been co-financed by the PeerPower KA220-HED-FDA87D3A Erasmus Plus project: https://projects.tib.eu/peerpower/about-the-project
After completing the modules relevant to their situation, learners can:
create and maintain a personal arrival timeline, document checklist and action plan;
distinguish core, conditional and optional tasks and choose the appropriate route for their citizenship, place of residence and family situation;
prepare for housing, address registration and any applicable residence process, using the correct official contact points;
explain the essentials of banking, payslips, income tax and social-security deductions and check their first payslip;
organise health-insurance coverage, access healthcare appropriately and distinguish emergency from non-emergency services;
plan their regular commute, locate relevant language and family services, and recognise when individual professional advice is needed.
Begin here to choose the route that fits your citizenship or residence status, location and family situation. Build a personal arrival timeline and document checklist before continuing.
By the end of this module, you can distinguish core, conditional and optional content; identify the documents relevant to your situation; and create a personal before-arrival and first-weeks action plan.
A practical Hannover-focused guide to housing types, rental terminology, newcomer application alternatives, safer searching, contracts, handover and registration-ready move-in.
Learners can compare housing offers, calculate likely costs, recognise scam and privacy risks, and prepare safely for a tenancy and move-in.
A step-by-step guide to Anmeldung, Hannover's online-service limitations, Bürgeramt preparation, family registration, registration confirmation, tax ID and HR follow-up.
Learners can identify the authority and registration route for their home address, prepare a non-sensitive document checklist, register on time and complete the next administrative steps.
A decision-oriented overview for EU/EEA/Swiss nationals, Blue Card holders, researchers, other employees and family members, including Hannover city/region responsibility and pending applications.
Learners can distinguish entry visa, residence title and work authorisation; identify the correct nationality and purpose-of-stay route; and prepare an application or extension with the responsible authority.
A practical guide to CEFR self-assessment, BAMF and VHS routes, course selection, TIB support questions, workplace-language goals and a 90-day study plan.
Learners can estimate their CEFR level, choose a course that matches a workplace or everyday goal, and create a realistic 90-day learning plan.
This module introduces everyday banking in Germany. It explains the purpose of a current account, typical banking products, and the practical steps newcomers should take to set up an account for salary and daily payments.
Learners will be able to explain why a German bank account is useful, compare basic account options, and prepare the usual documents needed to open one.
This module helps learners understand how salary works in Germany. It focuses on payslips, payroll deductions, income tax, and the main factors that affect how much money employees receive after deductions.
Learners will be able to distinguish between gross and net salary, identify common payroll deductions, and describe the basics of income tax in Germany.
This module provides an introduction to the German health insurance system. It explains compulsory coverage, key differences between insurance types, and what learners need to know to stay insured and use healthcare services.
Learners will be able to compare statutory and private health insurance at a basic level and explain how health insurance supports access to medical care in Germany.
This module focuses on how to use the healthcare system in practice. It covers finding a doctor, getting medication, understanding prescriptions, and knowing where to go in urgent or emergency situations.
Learners will be able to access common healthcare services in Germany, including GP visits, specialist referrals, pharmacies, and emergency support.
This module introduces mobility without a car in Germany. It explains buses, trams, regional trains, long-distance travel, and how to choose suitable tickets for everyday transport needs.
Learners will be able to use public transport options in Germany, understand common ticket types, and plan local and long-distance travel.
This module gives families an overview of childcare in Germany. It explains nursery and childcare options, the role of local offices, and why early planning is important because places may be limited.
Learners will be able to describe the main childcare options in Germany and identify where to look for local childcare support and registration information.
This module explains how school education is organised in Germany. It introduces compulsory schooling, primary and secondary school pathways, and the role of local rules in school placement.
Learners will be able to outline the basic structure of the German school system and identify key decisions families need to make during school enrolment.
This module focuses on family-related financial and employment support in Germany. It introduces child benefit, parental allowance models, and parental leave as key resources for families with children.
Learners will be able to explain the basics of child benefit, parental allowance, and parental leave in Germany and identify when these supports may apply.
Apply the learning path to realistic first-weeks situations involving housing, registration, residence, work, healthcare, mobility, language and family life. The assessment tests decisions, not obscure facts.
Learners can apply the onboarding guidance to realistic first-weeks situations, choose safe next steps, route questions to the responsible service and protect personal information.
A guided close to the onboarding path: prioritise next actions, route unresolved questions to the right TIB or public contact, use eDoer safely and complete a confidence check.
Learners can create a dated personal onboarding plan, identify the responsible support contact for unresolved questions and recognise when official or professional advice is required.