YOUR FIRST CHECKLIST
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Your starting checklist
Start with your residence route, then local address registration, healthcare, and tax steps. Use the country guides below for official-source checklists.
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Germany
- Register your address in Germany (Anmeldung)
- Get your German tax identification number (Steuer-ID)
- Berlin and Bremen Anmeldung: registering after a move from abroad
- Moving to Germany as an EU citizen: Anmeldung and first steps
- Moving to Germany as a non-EU citizen: visa and first steps
- Berlin Anmeldung after moving from abroad: documents and appointments
- Bremen Anmeldung after moving from abroad: who attends and what to bring
- Munich Anmeldung after moving from abroad: deadline and documents
- Moving from Spain to Germany: an EU-citizen route and checklist
- Hamburg Anmeldung after moving from abroad: appointment and documents
- Frankfurt Anmeldung after moving from abroad: Bürgeramt and online route
- Moving to Berlin: what to do first (Anmeldung, tax ID, bank)
- Berlin vs Munich Anmeldung: appointments, online options and documents
- Cologne Anmeldung from abroad: appointments, documents and landlord form
- Open a German bank account: ID, Anmeldung and Basiskonto
- Driving licence in Germany: six-month rule and conversion
- Health insurance in Germany: what you must have
- Renting in Germany: contract, deposit and scams
Spain
- Register on Spain’s Padrón (municipal register)
- Request a Spanish NIE assignment
- Register on Madrid’s Padrón: the city process
- Moving to Spain as an EU citizen: registration certificate and Padrón
- Moving to Spain as a non-EU citizen: visa, residence status and Padrón
- Barcelona Padrón: address proof and local steps
- Moving from Germany to Spain: an EU-citizen route and checklist
- Valencia Padrón: register your address with the city
- Málaga Padrón: local registration, appointments and renewals
- Change your address on Spain’s Padrón after a move
- Can I get a Spanish NIE before finding an apartment?
- Barcelona vs Madrid Padrón: channels, documents and certificates
- Padrón certificate vs empadronamiento vs volante: what is the difference?
- Valencia digital certificate: FNMT request, identity check and download
- Seville Padrón: appointment, documents and the hoja padronal
- Open a Spanish bank account: the basic payment account
- Driving licence in Spain: six-month rule and canje
- Healthcare in Spain: who is covered and the health card
Italy
- Italy residence registration: Comune and ANPR
- Get an Italian tax code (Codice Fiscale)
- Register for public healthcare in Italy (SSN)
- Arezzo residence change: local steps and deadline
- Moving to Italy as an EU citizen: residenza and first steps
- Moving to Italy as a non-EU citizen: visa, permit and residenza
- Milan residence registration from abroad: the online process
- Rome residence registration from abroad: channels and documents
- Turin residence registration from abroad: deadline and online filing
- Codice Fiscale before opening an Italian bank account?
- Milan permesso di soggiorno: post-office kit, Questura appointment and next steps
- Driving licence in Italy: converting a foreign licence
- Milan vs Rome residence registration: channels and documents
- Moving from Germany to Italy: EU-citizen route
- Moving from Spain to Italy: EU-citizen route
Netherlands
- Moving to the Netherlands as an EU citizen
- Moving to the Netherlands as a non-EU citizen
- BRP registration in the Netherlands
- How to get a BSN in the Netherlands
- RNI registration in the Netherlands
- How to apply for DigiD after moving to the Netherlands
- Dutch health insurance after moving: what to check
- Moving to the Netherlands as a student
- Moving to the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant
- Moving to the Netherlands with a partner or family
- Amsterdam gemeente registration: five-day rule, proof of housing and BSN
- First registration in Rotterdam from abroad: BRP, housing permit and BSN
- First BRP registration in The Hague from abroad: EU and non-EU routes
- BSN in the Netherlands without a rental contract?
- Registering in Utrecht from abroad: appointment, location and BSN
- Open a Dutch bank account: BSN, ID and basic account
- Driving licence in the Netherlands: use it or exchange it
- Renting in the Netherlands: contract, deposit and rent checks
- Amsterdam vs Rotterdam registration: process and documents
- Moving from Germany to the Netherlands: EU-citizen route
- Moving from Spain to the Netherlands: EU-citizen route
EU-wide
- Health cover when you move within the EU
- EU Citizen Moving Within Europe: What to Do First
- Non-EU Citizen Moving to Germany, Spain or Italy
- Moving to Another EU Country for an Employee Job
- Moving Abroad While Working Remotely
- Moving to Another EU Country as a Student
- Retiring in Another EU Country: Residence and Healthcare
- Moving to Another EU Country with Family
- Anmeldung, Padrón, residenza and BRP compared
- Steuer-ID, NIE, codice fiscale and BSN compared
- Opening a bank account: Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands
- Health cover compared: Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands
- Driving licence rules compared: DE, ES, IT, NL