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No appointments in Bürgeramt for months - ok to stay without anmeldung for a while ?
I thought the rule is to get the Anmeldung within 2 weeks. I am not sure if I will be in trouble if I try to get it done after 2 and a half months ?
Besides, I will be living without an address essentially. Official communications will come to my previous address and I think they will be returned. Who knows what important communication I will be missing on. What if I need to order a new bank card or something, they will not delivery on a new address for sure. I was planning to file my tax return but now I am afraid the response will be lost (not sure I have any other way of knowing what happened to my tax filling). It's going to be problematic without Anmeldung.
After searching online, I saw some suggestions from people that appointment slots become available early morning. I checked twice and there was an earlier slot but in July end. Besides, it sucks wasting my time looking for appointments all the time, I have better things to do than to manually seek appointments.
Another suggestion was to forward the post. I am not sure what they will ask for to forward the mails, it's not that anyone can simply go online and intercept my post. And again, it would suck to pay a fee for no fault of my own.
yeah the 2 week rule is real but they dont really fine you for it anymore, especially if you can show you tried getting appointments. i know someone who did theirs after 4 months and nothing happened. just keep proof of your appointment search screenshots or something
for mail forwarding Deutsche Post has a service called Nachsendeauftrag, costs like 25€ for 6 months. you fill it out online and they redirect everything from your old address. works for bank cards too. honestly way less stress than worrying about lost mail
if you really want an appointment faster, try the bookable appointment system at like 7am on weekdays, thats when they release cancelled slots. i got one for Friedrichshain that way within a week. also check Spandau or Köpenick, those are less busy and you just take the S-Bahn there
tbh the whole citizen office thing is a mess but technically you're fine as long as you eventually register. just bring your rental contract when you finally get the slot and they'll backdate it to when you moved in
for mail you could also just change your address with the bank online most of
Honestly the 2 week thing is more of a guideline these days, loads of people are in the same boat. Just book whatever you can get and don't stress too much.
For the mail problem, you can also just put a sticker on your old mailbox with your new address and hope the post person is nice enough to redirect stuff manually. Works sometimes.
i'd say skip the big names and look at studiowest in prenzlauer berg, they do amazing japanese style but the waitlist is like 6 months. if u want something quicker, the artists at bitterlich tattoo in mitte are super underrated, especially for fine line. and honestly, walk past the instagram hype, go to a shop in person and ask to see their portfolio book, that's where the real stuff is.
The Berlin tattoo scene is pretty spread out, so it depends on what style you're after. For fine line and minimalist work, I'd look at A Fine Line in Kreuzberg, they're booked out weeks in advance for a reason. If you want bold traditional, check out Die Wilde Ecke in Neukölln, they've been around forever and the artists there are solid. Honestly, your best bet is to scroll through Instagram and find someone whose healed work you like, not just the fresh photos, because that's where the real skill shows.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet is the tattoo convention at Arena Berlin, usually in early summer. It's a good way to see a bunch of styles in one afternoon and talk to artists face to face without committing to a shop. I found my guy there three years ago, he works out of a tiny studio near Boxhagener Platz and does amazing neo-traditional, but he rarely posts on Instagram so you'd never discover him otherwise. Bring cash if you go, a lot of the booths only take that on the day.