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Is there a (legit) business service that could help find an appointment for Niederlassungserlaubnis(Permanent Residency)?
I found them online, and apparently, they have good reviews too. What are your opinions?
I know a few people who've used those services and they're really just paying for someone to spam the refresh button. The Landesamt system works on a first-come basis and no third party has any special backdoor access to appointments.
If you're set on going this route, make sure you're not paying more than 100 euros and check that they don't ask for your login credentials. Some of the shadier ones want full access to your Berlin.de account which is a bad idea.
Honestly, the best method I've seen work is checking the portal around 7:45 to 8:15 in the morning, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays when they tend to release more slots. You could also try writing to the Ausländerbehörde directly through the contact form on their site, explaining your situation, though response times vary a lot.
Honestly, I've heard about those services too but never used one. Most people I know just got lucky checking the appointment page early in the morning or used a bot that sends alerts, which is way cheaper.
honestly, just try the walk-in route at the LEA. i know a guy who went at 6am and got in by 10. paying a service feels sketchy and they might just ghost you if something goes wrong
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What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.