How to be a Marburger 2: Anmeldebestätigung

After we have arrived in Marburg Hauptbahnhof, we went directly to Hotel Marburger Hof to spend some nights there before we moved to our new (rented) home. The hotel located near the Bahnhof, thus, taxi refused to take us there -___-

The first thing I needed to do in the next day was, of course, to show up in the institute and to greet the professor, also the members, and then to go the Welcome Center (International Office).

In Welcome Center, the staff gave me a checklist so I could be a temporary Marburger, and an application form to register at the Local Registration Office.

Here is the list:

1. Registration at the Local Registration Office
2. Opening a bank account
3. Enrolment as an exchange doctoral student
4. Applying for a health insurance
5. Local Immigration Office (Ausländerbehörde)

The key is to get the Anmeldebestätigung from the Local Registration Office, because we need this to open a bank account. Without bank account (with some money in it), how can we live?

So, before going the Local Registration Office, these were what I needed to do:

1. signed the house contract so I could get a confirmation from the landlord (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung) that I was really staying at his house.
2. filled the application form
3. prepared my passport
4. went to the Local Registration Office (Frauenbergstraße 35, 35039 Marburg). The bus stop is "Stadtbüro".

the process was fast, I got the Anmeldebestätigung at the same day.

And with this letter, I opened a bank account. 

And with a bank account, I could apply for a health insurance and enrol to the university.