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Living and working in Germany

Have you decided to live in Germany permanently, for professional or private reasons? You will need German language skills and up-to-date information about life in Germany. The Goethe-Institut offers you quality support to best prepare you for a successful life in Germany.

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Our offer

  • Personal advice
    We answer your questions about everyday life, work, language and departure – online or at your local Goethe-Institut. 
  • Information events
    Learn more about topics such as language certificates, recognition, health, the school system and visas. Ask questions and get an overview of other advisory services. 
  • Workshops und trainings
    Strategies for learning and passing German language exams, development of intercultural competencies, as well as guidance and orientation support before departure and after arrival. 

Personal advice and consultation

Would you like personal advice online or at the Goethe-Institut? We can answer your questions about everyday life and working life in Germany, proof of language proficiency, exit procedures, leaving the country, and everyday life in Germany or the German working world.

You can use this form to register for an appointment with us:

Registration for appointments

Workshops

Intercultural workshops

When people from different cultures meet, uncertainties and irritations can arise. Living in a foreign society is successful when trusting relationships can be built and maintained. For this to happen, criteria must be fulfilled, which we would like to introduce to you through our intercultural workshops.

Workshops on learning and exam strategies

To take up a job in Germany, you have to prove your German language skills. In our workshops on examination and learning strategies, we support you in developing learning strategies and preparing for the language examinations of the Goethe-Institut.

My path to Germany

Are you leaving for Germany soon or are you already there? In our regular workshops "My German Course" you will receive comprehensive information to support you on your arrival and make it easier for you to settle in.

German Pre-Departure Orientation Participant Workbook(PDF, 103 MB)

Dates and registration

Find out more about our workshops in Nigeria and information events worldwide. Here you will find all the dates and can register directly:

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My life in Germany

Young people talk about their first steps in Germany, about their work, about their free time and their plans for the future.

MIGRATION THROUGH POETRY.

PODCAST

#Migration Through Poetry is a fun new interactive podcast with our guest host; A poetry and spoken word genius Tanasgol Sabbagh who shares life experiences as a foreigner living in Germany through the help of poetry. You can expect unfiltered, unadulterated perspectives of the everyday life in Germany as a foreigner.

 

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The two pre-integration courses "Prepared and Successful to Germany" of Diakonie in Deutschland and "Living and Working in Germany" of the Goethe-Institut are carried out in Nigeria in close cooperation between the Goethe-Institut Nigeria and Diakonie in Deutschland. Both services are financed/co-financed by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). The offer "Prepared and successful to Germany" is additionally supported by funds from the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, as well as the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees) , the State of Hamburg, as well as from the Diakonie and the Goethe-Institut’s own funds.

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