What does emigrating to Germany cost?
Four questions, and you have an honest range for your situation — with for every item whether it's a checked rate or an estimate. The paperwork costs almost nothing here; the money is in the three-month deposit and the first months themselves.
What it costs
A rough indication for your situation
A few short questions, and you get a range instead of an amount. That's deliberate: an exact figure would suggest a precision nobody has.
Count on a total of
€ 2.000 – € 5.800
Where does that difference come from?
- De eerste maanden€ 2.000 – € 5.500
Open the breakdown below: there you'll find per item where the upper and the lower limit come from.
- Aanvraag en papieren
- € 0 – € 80
- De verhuizing
- € 20 – € 150
- De eerste maanden
- € 2.000 – € 5.500
View the itemsPer item the amount, the source and whether it's a rate or an estimate
Aanvraag en papieren
- Akten en eventuele vertalingen(estimate)€ 0 – € 80
De verhuizing
- Reis(estimate)€ 20 – € 150
De eerste maanden
- De eerste maanden(estimate)€ 2.000 – € 5.500
De borg is wettelijk gemaximeerd op drie kale maandhuren en mag in drie termijnen — dat verzacht de klap bij het tekenen. Reken verder op dubbele woonlasten in de zoekmaanden en leven tot het eerste Duitse salaris. De stad is de grote knop: München en Hamburg huren op of boven Nederlands niveau, veel andere regio's er ruim onder.
And if you buy a house?
This calculation assumes renting: the first months include deposit and rent in advance.
If you buy, count on 7 to 15% of the purchase price on top of this amount. On a home of € 250,000 that's € 17.500 to € 37.500.
De Grunderwerbsteuer verschilt sterk per deelstaat: 3,5% in Beieren en Saksen, 6,5% in Brandenburg, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Saarland en Sleeswijk-Holstein. Notaris en Grundbuch zijn wettelijk geregeld en samen 1,5 tot 2% — daar valt niet over te onderhandelen. De makelaar is de post die het verschil maakt: ongeveer 3,57% inclusief btw voor de koper, en zonder makelaar blijft het totaal onder de 8%.
An order of magnitude based on averages, not a quote. The real amounts depend on your occupation, your route, the season and dozens of choices you still have to make.
The rates in this calculation haven't been checked against the official sources yet.
Your complete, personal cost picture — with your route, your documents and your deadlines — you get in Vertrekklaar.
From range to your own budget
The calculator above works with four questions; the journey itself knows more. In Vertrekklaar the same model calculates on your real situation — how many children, which household contents, car along or not — and also watches the order of every step. A one-off € 199, no subscription.
The departure guide
Five mails, and you see your whole journey
Not ready to start yet? Then we'll send you the departure guide for Germany: five mails in a week and a half, with the order, the pitfalls and the real costs. After that only a short update when something in Germany really changes — at most one a month, no newsletter, and you can switch it off at any time.
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