Your life in Germany · Sorted

German bureaucracy, finally on your side.

Stop dreading the Anmeldung, the Ausländerbehörde, and that letter you can't read. Büro walks you through it step by step, answers your questions instantly, and quietly saves you money on fuel, groceries, and rent along the way.

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20+ German cities
5 Languages · EN · DE · TR · AR · UK
24/7 AI legal guidance
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Steps from arrival to settled
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20+
Cities with local guidance
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AI answers, no waiting room
What Büro does

Everything Germany throws at you — handled.

One calm app for students, expats, workers, and families. Less panic, fewer fines, more money in your pocket.

Spend less, every day

The cheapest fuel near you, grocery deal hints, and salary, rent, and pension calculators that show what you'll really keep.

Never lose a document again

Snap receipts and AI files them automatically. Warranties, deadlines, and your most important papers — all in one encrypted place.

Always know your next step

A 16-step first-year journey plus city-specific guides for Anmeldung, visas, and housing — tailored to whether you're a student, worker, or family.

Stand up for your rights

A searchable rights library and an AI assistant trained on German law — plain answers, with the relevant paragraph cited.

Stay legal, stress-free

Visa finance checks, a permit tracker that warns you before deadlines, and Ausländerbehörde prep so you walk in ready.

First year in Germany

From "where do I even start?" to settled.

Your first year, mapped into 16 clear steps — adapting to whether you're a student, worker, or family, with built-in tools for finance checks, permits, and appointments.

Student Worker Family
01

Housing

Find a place you can register at — avoid the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung trap.

02

Anmeldung

Register your address within 14 days at the Bürgeramt.

03

Bank account

Open a German account with your Meldebescheinigung.

04

Steuer-ID

Track the 2–6 week wait for your tax ID after Anmeldung.

05

Health insurance

Choose GKV or PKV — understand the binding rules.

06

Sperrkonto

Visa finance check for student blocked accounts.

07

Immatriculation

Enrol at your university for your student permit.

08

Work permit

Check working-hour rules for students and workers.

09

Anerkennung

Get your foreign qualifications recognised in Germany.

10

Family sponsor

Income thresholds for family reunification visas.

11

Spouse A1 German

Language proof checklist for family visas.

12

Kita & Kindergeld

Daycare applications and child benefit basics.

13

Ausländerbehörde

Permit renewal prep with city-specific tips and bring lists.

14

Rundfunkbeitrag

Register GEZ — one payer per household, avoid duplicate fines.

15

Schufa housing

Build your tenant dossier as a newcomer with empty credit.

16

Document vault

Encrypted local storage for passport, visa, Melde, and more.

Visa finance check

Student §16b, Chancenkarte, Blue Card, and family sponsor thresholds — know if you qualify before you apply.

Permit tracker

Track permit expiry, appointment dates, and Fiktionsbescheinigung — with reminders at 14, 3, and 0 days.

Ausländerbehörde prep

City-specific tips, bring lists, and portal links for Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, and more.

Save money

The app that pays for itself.

Germany is expensive. Büro finds the savings hiding in your fuel, groceries, salary, and rent — so spending smarter takes zero effort.

Never overpay at the pump

See the cheapest diesel, E5, or E10 within 5 or 10 km on a live map. Price charts and forecasts even tell you whether to fill up now or wait for tomorrow's drop.

  • Cheapest nearby, plus a favorites list
  • Price alerts when your station drops
  • Fill up, then snap the receipt in one tap
  • Spotted a wrong price? Report it instantly
FUEL · LIVE PRICES
Diesel €1.519 · Fill now

Know the numbers before you commit

Three calculators for life's biggest money decisions. Estimates only — not official Steuerberatung, so always verify with a professional.

What's my real take-home?

Turn any gross salary into net pay — factoring tax class, church tax, children, and your job role.

Rent or buy?

Compare monthly cost, equity you'd build, and the break-even point — no spreadsheet required.

Will my pension be enough?

Estimate your future statutory pension from today's income and contributions.

Snap a receipt, forget the shoebox

Photograph any receipt and AI pulls out the merchant, total, VAT, and line items in seconds. See where your money actually goes, and get nudged before a warranty quietly expires.

  • Library, Insights, Coverage & Deals in one place
  • Share a receipt straight from any iOS app
  • Warranty alerts before you lose your claim
  • Compare baskets and catch this week's deals
RECEIPTS · INSIGHTS
Library Insights Deals
Everything inside

One app instead of ten browser tabs.

Guides, rights, AI, receipts, fuel, calculators, and newcomer tools — finally in one calm place that speaks your language.

AI legal assistant

Ask anything about German law and get a clear answer in seconds — with the relevant paragraph cited. 10 free questions a day.

Know what you're owed

A searchable library of your rights — employment, housing, healthcare, immigration, family law, and benefits you might be missing.

Guides that fit your city

Checklists tuned to where you live, with progress tracking and bookmarks. Tick off each step and always know exactly what's left.

Your documents, locked tight

Passport, visa, Meldebescheinigung and more — encrypted on your device, exportable as PDF, with reminders before anything expires.

In your language

Fully usable in English, Deutsch, Türkçe, العربية, and Українська — including right-to-left support and culturally adapted content.

Reminders that save you fines

Permit expiry, document deadlines, and warranty windows — Büro reminds you in good time, so nothing slips through.

AI assistant

Like having a lawyer friend on call.

No jargon, no €200 consultation. Ask about permits, your job, your flat, or your benefits — and get a straight answer that cites the actual German law.

AI Legal Assistant chat

Answers the moment you need them

Type your question, watch the answer stream back in real time, and pick up old conversations whenever you like. Suggested questions adapt to your language and city, so you're never staring at a blank box.

Trained on German legal system
Real-time streaming responses
Multi-language support
Your Rights library

Your Rights library

Search and discover entitlements with our extensive database of German social benefits, employment rights, and legal protections.

Step-by-step guides

Step-by-step guides

Navigate Anmeldung, residence permits, and family processes with interactive checklists and city-specific guidance.

Account and language settings

Multilingual by design

English, German, Turkish, Arabic, and Ukrainian — with instant language switching across guides, AI, and key flows.

See it in action

A real question, answered clearly — any time, day or night

"I was fired from my company. Can you help me understand my rights?"

AI Assistant: Under German law (KSchG), employees with at least six months of service in companies with 10+ employees are protected against unfair dismissals. You have three weeks to file a claim in labour court. Would you like me to guide you through the process?

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Guides & documents

Walk in prepared. Never miss a deadline.

Know exactly what you're entitled to, keep your papers safe, and let Büro count down to every expiry so you're never caught out.

Guides & Your Rights

Step-by-step checklists for 20+ German cities and a rights library covering employment, housing, healthcare, immigration, and family law. Everything in 5 languages and kept current with AI-verified updates.

EN DE TR AR UK

Document vault & permit tracker

Keep your passport, visa, and Meldebescheinigung encrypted on your device — exportable as PDF whenever an office asks. Büro tracks your permit, appointments, and Fiktionsbescheinigung and nudges you long before anything lapses.

  • 5 documents free, 50 with Plus
  • Warnings at 14, 3, and 0 days before expiry
  • Ausländerbehörde bring-lists for your city
On the roadmap · Vision

Decode any German letter

Imagine snapping that intimidating Behörden-Post and instantly seeing what it means, what it wants, and by when — in your own language, with reminders added automatically. This one isn't live yet — it's the future we're building toward.

Plain-language decode Deadline extraction Auto-draft replies Scam detection Vault integration
About SmartBürokratie

We've been the confused newcomer too.

Büro was built for everyone trying to make Germany home — expats, students, the Turkish-German community, and lifelong residents alike. Our promise is simple: explain it plainly, cite the law, and never waste your time.

From your very first Anmeldung to an Elternzeit application years later, every guide is reviewed by real people, kept up to date, and available in English, Deutsch, Türkçe, العربية, and Українська.

AI legal assistant
Live fuel prices
Smart Receipts + deals
16-step newcomer journey
3 money calculators
5 languages · 20+ cities
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Start free in two minutes.

On iOS, Android, and the web — no credit card, no catch. Plus will unlock higher limits when in-app purchase goes live.

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Core access

  • All guides & rights search
  • 10 AI messages / day
  • 5 receipt uploads / month
  • 5 document vault slots
  • Full newcomer journey
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Higher limits

  • Everything in Free
  • 50 AI messages / day
  • 50 receipt uploads / month
  • 50 document vault slots
  • Join waitlist in app

Plus is not purchasable yet — join the waitlist inside the app to get notified when billing goes live. Store savings and flyer flows open your browser for local offers; treat price hints as non-binding estimates.

Get in touch

A real person reads every message.

Press, partnerships, accessibility feedback, or a question we didn't answer — write to us and we'll get back to you.

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München, Germany

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