GERMANY ALMOST DEPORTED ME.... 😳

[@wechooselife8481]

We moved to Germany quite recently from South Africa. We thought we had EVERY piece of paper we could possibly hope to have...in abridged, unabridged, apostilled, certified, and a few also translated. It took us two and a half years to get all our paperwork done in SA (not strange to wait years for a birth certificate for instance). My husband nagged Home Affairs to the tune of 14 million emails (he automated some of that). They still managed to come up with two documents that we didn't have translated, and wasn't asked for on the checklist, that we now need translations for. 😂 It sounds super stressful what you experienced...I'd definitely get nervous if someone told me the police and or army were coming for me! Safe travels to Australia. We're bummed to see you go, we've been following your channel for quite some time as part of our prep work to move here, and I drove past Hildesheim just yesterday.

[@PuntingForThePeople]

I can’t say Germany has a difficult process, as the process to apply for Marianns PR visa in Australia from Germany was also rather document and evidence heavy! 😅 but as you mentioned, the document you needed was never stated and when you are required to get something, you need it now! But if you want something, enjoy the 2 month wait 😅🙃

[@lisawilson723]

Jacob sorry to hear about your troubles.congrats to your new apartment best of luck .keep us update how things going

[@angelawalker1960]

Where are you moving to in Australia. There are restrictions here as well to get into the different states. Glad to hear you could sort it out though. Safe travels Jacob and Marianne. ✈️

[@PuntingForThePeople]

We will first be flying into one of the unrestricted states first, then following all necessary restrictions until we can arrive in my Hometown of Brisbane in QLD.. I can’t say what we are doing or where 🤭 that’s a surprise for viewers 😅🤙🏼😁

[@angelawalker1960]

@@PuntingForThePeople well at the moment QLD is not open for anyone else but by the time you actually here it hopefully is. But since you must have family here it should be easier. Fingers crossed.🤞 It's hot and humid here with lot's of storm around at the moment. Will be nice and green when you arrive. All the best to you. Brissy is a lovely place to be during this pandamic. All the best again. Which airlines are actually flying from Germany to Oz right now?

[@margretblaswich]

Wenn man einmal in die Mühlen der Bürokratie gerät, braucht man gute Nerven. Schön, daß es geregelt werden konnte. Nun bin ich einfach mal gespannt, was das Leben Down Under für Euch bereit hält.🍀

[@thorstent2542]

Now that was inappropriate. But maybe he should even stay in Dresden, others will resist if they are sent to Saxony.

[@rickyn1135]

So stressful and scary. I’ve learned from an other channel,Simple Germany, Germany is not up to date with online information and portals,communing from German State to State. Glad your safe form the Police & Army.

[@PuntingForThePeople]

Like the payment method, the real thing is king, online and other technology needs a little more time to advance in their daily habits for those things, not bad, but could for sure be better 😁

[@karinland8533]

Thats really sucks. Everything needs to bee done in paper...

[@PuntingForThePeople]

Another lesson for the non-German 😅

[@elmarbrugger8839]

Australia is in the European Song Contest 🙉

[@PuntingForThePeople]

We need to feel included somehow 😅🦘

[@MacheteCortez]

What a story…glad you can stay till you move.

[@PuntingForThePeople]

Me too! A couple hundred euros to get in and out would of been such a waste… let alone any penalty they might of chose to enforce 🥲

[@Mayagick]

Oh man, well just tick this off as cardio-training 190bpm. 7 days, short notice. I guess you need to be thankful. Is it true that in the US you're thrown out immediately -on own expenses oc-?

[@PuntingForThePeople]

No idea about the US, luckily never had to experience it, I know if you try to fly into Australia for the wrong/false reasons you can be sent right back on the next flight like on the border force tv show 😅

[@AnnaK.]

The biggest problem with German bureaucracy is that authorities are not networked. It is enough to move from one city to the other and all the paperwork has to be reorganized, all applications have to be re-submitted. And that is not only with immigration authorities, it works in every authority including the police. 😬

[@PuntingForThePeople]

When I asked if our enquiries were recorded in any way, I expect a very thorough German “Ja” but.. to my surprise, the Government I charge of overseas friends is a lot more laid back than I have come to learn of the lovely German population with file and document keeping 😅😅😅

[@AnnaK.]

@@PuntingForThePeople To keep all your documents (in order!) is bloody important in Germany! It's a part of survival. ;) Even more: all authority answers should be officially on paper, cause oral / spoken answers do not count. BTW: I wish you both good way home and greetings for down under, I'm missing aussyland so much, and hope we will visit it at least next year. ❤️

[@Mayagick]

Documentation? They put the burden on you, to proof anything. That's only for private businesses like Call centers to cover their azzes err files, agreeing on tos, etc. But you cannot held Ausländerbehörde responsible.

[@thorstent2542]

Before I moved to a other city inside Germany as a German, I don't knew what a Geburtsurkunde (birth certificate) is.

[@ericderami]

The hannover Ausländerbehörde doesn't even allow walk ups....its so difficult to get in here

[@PuntingForThePeople]

“Please select the next available appointment your would like” …… April 2022 😂😂🙃

[@aixot_3073]

I feel very sorry for you having trouble with German authorities! As a German citizen I feel ashamed of your experience with Germany in the last few weeks of your life in Germany.

[@PuntingForThePeople]

It was a scary a process and to begin with, even with all our explaining it seemed like there was no way around it, but I think they saw how well organised we were and that we weren’t “cheating” the system and soon after became far more accomodating to assist 😵‍💫

[@aixot_3073]

@@PuntingForThePeople Sounds like an act of mercy, not like a commitment to "You can trust the word by German authority" ... It's such a shame.

[@buschhuhn9197]

I feel sorry you had to go through this. Stay safe and have a good transition to Australia.

[@perdbeer6713]

They are only really serious when they also threaten you with the navy!

[@S-V-E-N-1-9-7-8]

OMG, what a tragic finale. 😖

[@PuntingForThePeople]

Only could happen to me at this point of the journey of course 😂😂🥲

[@S-V-E-N-1-9-7-8]

@@PuntingForThePeople this is another case where I am ashamed of my country and the EU. 😔 I could write a little more on this subject, but it's better if I hold back…. lol

[@frangipani-xh3yt]

Sorry to hear that. The long red carpet seems to make the employees small-minded

[@sweetpgrey4676]

Worlds worst place worst system no heart no care no compassion system failing good ppl while the bad ones breaking the law get all help thumbs 👇

[@beadus3512]

I don't want to talk about my negative experiences with Australian authorities, but after years of enjoying life in Germany, you shouldn't end up saying goodbye with a negative video. I have a feeling you are disappointed that things did not go as planned.

[@PuntingForThePeople]

This isn’t a goodbye video 😅 I’m still here and will be making more videos the coming weeks 🙂 Sometimes bad things happen and when you make videos about your life for the public and want to be authentic, you share the bad with the good 🤷🏻‍♂️ As for the “didn’t go as planned” comment… what exactly did everyone think MY plan was? I’ve been here nearly 5-6 years and almost 3 years full-time, had a nice job which I could of stayed in and gained my long term residency with, I had one if not my most successful years playing football, the only thing that suffered was my KZbin videos due to other important factors in my life taking time away… 🙄 Next year I could of stayed in Hildesheim, worked, played for numerous teams, moved to any city in Germany due to being in home office (my employer already offered that when I resigned as they didn’t know I was going all the way back to Australia)….. We (Mariann and I) chose to end a comfortable situation in Germany to move to Australia with a bunch of unknowns and questions for one reason, my large support network of family, job opportunities for the both of us and quality of life for us.. football won’t last forever and I was NEVER staying in Germany forever, this was the right time to make the switch as we didn’t feel comfortable moving somewhere else or re-committing to Germany for another year with football…. So yeah, not sure why people think that Germany “didn’t work out”. If anything it worked out better than planned, I nearly didn’t come back in 2018 or 2019 due to no football offers, so the fact I thrived until nearly 2022 I see as a success.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@emeseheller1679]

And now imagine you are not aware that you have been given the boot and need to leave Germany. At around 5.45 in the morning at least 6 police agents are surrounding the house so you can't escape. You are given about 15 minutes to gather some stuff and good bye Germany. That was it...

[@sweetpgrey4676]

Germany full of corruption no heart no compassion no understanding system messed up as all authorities bad place 👌

[@saraabdeddaim8590]

They must hate beauty, if they wanted to deport you 😵

[@PuntingForThePeople]

🤭

[@thorstent2542]

Police or federal police (Bundespolizei) not army. Military forces are not permitted to do police work. Sorry but it's my German gen defect to clear this.

[@t.kausch419]

Oh fuck. This is germany, real german. Sorry

[@PuntingForThePeople]

It got sorted, so no stress, makes for a cool story for the relatives 😉😅

[@peter_meyer]

Hm, the nearest non-EU country would have been the UK ...would have been the easiest way for you - i guess.

[@PuntingForThePeople]

I should of said non-Schengen, UK still applies to this even after Brexit, closest was Denmark, after that is was a trip to the further East countries such as Romania, Serbia and so on 🙃

[@peter_meyer]

@@PuntingForThePeople Um, no.The UK never signed the Schengen document. They never have been a "Schengen country".

[@rehurekj]

@@PuntingForThePeople not to dispute anything and your situation sucked for a moment but Denmark is in Schengen, Ireland isnt for example, And UK never actually was part of Schengen( they and Irish has separate free travel area) and now it also out of EU and nothing EU applies to them anymore after Brexit( except some ECJ ruling and some single market rules and thats only in NI)

[@AndreasWiegand]

Congratulations on being allowed to stay in Germany for the time being. The information is too late now. Simple rule for non-EU citizens: No work - no residence. It's simply unbelievable that the staff in Hildesheim are telling you something different. Always get everything from the German authorities in writing. Verbal statements are worth nothing and are not recorded. I wish you all the best in Australia. I'll be going there again in 2023.😊

[@Yoshimitsu863]

Maybe not entirely okay and morally reprehensible, but next time maybe just apply for asylum, the processing there alone takes 6 months and during that time you are safe and meanwhile everyone is allowed to do that! 🤷‍♂️

[@chairoafrica2124]

Hey bro, if I apply for asylum do I have to stay in that facility or am I allowed to live with a friend?