Freelancer in Germany

evat
evat • 8 September 2023
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Hello Yara, hello Team! Thanks for the welcome and for this site, looks quite promising and helpful! I have a question regarding becoming a freelancer in Germany (Bavaria, München/Freising area). I am from an EU country, and would like to work as a specialist freelancer, that covers several areas.
What do I have to call myself to be able to do all these tasks:
- Translating
- Content creation
- Website design and maintenance
- Consultancy on specific topics
- Coaching, educating and mentoring individuals
- Creating online courses for education purposes (for myself and clients)
I would combine all of these, it is sort of a portfolio… Virtual Assistant, Life Coach, Business Consultant, Educator, Content Creator?
I would work online, so my clients would come from anywhere around the world. Do I need to differentiate between countries when providing the invoice? Who could I talk to about the details, what do you think? In English, as my German knowledge is still under development… Many thanks!

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Self employment

Answers (5)

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Yara _Community Manager • 7 months ago

Hello evat, thank you for your question and for your patience. 

Great that you have already thought of a business idea.

There are quite a few organizations that you can talk to and make your business idea more concrete and receive support for your questions, such as the invoice. You can receive advice by the institute for liberal professions.
You can fill in the form and then contact them via phone or mail: http://ifb.uni-erlangen.de/en/kontakt/ 
You can read more about their start up counseling here: http://ifb.uni-erlangen.de/en/gruendungsberatung/ 


You can also receive advice from the organization Jumpp in English, just write them a mail or give them a phone call: https://www.jumpp.de/english
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Additionally, you can also read more on the website of migrant economy and contact them if you have further questions: https://www.wir-gruenden-in-deutschland.de/en/starting-a-business-in-ge…
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It is also a good idea to read up on the regulations for self employment beforehand. 
The Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action provides an information page on starting your own business in English: https://www.existenzgruender.de/EN/Home/inhalt.html

On handbook Germany you can also find more information on starting a business and freelancing.
https://handbookgermany.de/en/self-employment 
and
 https://handbookgermany.de/en/entrepreneurship 


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I am always happy to help if you have any further questions. Please let me know if the institute for liberal professions was able to help you. 


Best wishes for your and your business idea. 


Ebram • 7 months ago

Hello Evat ,
First Please allow me to express my admiration for your diverse practical skills .

I work as an Oracle Application Developer " Apex " and Data analysis .
I'm tiring to immigrate to germane to live and work there as l freelance or full time maybe , So I though that I can assign for the Selbständigkeit Visa .

I Wonder if you can shear with me your experience on this topic " Work as I freelance in Germany "

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