Working Holiday in Germany
 

Hey everybody,
I need some advice about getting a working holiday visa in Germany.
I am Australian and will be travelling on an Australian passport. I've checked with the consulate and they advised that there is a bilateral agreement between Australia and Germany and I should apply for a working visa after arriving in Germany. As long as sufficient funds are provided (enough for a return ticket and to support myself for the first three months) and I have health insurance to cover my stay, they said there shouldn't be any problems. My partner lives in Germany and I am able to join his health insurance policy once I am there. I was hoping to only buy insurance for about a month until I can join his plan. Do you think this will be a problem at customs?
I've purchased a one way ticket and am a little bit nervous about being denied entry. Does anybody have experience with applying for this visa?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Gonzi

Study fully the German embassy Canberra site on WHV: http://www.australien.diplo.de/Vertr...g-Holiday.html
As an Australian, you don't have to get a visa in advance and apply for residence permit in Germany. You can download the form and complete it and hand it at the foreigners' office when you arrive in Germany. If you want to be covered by your partner's health insurance, you need to supply documentary evidence of it, such as a letter from insurer (can be in German) that cover can be extended to you. Carry evidence of adequate funds, as stated.

Thanks for the reassurance.
I've been reading it over and will have all the documentation ready to show them. I just spoke to 1cover travel insurance and they said they offer a one way ticket policy which can be extended as you need it while travelling. I think I will apply for this and extend if needed until I can be covered by my partners insurance.
I'm just over thinking everything and want to make sure I have it all in order.
Thanks again!

Getting the health insurance for the time until your partner's insurance plan also covers you may not even be an issue or question of the insurance officer, but more in your own interest.
We do not have a national health service here like, for example, the UK so unless you have coverage you pay for every doctors visit or medication by yourself. While you hopefully will never get into the situation, any more serious problem or accident requiring a hospital stay can easily run into several thousand euros.
If your partner has German or EU citizenship and is in fact your spouse or partner in a civil union, it would make things much more easier for you, by the way.

I do not think your partner's health insurance will cover you unless you two get married.

Thanks everybody,
we got married in June so the health insurance shouldn't be an issue to join.
I'll definitely take out travel insurance just in case anything happens.
I'm feeling a lot more confident now with these answers.
Gonzi