The Federal Chancellery has launched ‘EinfachMachen’—literally ‘Make It Simple’—a public portal that allows citizens and businesses to flag red-tape pain points in real time. Although the site targets all areas of administration, its first 48 hours saw a flood of complaints about residence-permit paperwork, driver-licence swaps and cross-border tax certificates, highlighting long-standing headaches for globally mobile staff.
Users can post anonymously and up-vote others’ entries; the most-popular obstacles will feed into a spring 2026 legislative-slimming package, according to Digital-Government Minister Sarah Ryglewski. Several relocation firms have already emailed clients urging expatriates to log the multi-step Anmeldung (address registration) process and the patchwork of online appointment systems across Germany’s 16 states.
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For HR and mobility managers the portal is both a lobbying tool and an early-warning system. By monitoring the platform’s open data feed, companies can spot emerging issues—such as delays at particular foreigners’ offices—and adjust onboarding timelines or deploy specialist intermediaries.
The launch coincides with Germany’s annual New-Year legal bundle, including the €63 nationwide ‘Deutschlandticket’ rail pass being locked in through 2030 and looming deadlines for old-format driving-licence exchanges. EinfachMachen does not change rules overnight, but it gives stakeholders a direct channel to influence the next wave of digital-government reforms.
Users can post anonymously and up-vote others’ entries; the most-popular obstacles will feed into a spring 2026 legislative-slimming package, according to Digital-Government Minister Sarah Ryglewski. Several relocation firms have already emailed clients urging expatriates to log the multi-step Anmeldung (address registration) process and the patchwork of online appointment systems across Germany’s 16 states.
For HR and mobility managers the portal is both a lobbying tool and an early-warning system. By monitoring the platform’s open data feed, companies can spot emerging issues—such as delays at particular foreigners’ offices—and adjust onboarding timelines or deploy specialist intermediaries.
The launch coincides with Germany’s annual New-Year legal bundle, including the €63 nationwide ‘Deutschlandticket’ rail pass being locked in through 2030 and looming deadlines for old-format driving-licence exchanges. EinfachMachen does not change rules overnight, but it gives stakeholders a direct channel to influence the next wave of digital-government reforms.
Source: VisaHQ Global Mobility News
