I have no idea how they're processing these claims so quickly but one friend I just spoke to joined the queue on Friday, was called to apply on Sunday, and received 5000€ in her account this morning
Show this thread
Germany really wasn't fucking around with the emergency fund for freelancers, the applications went live on Friday and 5,000€ grants have already been transferred into people's accounts as of yesterday
-
-
-
For those interested, the app can be found below, and English translations (maybe other languages too?) are circulating Facebook—remember that there's a limited fund, so if you've got a savings account or trust fund, think about what you really need: https://www.ibb.de/de/foerderprogramme/corona-zuschuss.html …
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
suprisingly, this is just Berlin, and maybe Bavaria? Hamburg is its own mess. also, Berlin seems to have paid the highest amount. Federal state solutions...
-
oh is it! i'd seen that the ibb had applications for most (all?) states but hadn't looked into the process—all i know is hamburg required over a hundred papers, apparently
- 6 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
I need to not live here lol
-
honestly there are many issues but at times like these, it's a sigh of relief
- 5 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
Are non-citizens eligible? I'd assume yes, because Germany is generally better about this sort of thing.
-
for once yes! usually this aid would hinder future applications for residence permits, but they've waived that for the next few months
- 3 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
The Spanish government just took their regular social security payment from my account as normal
-
yeah they haven't announced what's going to happen with tax payments because those are on their way out of people's accounts right now tbh, is spain offering any assistance??
- 2 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.