To work in Germany as a foreigner you need to be registered with the Auslanderamt - translating literally, more or less the office of folk from out side the land. Furthermore everyone, local or not, needs to have their address registered with the local authority of the region where they are staying if the visit is more than a holiday - basically at any instant the German state knows who is living at what adress and doing what for a living.
In the past as a member of the EU , registration was automatically accepted, so you just wasted a morning at the office talking to a local civil servant and explain that the UK does not have identity cards, and you have no previous registration documents, that need cancelling, as the UK does not do that. Non EU nationals joined a longer queue, and approval may or may not be forthcoming. Anyone is likely to be fined if stopped and found not to be correctly registered within so many days of change of address. There is some pragmatic flexibility for students away from main address for some of the year, and brief events like staying overnights with a girlfriend do not need to be reported. luckily for some ..
This is nothing to do with electrical rules, and much more as if someone came to the UK from far away on a study or perhaps holiday visa, and then got a job without a work permit - you'd be fined and then sent home. The slight difference is that the UK govt has no idea who is supposed to be where, and cannot stop you and say 'papers please' as there are no papers so the case is harder to prove. As the Windrush arrivals found to their cost, a lack of record keeping is not always good.
To work in Germany as a foreigner you need to be registered with the Auslanderamt - translating literally, more or less the office of folk from out side the land. Furthermore everyone, local or not, needs to have their address registered with the local authority of the region where they are staying if the visit is more than a holiday - basically at any instant the German state knows who is living at what adress and doing what for a living.
In the past as a member of the EU , registration was automatically accepted, so you just wasted a morning at the office talking to a local civil servant and explain that the UK does not have identity cards, and you have no previous registration documents, that need cancelling, as the UK does not do that. Non EU nationals joined a longer queue, and approval may or may not be forthcoming. Anyone is likely to be fined if stopped and found not to be correctly registered within so many days of change of address. There is some pragmatic flexibility for students away from main address for some of the year, and brief events like staying overnights with a girlfriend do not need to be reported. luckily for some ..
This is nothing to do with electrical rules, and much more as if someone came to the UK from far away on a study or perhaps holiday visa, and then got a job without a work permit - you'd be fined and then sent home. The slight difference is that the UK govt has no idea who is supposed to be where, and cannot stop you and say 'papers please' as there are no papers so the case is harder to prove. As the Windrush arrivals found to their cost, a lack of record keeping is not always good.
