NorthernLight

unfortunately I don’t think the rules will be eased anytime soon. At least not on the German side. The 7 day incidence in the UK is way above the levels needed to declassify the risk category. I hope I am wrong, but it looks unlikely.

  nice one! This is better than the official advice.   I’ve been lost in the endless rule changes, exemptions and permutations 

does anyone know how Germany count the days of quarantine? In other words is the day of entry day 0 or 1?   For kids under 12 there is a statement to suggest quarantine ends automatically after 5 days. But the question is, is the entry day classed as one of those 5 days? e.g enter on Saturday and free on Thursday?   maybe the online registration takes care of this and gives you the dates.

There is a not so explicit reference to kids under 12 needing to quarantine here, where it tells you it can end early:   Kinder, die das zwölfte Lebensjahr noch nicht vollendet haben, endet die Absonderung fünf Tage nach der Einreise automatisch.   https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/coronavirus-infos-reisende/faq-tests-einreisende.html

  oh dear is this really true?  I wrongly assumed the kids were exempted, but it obviously does make sense.  The website could make things a bit more explicit when it comes to travelling with children.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58079107   no quarantine for the fully vaccinated travelling from France from Sunday 04:00!!

Where did you read this? Even transiting through France is enough to cause a mandatory 10 day quarantine period 

I picked up my card today and as expected it has an expiration date of exactly 5 years from the date they sent it for printing.   My passport expires before this date. Approximately 1 year before.   The Ausländerbehörde said that I need to apply for a new card when my passport expires. This can’t be correct surely ?

Just to add some more confusion to the matter, I was informed that my card will have an expiration date of exactly 5 years after my appointment with the Ausländerbehörde. This date is after my passport expires.   I will confirm when I receive the physical card 

Has anyone received their card yet? If so how long was the lead time post interview/appointment ?   cheers