As soon as the Welcome Center has been informed of your envisaged stay at the University of Mannheim, we will contact you. Ideally, this will be already a few months ahead of your arrival because some important issues such as applying for a visa and finding accommodation will take a considerable amount of time. As a first step, we will ask you to register by filling in a brief check-in questionnaire in order to be able to better adapt our services to your needs. In order to be able to provide targeted advice we need to determine the exact status you will have at the University of Mannheim, because this will affect the kind of visa you have to apply for, the selection of appropriate health insurance and much more. As soon as we have collaboratively established your status together with the chair, we will inform you via e-mail about the next steps that are required in your particular case.