For instance. Let's say your visa expires in December. You get a letter in early November that you should come to the immigration office with these papers at this time on this day. Mit freundlichen Grüßen.
Also, this appointment is in December. You get nervous but figure the immigration office knows what they're doing so you just get that paperwork. You know the list by heart and use your trusty "I'm going to the immigration office today" folder to store everything.
You have to wait, even though you have an appointment, so you hang out with the other panicked Ausländer surrounding you and read some literature posted on the walls. You find out about the new visas, no longer a sticker in your passport but a legit card. You figure this is a success because now you don't have to carry around your passport just to go buy milk.
You finally go inside and find out you have to pay 80€ what with the visa being a new program and everything like that. This is a lot but you have learned not to show weakness in an Amt so you nod stoically. Then they tell you your new visa won't be ready for a while because who knows how long it takes to make a plastic card. You nod again, ok, that's ok. And then you find out you have to pay 20€ extra for a temporary visa because in case you didn't notice, your visa expires next week.
So if you've ever had to curl up with a cup of tea and the Einkommensteuergesetz and then the Umsatzsteuergesetz because the experiences of the good people of Toytown Germany have terrified you, and then you stare at legal German for way too long
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