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Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by egorfine on Monday April 08, 2024 @06:25AM (#39968219)
About five days ago, Szczecin → Berlin, stopped, had my documents meticulously examined and asked some typical questions I haven't been asked for a decade ("What's your proof of residence", etc).

I look like a typical WASP programmer in his forties, so no selection bias or something.

Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by tietjens on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:53AM (#39968767)
What counts as proof of residence in this case? Asking so I could prepare.
Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by egorfine on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:56AM (#39968789)
mObywatel is enough.

See also this marvel of brain damaged legalese: https://www.strazgraniczna.pl/pl/cudzoziemcy/najczesciej-zad...

Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by gambiting on Monday April 08, 2024 @06:29AM (#39968248)
I guess it's just random stops or some checkpoints are more stringent than others.