The start of your studies also brings a number of changes - a new city, lots of new people, a completely new everyday life. If your studies follow on seamlessly from your A-levels, you will also be responsible for your own affairs for the first time - including your paperwork. When you move to another city to study, you'll have to deal with a lot of organisational tasks, which in turn will result in a lot of paperwork: signing a rental contract, shopping at IKEA or registering with the university. Maybe you also have to apply for BAföG. In this case, all relevant documents have to be exchanged between you and your parents. This can quickly degenerate into a paper chaos that costs a lot of time and nerves.
With fileee, you can archive all your documents clearly, access them from anywhere and from any device, and share them with others. We show you how to manage your paperwork more efficiently!
According to the Federal Statistical Office, students spend an average of six hours on their initial BAföG application. The most time-consuming part of the process is obtaining the data and supporting documents for the various forms. A lot of time is also lost searching for information such as deadlines, client numbers or addresses. In the age of digitalisation, you can avoid these inconveniences. fileee can help you, because at the beginning of your studies you actually have enough on your plate. We advise you:
You already receive some documents digitally, such as invoices from online shopping or your matriculation certificate. Meanwhile, almost all professors and lecturers provide their students with digital scripts, relevant seminar documents and readers. If the documents are sent to you by email, fileee can automatically import and save the files. This means that you can access all the documents you need from any device: From your laptop in the lecture, or from your tablet on the train on the way to your parents. In addition, there are no annoying printer and paper costs, and you are doing your bit for the environment. Nevertheless, many documents still reach you in analogue form, which, together with the bills, certificates and other personal documents you have accumulated, can fill entire folders. Scan your papers and save them as a PDF together with your digital documents. This way you have all your documents in one place and can see at a glance which documents you have. This saves you the time-consuming search in different storage systems. In addition, you already have a copy of everything and are well prepared in case of loss.
Regardless of which security standards you prefer and what your technical equipment is like, you should find a way to access your digital documents from anywhere and at any time. Once your documents are uploaded to fileee, you always have access to them via your smartphone or tablet. This way you can react quickly if you need to spontaneously forward documents for an application or a proposal.
You can read here that we at fileee treat your sensitive data securely and with the utmost care. Our new encryption additionally protects your documents.
Over the years, you have certainly accumulated a lot of documents: School reports, certificates, purchase receipts... With so many documents, chaos can easily arise - but it doesn't have to be that way! So that you can quickly find a certain document again, name your documents with meaningful tags, such as "university", "contract", "mobile phone", the date or the name of the provider. In addition, it makes sense to create folders in which you collect the respective documents on certain topics or keywords. This saves you a tedious search!
Wherever possible, you should submit your documents digitally. Many health insurance companies and some authorities now only need a scan of the original. Just ask the respective authorities whether you can also send the document as a PDF by email. Do your parents need a certificate of study for child benefit? The BAföG office is asking for your next matriculation certificate? If you share digital documents within the fileeeApp by email or via a shared cloud link, it's much cheaper and faster than sending a letter. This speeds up your applications many times over.
You should get or create templates for your applications, for a power of attorney and also for the parental guarantee for the landlord. You can always enter the special data for the individual cases.
Have we sparked your interest in digital document management? Are you looking for a way to handle your papers even more efficiently? Give fileee a try! With our app, you can archive your documents securely and permanently. So you always have all your documents at hand and have one less thing to worry about.
