http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1470089,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Money talks - and if it can't actually buy you a residence permit, it can at least buy a gentle rejection rather than a barked refusal and a door slammed in the face. In 2002, Germany's venerable Humboldt Foundation introduced an award for the country's "friendliest immigration office." It's about to be issued for the third and last time. The burning question is: Did it help?
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