Talk:Germany/@comment-95.248.80.41-20150930073217/@comment-24682153-20150930115552

There are some national particularities which are not yet clear: The are different kinds of addresses in Germany. A postal address gives you the advange to get your SIM card by mail, that's all. This is different from a registered address called Meldeadresse. Every German citizen has one and and it's written in our ID card, visa, etc. This is a way to track you down for authorities and companies as well. It is a prerequisite to get any kind of credit or a local bank account.

What internatl. credit cards are concerned, German providers don't like them very much and don't link them to a prepaid or postpaid contract. It's mostly because fees and the default risk for them are higher compared with local debit systems. For many monthly payments a mandate to withdraw from your local bank account called Einzugsermächtigung is mandatory.

Having said this, some internatl. oriented providers like Lycamobile, Lebara, Ortel let you top up directly by internatl. credit cards on their website. Others you can top up via prelado.de using a credit card or PayPal account.

What you can do, is to look for a prepaid provider (for contracts see comment below) that you can link your credit card and activate a so-called ''Ladeautomatik. ''This means that if your prepaid account falls below a certain level, a predefined amount is automatically debited from your funding source. Thus you can link monthly prepaid plans with All-Net-Flatrates to your credit card.