i hear a lot about kindergeld and some other kind that starts with an E.... who is eligible?. im an american citizen living in germany but i dont pay german taxes or work on the german economy.... how does it work?

the other one is "Elterngeld".

I don't know if you are eligible, though!

is your partner German?

you have to enquire @ the Arbeitsamt, which is obviously called Arbeitsagentur nowadays:

http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/Navigat...chlag-Nav.html

http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/nn_2653...lternzeit.html

hope this helps

yeah that helped but bc our situation is so weird i still dunno... and i dont speak german (but i did translate the pages to english so i could read them...)

if you have problems translating specific words or expressions let me know, I can help you

I know that these things are really confusing, expecially in Germany, where bureaucracy is like a labyrinth