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Do you have foreign citizenship and would like to work in Germany? Then you need

• a residence permit for the purpose of employment and previously
• in most cases, a national visa to enter Germany.

Exception: Citizens of EU countries have access to the labour market on the basis of their right to free movement. You can exercise a self-employed activity or employment in Germany within the framework of the right of establishment or the free movement of workers. This also applies to other citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA) and to nationals of Switzerland.

Citizens of Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States of America may obtain the required residence permit even after entering the country. The competent authority is the foreigners' authority of the place where the foreigner will take up residence in Germany.

The residence permit for the purpose of employment is temporary. You can have it extended on request.

• Proof of compliance with passport and visa requirements
• Proof of secure livelihood
• Proof that you meet the factual and personal requirements for labour migration
• Proof of job or job offer
• Proof that there are no grounds for expulsion against you
• Proof that you do not endanger or impair the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany

Requirements for the residence permit are:

• They meet the passport and visa requirements.
  For the passport requirement, it is sufficient if you have a replacement ID card.
• Your livelihood is secured without using public funds.
  Your livelihood is considered secure if you:
  • Income in the amount of the simple standard rate of social assistance plus
  • costs for accommodation and heating as well as
  • of any health insurance contributions.
• There is no ground for expulsion against you.
• Your stay does not endanger or impair the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• They meet the factual and personal requirements for labour migration.
• You have a job or a specific job offer.
• The Federal Employment Agency approves the issuance of the residence permit.

Hint: You will only receive a residence permit if you have a specific job offer. Their admission depends on the requirements of Germany as a business location and the conditions on the labour market. In certain professions or for nationals of certain countries, admission to employment is at the discretion of the authority. In justified individual cases, admission may take place if there is a public interest in employment.

Both for new arrivals and for third-country nationals who already have their domicile or habitual residence in Germany, the approval of the Central Employment Service of the Job Agency is generally required to take up employment in Germany. It is obtained in an internal procedure by the competent immigration authority. Therefore, only an application to the competent immigration authority is required.

Consent shall normally be given if:

• a legal provision grants access to the German labour market,
• employment does not adversely affect the labour market;
• preferred employees (Germans, EU citizens, citizens from EEA states) are not available (so-called priority check),
• the foreigners are not employed under less favourable working conditions than comparable German employees.

The consent may be subject to restrictions on professional activity, the employer, the district of the Employment Agency, the location and distribution of working hours, which can be found in the residence permit.

According to the new Integration Act, the priority check will be suspended for a limited period of three years for asylum seekers and tolerated persons, thus also enabling them to work in temporary work. In order to avoid possible negative effects in regions with a tense labour market situation, the federal states should determine for themselves in which employment agency districts the regulation applies.

• Grant: 100,00 Euro
• Extension up to 3 months: 96,00 Euro
• Extension of more than 3 months: 93,00 Euro

Before entering Germany, you must have a National Visa apply for. The representation of the Federal Republic of Germany involves the competent foreigners' authority. In the visa procedure, you must provide information about your place of work in Germany. For example, the authority can check whether the Federal Employment Agency must approve employment.

After entering the country, you must apply for the residence permit in writing at the Foreigners' Registration Office before your visa expires. Depending on the place of residence, the Foreigners' Registration Office is the city administration or the district office.

Hint: The Foreigners' Registration Office obtains the consent of the Federal Employment Agency if this is required.

Please note that you must submit an extension application to the Foreigners' Registration Office before the residence permit expires.

Since 01.09.2011 you will receive the residence title in the form of a credit card with additional electronic functions. Further information can be found under "Applying for an electronic residence permit (eAT)".

4 - 6 weeks

• Your husband or wife and children under the age of majority have the right to family reunification. They may also engage in gainful employment.
• In special cases, highly qualified persons can obtain a settlement permit immediately after entering the country.
• If you want to be self-employed, you can obtain a residence permit under certain conditions.

• for the issuance of a national visa before entering the Federal territory: the German mission abroad (embassy, consulate)
• after entry: the immigration office in whose district you usually reside.
  Immigration authorities in Hesse are district administrators and mayors of district-free cities and cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants.

Tip: A list of the representations of the Federal Republic of Germany abroad is available from the Federal Foreign Office on its website.