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Gainful Employment and other long-term Visa
Employment, training, AuPair and voluntary service – below, we give you the most important information concerning other long-stay visa.
Please read the following information carefully before making an appointment registration!
How to prepare your application
Follow the following three steps while preparing your application:
- Please fill the VIDEX Visa Application Form.
- Please note the information to the General Data and Protection Regulation.
- Please book an appointment in order to submit your application.
- Please compile all necessary application documents requested for the respective types of long-term-stays listed below.
Note that missing documents or proofs may lead to a refusal of your application:
Important Notice:
- All requested documents must be submitted in original with two additional photocopies. All documents written in languages other than German, English and French must be translated into German.
Original documents will be returned directly after filing the application. - Please do not send any unsolicited documents to the consulate. Unsolicited documents will be deleted and cannot be assigned to any file or process.
Further information
FAQ
In order to submit your application, please register in the category “Visa for work permit or professional training”.
If you have an employment contract for a company in Germany, you can apply for a visa for purpose of gainful employment.
Please note that there are different requirements for every professional groups and that not every employment contract allows to apply for a visa.
Hereto, you will find general information at Internetangebot des Bundesamtes für Migration und Flüchtlinge and for trained professionals at www.make-it-in-germany.com.
If you visit the page of database ANABIN, you can check whether your foreign university degree is recognised or comparable.
The required documents for a visa application can be found on our information sheet.
Rules for the immigration of skilled workers
On 01.03.2020 new rules for the immigration of skilled workers to Germany will enter into force. Further information can be found here.
The required documents for a visa application for skilled workers can be found on our information sheet.
Further information on the entry for gainful employment into the Federal Republic of Germany can be found on the following websites:
- The German government’s portal for skilled workers from around the world: Make-it-in-Germany
- The database Anabin can be used to find out how a degree will be evaluated and recognised in Germany: Anabin
If you plan a stay as an AuPair in Germany, please register in the category “Visa for Au Pair or Volontary Service”.
You can find all the required documents on this information sheet.
Please note the following requirement:
- Age: between 18 and 26 years
- Duration of stay: 6 months to 1 year
- At least one minor in the host family
- No family relation between the AuPair and the host family
- The host family cannot have the nationality of the applicant
The stay as AuPair is a limited stay admitted only for the duration of maximum 12 month. The AuPair stay shall not be considered as a starting point for a permanent residency.
In order to submit your application, please register in the category “Visa for Au Pair or Volontary Service”.
You will find on this information sheet the most important information concerning the visa application for volunteers.
The stay as a volunteer is a limited stay admitted only for the duration of maximum 12 month. The stay shall not be considered as a starting point for a permanent residency.
In order to submit your application, please register in the category “Visa for work permit or professional training”.
You will find all the documents you need to submit for a job seeker visa application on this information sheet.
You can remonstrate against the decision of the Embassy or at the competent German administrative court.
All necessary information about the remonstration procedure can be found here.
Since the identity of callers cannot be verified and in regard of data protection, no information will be given per telephone.
Information will only be given to the applicant himself or to third parties under the presentation of a proper written authorisation from the applicant.
Please note that, for reasons of the high demand, the processing time for remonstrations at present may take several months. But you are free to submit a new application at any time. If you submit a new application and you have already applied a remonstration, it will be considered as withdrawn and is not processed further.