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Visa and Work Permits
This Section provides valuable information on the different types of German visas andwork Permits: Blue Card, ICT Card and Company Specialist Permits.
Blue Card Work permits
- What are the current Blue Card Salary levels?
- Why are the 2 different Blue Card Salary levels?
- What is a Blue Card?
- Blue Card processing - How to check if a foreign university degree is recognised in Germany (Anabin)?
- Can I engage am employee under the Blue Card salary levels?
- Blue Card prolongation: salary changes
- What is an IT specialist permit?
- Which kind of work permit is required for working on a body leasing contract (AÜG)?
- Do IT engineers need a degree to obtain a Blue Card?
- Blue Card processing with other that university degrees
- What is the difference between in ICT permit and a Blue Card?
Company Specialist Work Permits
ICT: Secondment work permits / Deputed employees
Self-Employment / Freelancer Permits
Dependency Visas
- Can a dependent of a Blue Card holder work in Germany?
- What is the difference between a dependency visa and a family reunion visa?
- Can the dependent of an ICT card holder work in Germany?
- How to initiate a dependency visa application procedure with Dwyer Legal?
- Can the spouse of an ICT card holder work in Germany?
Entry visas (Schengen and National Visas)
- What is a Schengen Visa?
- What types of visas exist for non-EU-nationals?
- When a C-Visa is sufficient and when a D-visa is required?
- For which time frame can a business visa be obtained and how many entries does it allow?
- How to file a Schengen (C-Visa) visa application and what are the requirements?
- Business and tourist purposes: Nationals from which countries need a visa for Germany?
- How to file a work visa (D-Visa) application?
- After arrival: How to convert a consulate work visa into a long-term work permit?
Job Seeker and Opprtunity visas
Visa emergency situations
- COVID-19: Can a EU residence permit holder who is stuck in another EU Country return to his homeland?
- COVID-19: Stuck in the EU on expiring business visas - what affected employees can do
- COVID-19: extending permits to work abroad for colleagues stuck at home
- COVID-19: Extending permits to live or work in EU countries if immigration is closed