Hello everyone,
Has anyone here relocated to Germany and applied for an EU Blue Card after having spent more than 18 months on a Blue Card of another country? Could you please share your experience on nuances of this process?
Specifically, I am aware that having an EU Blue Card from another country for longer than 18 years gives you several advantages when relocating to Germany and applying for the German Blue Card:
1) You don't need to apply for a national visa beforehand in order to enter Germany and submit your German Blue Card application.
2) You can receive the settlement permit faster (21-33 months).
3) The periods spent on Blue Cards of other member states are credited towards the 5 years you need to get EU Long Term Permit.
All of this sounds brilliant, however, if I use advantage (1) and go to Germany without a visa, then I will have to stay unemployed while I wait for the decision on the German Blue Card.
Both my employer and I are interested in me starting as soon as possible and working while we're waiting for the decision.
What are our options here?
My employer suggested that I apply to the national visa D after all, additionally to the EU Blue Card process. The national visa is issued very fast and provides me a chance to work.
However, what I am not certain about is the following:
1 - Am I even allowed to apply to the EU Blue Card based on another EU Blue Card while having a national visa D active in parallel with them?
2 - Will this approach (working on national visa between two Blue Cards) do any harm to advantage (3) that I am so eager to use?
Since my previous post was closed because of an undesired discussion, I want to add this.
Background for those who does not know how Blue Card works: it is only valid in the country that issued it. When relocating to another country, you have to get a new one. When resources like BAMF tell you that Blue Card is organized at EU level, it does NOT mean that you can move freely. It only means that the directive works the same way in each individual EU country that accepted the directive. These sources are correct, but apparently the wording may be confusing for some.
The only things that tie Blue Cards of different countries together are mentioned in my post - and that is the essence I wanted to discuss.
If you come and start talking about something that you read once in an article about, or heard about and in general have no other knowledge about it, it does not help and only distracts from the point.
It is not informative, it is not helpful, it is just confusing.
If you want to know more, I am happy to provide materials and answers (see examples below). But really, I would prefer to get some qualified help in this post, not lead a discussion about related subjects.
Directive (especially article 18): http://csdle.lex.unict.it/Archive/LW/EU … _enpdf.pdf
German Residency Act:
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/engl … enthg.html
Thank you in advance
Anton