Working for a non german company with spouse resident permit

You are asking a number of questions at once:
- Whether she can work depends on her visa - most family reunion ones allow it, so check hers!
- Working for a non-German employer adds the complication of being classed as self-employed. If she's not a near-native speaker, she should engage a startup/accountancy/tax consultant to sort the buerocratic aspects out. In short: Since the employer cannot deduct income tax and social deductions at source and deal with the authorities for these matters, she has to do it herself (and also pay all dues herself, incl. what is normally paid by the employer for health, pension and unemployment insurance) .
- The tax class, which only matters for deduction at source, is irrelevant in this case.
- As an additional aspect, she will also have to register for GST ("MWSt"), even though she might not need to pay it if her only "customer" is outside the EU (the tax consultant will explain this in detail).

Hello Skywalker,

I was myself on spouse residence permit once, me as a non EU citizen and my husband a german. The first 3 Years, I was not allowed to work as self-employed, only as an employee.

That said, it was a long time ago (90s), maybe the laws has changed. Then, it was noticed on the Aufenthaltsgenehmigung - Sticker. Just check it first !?

Good luck !

Thank you both for the inputs.
Her Visa sticker says: "AUFENTHALSERLAUBNIS Erwerbstatgkeit gestattet" and the visa is valid till Dec 2022. So I'm assuming she can start self-employment without any waiting period.

I would assume so, too, as "Erwerbstätigkeit" literally means "activity for financial gain".
But since legalese is sometimes counter-intuitive (and the other poster above hints that it might be otherwise), you could ask the local foreigner authority for confirmation.

Hi skywalker90, i'm now in the same situation like you've been 2months ago. Could you please tell me if you found any relevant information on this topic?

My wife is eligible to work. I talked to the insurance provider (TK in her case), they asked to take separate insurance for her as she is now working and earning > 450 Eur/month. I sent several emails to foreigner authority for confirmation but never got a response. If you are receiving salary in german bank account, you have to take separate insurance and also figure out around taxes (take help of tax consultant)

skywalker90 wrote:

If you are receiving salary in german bank account, you have to take separate insurance and also figure out around taxes (take help of tax consultant)

This is independent of where and how (German or foreign bank account) you receive the money.