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Requirements for German working visa

Last activity 27 March 2017 by beppi

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Marilou D. Alcantara

Can somebody help me please. I just like to know what are the requirements and processes I need to undergo to be able to take a Germany working visa.
Reply would be very much appreciated
Glad to hear from you.
Have a nice day everyone.

STEFFIFI

What are your qualifications??? DO you speak German?

beppi

To get a normal German work visa, you need to find a German company willing to hire you - and that company has to show that there are no suitably skilled EU citizens that they could hire instead of you.
(Steffifi is right in saying that to find such a job, you need good qualifications, niche skills and usually also language proficiency.)

Alternatively (i.e. if you do not yet have a job offer), you can apply for a Blue Card, which allows four years of working in Germany, if you are a highly skilled person (minimum recognised university degree) in certain disciplines (natural scientists, mathematicians, architects, interior, urban and traffic planners, designers, engineers, scientific engineers, physicians (except dentists) and those with academic qualifications in information and communications technology).

Another alternative, if you are below 30 years old and come from Canada, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand or Taiwan, is the Work Holiday Visa, valid for a year and allowing temporary jobs.

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