Aufenthaltserlaubnis zur Durchführung einer Qualifizierungsmaßnahme mit Beschäftigung beantragen

Would you like to take part in a training course for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification and work at the same time? Then you can obtain a residence permit for this under certain conditions.

If your professional qualification has not yet been fully recognized, you can, under certain conditions, obtain a residence permit to carry out a recognition procedure and, at the same time, take up qualified employment in the profession to be recognized.

To do this, you must undertake to submit an application for recognition of the professional qualification acquired abroad after entering the country and actively pursue the procedure. At the same time, the employer must enable you to take the necessary training measures as part of the employment relationship, for example through time off or company internships.

You will receive a residence permit if:

• You have a foreign professional qualification recognized in the respective country with at least two years of training or a recognized foreign university degree,
• you have German language skills appropriate to the qualification measure,
• the employer is suitable for training or post-qualification and
• as a rule, the Federal Employment Agency has given its approval.

You can work up to 20 hours per week in addition to your employment.

Employment in regulated professions does not have to be qualified employment if certain requirements regarding working conditions are met. The professional license required here should then be acquired as part of the qualification measure.

The residence permit to carry out a qualification measure with employment is limited in time and is initially issued for a maximum of one year. It can be extended for up to 3 years.

There are no indications or special features.

• Appeal against the decision of the immigration authority within one month of notification
• Legal action before the court named in the objection notice if the objection is not upheld

• Applying for a residence permit to carry out a qualification measure with employment
• Persons from abroad can obtain a residence permit to carry out a qualification measure in order to have their foreign professional qualification recognized and to carry out qualified employment at the same time if they meet certain requirements
• Persons from abroad must have a foreign professional qualification recognized in the respective country with a training period of at least two years or a recognized foreign university degree. The Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) must confirm that this requirement has been met.
• An agreement must be concluded between the applicant and the employer (so-called recognition partnership). In this agreement, persons from abroad undertake to submit an application for recognition of the professional qualification acquired abroad after entering the country and to actively pursue the procedure. The employer undertakes to facilitate the necessary qualification measures as part of the employment relationship (e.g. by granting leave of absence or company internships).
• Employer must be suitable for training or post-qualification
• Persons from abroad must have language skills appropriate to the qualification measure, usually level A2
• There must be a concrete job offer for the employment
• As a rule, the Federal Employment Agency must approve the employment
• The residence permit for a qualification measure with employment is limited in time. It is initially issued for a maximum of one year and can be extended for up to 3 years.
• A fee is charged for the issue of the residence permit. The time and form of payment vary depending on the authority.

The foreigners authority responsible for the applicant's place of residence.

Free advice on entry, residence and employment is also available from the "Working and Living in Germany Hotline" from the Federal Government's portal for skilled workers from abroad:

Phone: 030 1815-1111

Service hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The foreigners authority responsible for the applicant's place of residence