How to remain in Germany legally for two years

My boyfriend has been transferred to Germany for work for the next 2 years. I am planning to go with him. I have found out the only ways I can legally stay with him is to be married or have a resident permit. Marriage is really not an option right now for us. The resident permit I have heard that they are really hard to come buy unless you have a job or sponsor lined up.. which I have niethier. As I have read I can stay there legally only 90 days and then must leave Europe for 180 days? is that correct? I am planning on coming over in September and staying until December and then flying back to Germany the begining of Feb. But I'm guessing thats not legal because i haven't been out of the country for 180 days? Is there any other ways around this as like flying into switzerland or another close by country?
Please contact me if you know anything about this or have delt with these issues your self? I am wanting to stay the 2 yr peiord with holiday visits to the usa during that 2 yr period.

It might be a little easier for the TT-Weisenrat to assist you if you would fill out "Nationality" in your profile. Thought-waves havn't transmitted that vital piece of info

Marriage is "not an option" but moving overseas to live with him for two years is?

Is this so if he gets tired of you he easily can have you deported?

I don't have the document with me so I can't tell you the official name, but your boyfriend could sign a document at the ausländerbehörde stating that he will take responsibility for you. You can get this renewed every 90 days. It's possible.

yeah agree with the other posts, you need to tell people where you come from and where in germany you will be staying, some differences in requirements if you are north of Berlin for example. extra certificates needed from your country of origin even if you are a wife.
you are correct though you cannot stay more than 190 days as a tourist in Europe and you are not entitled to free health care. If you are from a EU country then you should apply for a European health insurance card which will cover your 190 day stay, its free. otherwise your fella has to sponser you and that includes providing you with health care cover and enough means for you financially to stay 190 days as you are not entitled to claim benefits here in germany or work legally, its a catch 22. If you want to get a residency then you have either got to be a wife, but again no work then your partner has to again support you or, if not a wife and yu want to stay longer than 190 days then you have to prove you earn enough to support yourself and provide your own health insurance with either a job or income of your own from your country of origin even if you come on a student visa. Thats applicable in the whole of the EU now. good luck.

Correction to above post.. it's 90 days (In a 180 Period) not 190..


Nope.. All the surrounding countries are either EU, Schengen or Both, which means they all use SIS to register your movement throughout the EU.

your correct darknight.

Correction to the above post.. You're correct darknight.

Sorry I forgot to add we are from the usa! Marriage is not an option right now because eithier of us doesn't want to marry right now, we don't get sick of each other and he's not going to have me deported...lol..

Hi,

This can definitely be done, I did it a couple of months ago in order to stay with my boyfriend here in Germany ( he's also here on a 2 year contract). You need to go to the Ausländerbehörde ( Foreigner's Office, note this office may have a different name in different regions) and provide the following documentation( bring along photocopies of all of them)

-Proof of international insurance
-Proof of all your savings accounts and $ amounts
-Your boyfriends payslips ( at least the last 3 months worth, if you have more bring them along, I believe these should be his german payslips but I could be wrong)
-Your German rental contract
-both passports
-Boyfriend's work contract (with anticipated departure date)
- A letter from your company explaining the situation ( in German)
-German Passport sized photos

I successfully got a 1-yr residence permit ( to be renewed annually, I now have a job and my own work permit so I won't need to do again), using the above supporting documentation. I think the main concern is that you need to illustrate you won't be a burden to the German welfare system financially so essentially your boyfriend will be your financial sponsor whilst in Germany.

I would strongly suggest bringing along a friend or colleague of your boyfriend's who is German-you can't assume that they can or will be willing to speak English. We also to fill out some forms( in German) which they gave us when we visited their office, so it helps if you can fill these out then and there so you don't have to return to lodge them, I walked out with my visa within 10 mins of submitting the paperwork.

Also a tip with the passport photos required for the application-get them taken here and specify that they should be German passport size-they are pedantic about these kinds of things.

As a US citizen you can apply for the residence permit within the first 90 days of arriving in Germany, I did the same and received my 1 year permit at the appointment despite being told by the German Consultate in Australia that my only options were marriage or study visa's-it can be done.
Good luck