hey y'all non EU people who had to get a work permit like normal foreigners. what's your status? i have a work permit, but it's linked to my job. any ideas what happens when I change? do i have to wait another 4-8 weeks (the first time they had to advertise my job to see if any eu people were better qualified) or do i just fill out a new app. and go on workin'?.
in my passport there is a huge fuckin' stamp saying YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE SELF-EMPLOYED. what if i want to change that and become a translator or something.
just looking for tips. the unemployment office is being very vague with me despite my repeated attempts at getting a straight answer. should i hire a lawzer again? ugh.
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German work permits for non-EU citizens
...that allow self-employed freelance work
Although I can't find anything official online corroberating this (searched expatica and US Consulate), yes, your work permit is tied to your specific job with a specific company. And any new employer would have to undergo the process of checking to see if any Germans or EU citizens are available for the job before a new firm can hire you. The good news is that you can put in your notice at one job a long time before leaving a job, and it's pretty typical for a firm to hire a new person even 3 months before they expect him/her to report for work. This leaves time for the new employer to do the work to get approval to hire you on without you having an employment gap. The two-week notice that we're used to is just not the timeline here!
You can get a work permit allowing you to have a specific "freelance" job (translating, teaching English, babysitting, being an artist or musician, etc.), or you can have one like you already have. You can't have both, is my understanding. I don't know what you do if you have a regular job during the week and you want to tutor a neighbor's child or play for weddings on the weekends, for example. I guess you just work "schwarz" for those freelance opportunities.
I have heard that the government is leaning toward changing rules which currently do not require unemployed Germans to move very far from home to take a job. The idea is that single people who have, for example, an electrical engineering degree and can't get work in, say, Leipzig where they and their extended family lives, would be required to move to another part of the country where they can actually work or else give up unemployment bennies. I wonder what effect that would have on the difficulty of non-EU citizens getting a work permit in Germany?
You can get a work permit allowing you to have a specific "freelance" job (translating, teaching English, babysitting, being an artist or musician, etc.), or you can have one like you already have. You can't have both, is my understanding. I don't know what you do if you have a regular job during the week and you want to tutor a neighbor's child or play for weddings on the weekends, for example. I guess you just work "schwarz" for those freelance opportunities.
I have heard that the government is leaning toward changing rules which currently do not require unemployed Germans to move very far from home to take a job. The idea is that single people who have, for example, an electrical engineering degree and can't get work in, say, Leipzig where they and their extended family lives, would be required to move to another part of the country where they can actually work or else give up unemployment bennies. I wonder what effect that would have on the difficulty of non-EU citizens getting a work permit in Germany?
I have a visa that allows me to work self-employed, but only as an English trainer. I had show documents proving my expertise in the field, 3 months of bank statements and proof that I have a pension plan. I happen to be lucky and the two people who work at my section of the Kreissparkasse are pretty helpful and told me exactly what I needed to provide.
A question about this...recently someone asked me if I had a work permit...but since I do not have a job naturally my response was no. They told me I should have one. I should add that I am a Canadian citizen married to an EU citizen and I have a valid Aufenthaltserlaubnis (it does not mention anything on it about working or not working for that matter).
It is my understanding from reading everything that you get a work permit only if you present an offer of employment to the Arbeitsamt. At least that is how it went last year when I did get a job. I had to take this form to them...they verified with the company that no German could fill the position...and then they issued the work permit (took about a month). But it was tied specifically to that job and became invalidated when I left that position.
Am I missing something?
It is my understanding from reading everything that you get a work permit only if you present an offer of employment to the Arbeitsamt. At least that is how it went last year when I did get a job. I had to take this form to them...they verified with the company that no German could fill the position...and then they issued the work permit (took about a month). But it was tied specifically to that job and became invalidated when I left that position.
Am I missing something?
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