Non-EU citizen marrying a German citizen

Hi,
i am a non EU citizen and have been studying in Germany for the last 3 and half years. I have a German girlfriend for the last three years and we plan to marry next year. If i marry a German born girl, what basic rights do i get besides Permanent Residency?

i have questions like:

will i be treated as a German citizen when i apply for Work?
can i open a company in Germany ( I plan to open a GmbH later)

if you know of any other rights that i am eligible to , please share .

thanking you
Kancha

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please anyone

Spouses of German citizens generally get a non-restricted work permit.

As for opening your own company, I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to do that.

There is some sort of law where the married couple have got to be living together for 3 years after the marriage . In the event of a divorce or breakup , the non EU partner CAN under circumstances , be politely asked to leave the country .

thanks for the replies.
what about during the job application:

the normal procedure in jobs is that:
1. they give preference to German citizens
2. second preference to EU citizens
3 if the above mentioned citizens cant fulfil the job requirement they allow NON EU citizens to take the job.

as a Spouse of German citizen, will i qualify in the first two conditions?

You apply, and if they want to hire you, they hire you. If they want to hire someone else, they hire someone else. That's it.
(Not sure what you're driving it: Once you've got a general work-permit, you can apply for whatever you want, and any firm can hire you.
If they want to hire you is up to them...)

And btw: It is not legal to give preference to Germans over EU citizens, so what you are saying makes no sense from a legal point of view.

Germans and other EU members are held at the same level.


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