NE or DA-EG - Which is better if I want to leave Germany for a 2-3 years?

[rickydray 0]

Hi All,

 

I currently hold German permenant residency (Niderlassungserlaubnis) and am also currently in the process of applying for the EU Settlement Permit (Erlaubnis zum Daueraufenthalt).

 

My end goal is to work and retire in the EU, but there is a chance my company will allow me to relocate to the UAE for 2-3 years. I think this would be great for my career given the Middle East's continued expansion. I would live and work in the UAE under a UAE contract and stop making contributions to the German pension, but I would continue to pay my own German health insurance and make trips back to Germany every 5-6 months.

 

Given my end goal, I obvioulsy do not want to lose my current permit and it would also be nice to have the flexibility of the EU permit, which is why I submitted the application. However, I have been reading on these forms and found that my current permit might be better if I want to temporarily leave Germany since the EU permit is issued under a different directives and thus might be a different procedure for obtaining permission to leave Germany for a period of time.

 

My understanding is that if I want to live and work outside of Germany while retaining my residence permit, I could inform the immigration authorities and MAYBE they will grant me special permissions for this purpose. It's not clear if they could also do the same once I switched to the DA-EG...

 

Does anyone know the best course of action here?

Should I:

A) Stop the DA-EG application, keep my NE, and apply for special permission to work outside of Germany

B) Obtain the DA-EG and then ask for special permission to work outside of Germany

C) Just email the immigration office and ask them what is best

    - The only reason I have not done this is because I am afraid of slowing down my current application process for the DA-EG which I know can take a long time, at least here in Berlin. Maybe asking the question could also influence their decison of wheather I am granted the DA-EG...you never know and I get OCD about these things  

 

If I go with option A, will I still maintain my eligibility for the DA-EG upon returning to live / work in Germany? I have already paid the required 5 years into the pension and could get 6 months of pay slips after my company transfers me back, but not sure if the gap will have any impact on reapplying for the DA-EG...

 

Any answers or helpful info is much appreciated even if you cannot answer everything.

 

Thanks in advance!!  

 

 

[TurMech 177]

DA-EU..Details are given in the link below.

 

https://www.info4alien.de/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1643629477

[rickydray 0]

Thanks a lot, @TurMech !!!

I read the full case and it clarifies a lot:

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=47D2601A90585373A15DCA6120735A12?text=&docid=252448&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=692345

 

Main point:

On those grounds, the Court (Third Chamber) hereby rules:

Article 9(1)(c) of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents must be interpreted as meaning that any physical presence of a long-term resident in the territory of the European Union during a period of 12 consecutive months, even if such a presence does not exceed, during that period, a total duration of only a few days, is sufficient to prevent the loss, by that resident, of his or her right to long-term resident status under that provision.

One point that caught my attention was point 46:

 

   That being so, the situation of a long-term resident who has spent a few days per year in the territory of the European Union and who therefore has not been absent for a period of 12 consecutive months must be distinguished from the situation where there is evidence that such a resident has committed a misuse of rights. In the present case, the file before the Court does not refer to any evidence from which it might be concluded that there has been such a misuse of rights.

 

So it seems that you could still lose your DA-EU if the host country decides you have abused the right of the permit (?) Not sure what would be viewed as abuse, but even in this case where the person was only present a few days in 5 years, abuse was not cited. I assume you must doing something really sketchy for them to determine abuse of rights.

 

Really appreciate your help on this!