Ways of German Immigration and Conditions of Long-term Residence

# German Immigrants # Introduction Today, Germany is more and more popular with high-net-worth people, and various domestic welfare advantages are desirable. There is nothing to tell you about the way of German immigration and the conditions for long-term residence. Welcome to read!

Ways of German Immigration and Conditions of Long-term Residence

First, the common ways of immigration

1. study abroad: first study in Germany and get a study visa. You can change to a work visa after graduation. After two years of work and pension insurance, you can apply for permanent residence in Germany.

2. Investment: To set up a company and apply for a company visa, the applicant's company needs to have local public interests, and the units that evaluate the applicant's visa are the Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce. At this stage, their evaluation criteria are whether the applicant has many years of business experience in China, whether he has a company, and whether the company has business dealings with Germany or the European Union.

3. Work: The applicant must have a German company as the employer, and the applicant is required to have a labor contract that conforms to the German labor law, the salary reaches the local German standard, and the applicant's academic qualifications and foreign language ability are also excellent. Five years after obtaining an employee visa, you can apply for permanent residence in Germany.

4. EU blue card visa: The application condition is that there is a German company as the employer, and the income reaches the pre-tax annual salary of 50.800 euros. For a scarce industry, the annual salary can be reduced to 39.624 euros. After obtaining a blue card visa, you can apply for permanent residence in Germany as soon as 2 1 month. If you don't have German ability, you can apply for permanent residence in Germany within 33 months.

Second, the conditions for long-term residence.

Prerequisites for foreigners to apply for permanent residency in Germany:

1. Hold a long-term residence permit in Germany for 5 years;

2. Life and economic security (such as income certificate in the last 3 months);

3. Compulsory or voluntary payment of statutory old-age insurance for 60 months;

4. Do not interfere with the security or order of the Federal Republic of Germany and foreigners;

5. Work visa (and work contract);

6. Work certificate (the company proves that it will be engaged in this work for a long time);

7. Sufficient knowledge of German (such as B 1 language certificate);

8. Have a basic understanding of German laws, social order and living conditions;

9. You and your family members have enough living space (housing contract and rent transfer certificate for the last 3 months).

Conditions for German university graduates to apply for permanent residence in Germany:

1. Holding a 2-year long-term visa in Germany;

2. Successfully graduated from a university recognized by Germany and found a job;

3. Compulsory or voluntary payment of statutory old-age insurance for 24 months.

The indefinite residence permit has the same legal effect as the permanent residence in Germany. That is to say, you are allowed to live and work indefinitely anywhere in Germany. In addition, holders of permanent residency in the EU can apply for living, working and studying in EU countries (except Ireland, Denmark and Britain) under relatively relaxed conditions.

Three. Prerequisites for foreigners to apply for permanent residence in the EU:

1. Hold a long-term residence permit in Germany for 5 years;

2. Provide living security for yourself and your family, as evidenced by a fixed income;

3. Compulsory or voluntary payment of statutory old-age insurance for 60 months;

4. Sufficient knowledge of German;

5. Have a basic understanding of German laws, social order and living conditions;

6. Leave enough living space for yourself and your family.

7. Medical insurance

Further reading: the welfare of German immigrants

1. Free education benefits for all

All children in Germany, regardless of whether their parents are German citizens or not, enjoy free education in public kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and universities. When you enter the university stage (including undergraduate and master's degree), you can apply for a grant according to your parents' income, with an education subsidy ranging from 200 to 800 euros per month. When you enter the doctoral stage, you can sign a formal contract with the employer, and you can get a monthly subsidy ranging from 1000-2000 euros according to the specialty and contract.

Whether it is a German registered company signed by a legal person, an employee visa or a German immigrant with a blue card in the European Union, if you have a family, you should apply for a family reunion visa for your family and children as soon as possible. On the one hand, German public kindergartens are in short supply and should be applied as soon as possible; On the other hand, German kindergartens will give priority to younger children. If the child 16 years old or older, he can't come to Germany by family reunion, but by studying abroad, and the success rate of studying abroad is not as high as that of family reunion, and the cycle is short.

2. Medical insurance

All people living in Deju must take out medical insurance. The medical insurance system in Germany is a public insurance system, and the public insurance premium is determined according to individual income. Medical insurance in Germany is divided into public insurance and private insurance. Students at school and employees of the company must purchase public medical insurance. Among them, the medical insurance expenses of the employees of the company shall be borne by both the employer and the employees. Medical insurance institutions pay for treatment, except drugs, auxiliary tools, hospitalization expenses and health precautions, and most of the expenses such as tooth filling and tooth extraction when going to the dentist are also borne by medical insurance institutions. In addition, insurance institutions also bear all or part of the cost of recuperation.

No matter who holds the EU blue card, enterprise visa, employee visa or family visa, you must join German insurance immediately after entering Germany, otherwise you can't renew your visa in Germany to achieve the purpose of immigration. According to the different situation of the applicant, it is recommended that the applicant participate in cost-effective medical insurance.

3. Endowment insurance

Statutory old-age insurance is the pillar of social welfare in Germany, which guarantees employees to enjoy their old age after retirement. German law stipulates that all employees must participate in endowment insurance, and freelancers (including self-employed, business operators and independent operators) can freely choose whether to participate in endowment insurance.

After immigrating to Germany, you can receive a pension every month after retirement age as long as you have paid for 5 years. It is suggested that those who intend to live permanently in Germany actively apply for old-age insurance.

4. Nursing insurance

Once the insured is sick and recuperates at home and needs professional medical care, the medical insurance company will send nurses to the insured's home to provide comprehensive care and basic life care.

5. Unemployment insurance

All employees must participate in unemployment insurance, and the unemployment insurance premium shall be borne by employees and employers in half. The number of years and amount received depends on the number of years of insurance payment and the specific salary of the applicant before unemployment. Unemployment benefits are usually 60% of the on-the-job salary (67% if there are 1 child). The duration of receiving unemployment benefits depends on age.

When you stop working after obtaining permanent residency, you can apply for unemployment benefits from the local German government. Remind China investors who immigrate to Germany through companies registered in Germany to participate in unemployment insurance and pay a small amount of unemployment insurance premium every month. If the business operation is not good in the future, they can also receive unemployment benefits like employees are unemployed.

6. Maternity benefits

Maternity allowance is a government subsidy for pregnant women. Generally, you can get the average after-tax salary for the first three months of maternity leave, of which the insurance company pays 13 euros every day, and the rest is made up by the employer.

If you are not a member of the statutory medical insurance when you are pregnant, such as private medical insurance members, housewives, freelancers, self-employed, students, civil servants, etc. , you can apply for a one-time subsidy of 2 10 euros.

7. Parents' money

Parents who have children in Germany can receive their parents' money from the German government to take care of their children and make up for lost work income. If the applicant didn't have a job before the baby was born, he can get a basic parental pension of 300 euros every month after the baby is born. If both parents apply, they can take a vacation of 14 months at the longest, and they can take a vacation separately or together. If one parent applies, it can last up to 12 months. Mothers can receive maternity allowance after giving birth. If the mother had a job before giving birth and received more benefits than her parents after giving birth, she could no longer receive maternity benefits. Parental benefits should wait until the end of maternity benefits. After working for a certain number of years, it will be renewed, and the collection time is twice, that is, 4-28 months.

It is usually 65-67% of the net income of the child before birth, and the lowest is 300 euros/month, which is 1800 euros/month. Compared with the high cost of childbearing and raising in China, German immigrants are a very good choice. If you are a German immigrant with a family reunion, your wife can choose to be a full-time housewife after giving birth. On the one hand, due to the high labor costs of nurseries and nannies in Germany, on the other hand, she can meet the conditions for applying for parental funds and enjoy the benefits given by the German government.

Extended reading: the model cost of German immigrants

1. EU Blue Card

The fastest time for the EU Blue Card to change to permanent residence is 2 1 month, and the calculated total living expenses are about 42,000 euros (about 330,000 RMB).

2. Administrative visa

It takes 60 months for an administrative visa to be transferred to permanent residence, and the calculated total living expenses are about 6.5438+0.2 million euros (about 940,000 RMB).

3. Corporate visa/investment immigration

It takes 36 months for legal person visas and investment immigrants to become permanent residents, and the total living expenses are about 72,000 euros (about 560,000 RMB).

The above values are taken from the average standard. If the actual number of families or the length of residence in Germany is different, the value can be increased or decreased appropriately according to their own situation.

From holding a long-term visa in Germany to applying for a permanent residence visa in Germany after the specified time, the living expenses required for obtaining permanent residence in Germany will vary greatly according to the type of visa.

Based on the average rent and daily expenses of a family of three living in Germany for a long time and in big cities in Germany, the total living expenses of different visa types during permanent residence are calculated.

Average reference value:

Rental (70m2): 900-1200 Euro/month.

Daily expenses (food/transportation): 800- 1200 Euro/month.