Conditions for skilled migration to Germany

Investment immigrants still occupy the mainstream of the immigration boom, but with the soaring prices in various countries, many young people are discouraged and want to switch to the "arms" of skilled immigrants. How is its skilled migration operated and supervised? Let's take a look at the conditions I have compiled for skilled migration to Germany.

High annual salary threshold

Permanent residence has become indefinite residence.

With the aging of Germany, the proportion of labor force in the population is getting smaller and smaller, so it is necessary for Germany to develop in the direction of immigrant countries. In addition, what Germany needs is no longer the ordinary labor force as in the 1960s, but advanced technical talents. Based on these two points, the German government has previously issued a policy of giving priority to IT professionals and issuing 50,000 green cards within five years. Although this green card operation can be said to be abandoned halfway, there is little debate on this point in the immigration laws passed twice.

On the issue of skilled migration, the focus of debate is embodied in Article 19 of the Immigration Law. The title of Article 19 is "Permit for the Settlement of Senior Professionals". Article 19, point (2) stipulates three kinds of people who can be called "with advanced professional level". The first kind of people, scientists with special professional knowledge; The second kind of people, teachers or researchers in important positions; The third kind of people, experts with special professional experience and staff in leading positions, earn at least twice the upper limit of legal medical insurance premium calculation.

What is the "legal medical insurance premium calculation line"? This is a line set by Germany: if the annual income exceeds this line, you don't need and can't continue to enjoy legal medical insurance. You can only "voluntarily" insure legal medical insurance or invest in private medical insurance. This line fluctuates every year, and in 2004 it was 465,438+0,850 euros. That is to say, senior talents who can directly obtain the permission to live in Germany indefinitely must earn more than 83,700 euros a year, and their monthly (gross) income must exceed 6,400 euros according to 13.

This threshold is quite high! People who exceed the legal medical insurance premium can already be regarded as a high-paying class in Germany, which is more than twice as high. How many German companies are willing to hire such high-paying people? Another problem is that literally, this condition only applies to the third kind of people, while the first two kinds of people are not subject to this restriction. However, local foreign affairs offices and relevant state agencies can have another understanding. It is conceivable that even if it can be understood as limited to the third kind of people, the wages of the first two kinds of people will be calculated everywhere, at least not too far apart.

The scope of application of this restriction should be further clarified in the implementing regulations of the Immigration Law. One more thing needs to be mentioned. As mentioned in the Interpretation (1), due to the cancellation of the "right of residence", there is only indefinite residence now, but no permanent residence. Therefore, it can be said that the "green card" no longer exists in Germany, or at least the "green content" of this "green card" is no longer 24K.

Foreigners need "you" in job hunting.

Besides high-level technical talents, what kind of China people can get jobs and stay in Germany?

Judging from the current situation in Germany in recent years, first, employees of German enterprises and institutions; Second, employees of Chinese-funded enterprises and enterprises run by China people. In fact, the two can be classified into one category, that is, they are both "German enterprises". The above two aspects include China university students who will graduate in Germany in the future; The third is the chef of Chinese restaurant; Fourth, the families of Germans or China people who have the right of abode in Germany; The fifth is temporary workers.

As a prerequisite for granting a work permit (work residence), Article 39, point (2), point 1 stipulates two items (a) and (b).

Item (1) stipulates that the employment of foreigners shall not have a negative impact on the labor market, especially in the employment structure, regional system and economic industries. This provision is very general, but it may become an excuse for some authorities in due course.

Item (2) stipulates that no German or foreigners with priority (such as members of EU countries or China people who have settled and stayed, their families and German families) may occupy the post.

This rule has always existed. China people who apply for jobs in Germany must have their own uniqueness, such as having a job, not coming from China, having experience in China, and having contacts in China. The job of a chef in a Chinese restaurant is also unique. Of course, this aspect has been specifically stipulated in the agreement between the two countries.

Foreigners applying for a job in Germany often encounter this situation: the labor bureau says it will take a month to see if any Germans (or people from other EU countries) want to occupy this position. Then the labor bureau advertised. If your future employer just says that you need someone who can speak Chinese, that's not enough, because it's not difficult to find a German, an EU member or a former China who has become a German.

Therefore, the reasons for using foreigners must be sufficient. Article 4 1 "Withdrawal of approval" is noteworthy. If the foreigner's employment conditions are unfavorable (unequal) to comparable German employees, or meet the above-mentioned "reasons for refusal", the work permit already granted may be revoked.

For example, if a China company hires a full-time employee and only gives him/her 300 euros a month (not an internship), the labor bureau can refuse him/her a work permit. This is also the reason why the Immigration Law requires employers to provide the labor bureau with data such as wages and working hours of foreigners they employ.