How much does it cost to immigrate to Germany?

At present, there are three main ways to immigrate to Germany: EU blue card/enterprise visa/employee visa.

1. EU Blue Card:

Under normal circumstances, to apply for the EU Blue Card, you must meet the pre-tax annual salary of at least 50,800 euros (excluding scarce talents such as architects and engineers). If the salary is 4,200 euros, the monthly tax and insurance required is about 1.300- 1.600 euros, and 33 months is 59,000-76,000 euros.

2. Company visa:

The capital required to register a German company will be slightly higher.

Leasing company:

It depends on the city you choose, but it will be cheaper to rent a virtual office, about 180-360 euros per month, or you can apply for using your residence as an office to save this fee;

Hiring a tax agent:

German taxation is complex and strict, so generally outsourcing to tax agents can save a lot of unnecessary troubles, about 300-350 euros per month;

Annual fee of chamber of commerce:

Membership is compulsory, with an annual fee of about 220 euros;

Wages, taxes and insurance:

Based on the salary of 3500 euros, it is about 1500 euros per month;

Corporate tax:

About 1- 1.7 million euros per year.

Because you can apply for permanent residence in Germany after holding a company visa for three years, you need about10-130,000 euros, which is 740,000-960,000 RMB.

3. Employee visa:

Applicants for employee visas must have a German company as the employer, and the application must comply with the provisions of Article 18 of the German Law on Foreigners. This law requires applicants to have a labor contract that conforms to the German labor law, pay in line with local German standards, and have excellent academic qualifications and foreign language skills. They can apply for a German green card five years after obtaining an employee visa.

If you set up your own company, the cost is the same as above, but it takes employees five years to obtain permanent residency in Germany with a visa, so the above expenses need to be paid for 60 months.

The cost for five years is about:11-130,000 euros, which is 81-960,000 RMB.