Residence permit to seek for a job following a stay in Germany

• You have a valid residence permit • You have successfully completed your training, the recognition of a foreign professional qualification or research activity in Germany • Your livelihood is secured • Adequate health insurance www.berlin.de/einwanderung/_assets/merkblatt_zur_krankenvers You have health insurance in Germany, either in the statutory health insurance system or a comparable private health insurance. Foreign health insurance is not sufficient. For more information, please read the leaflet. • No indications of a threat to public safety or order • Fines alone can prevent the granting of a residence permit. • An application for a residence permit may not be processed while investigation proceedings are ongoing. • You pose no threat to the free democratic basic order or the security of the Federal Republic of Germany. • You are not involved in acts of violence in pursuit of political or religious goals, do not publicly call for the use of violence and do not threaten to do so. • Main residence in Berlin You live in Berlin. A second residence in Berlin is not sufficient. • Current email adress The Berlin Immigration Office will contact you via your current email address. Please also check your spam folder regularly. • For the online application: Consent to the electronic payment process The following methods of payment are available to you: • Credit card (Visa, Mastercard) • Paypal

• Application for a residence permit to seek for a job following a stay in Germany • only possible online • You will receive a PDF document to confirm your application. This document will certify that your current residence title remains valid in the federal territory beyond the previous validity date. (This does not apply if your current residence permit has already expired on the day you apply.) • Please therefore make sure to save this document and print a copy if possible. • In the case of an application being filed by an authorised representative: power of attorney stating the subject matter of the procedure • Copy of your current residence permit • Passport copies (in color) Copies of the data pages (with your photo and personal details) of your passport are required. • If you have studied in Germany: degree Degree certificate, testimony or certificate from your higher education institution on the successful completion of your studies • If you have completed your research activities in Germany: Documents on the terminated employment • If you have successfully completed a qualified vocational training in Germany: Training certificate • After a stay in Germany for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification • Decision of the competent body on successful recognition or • Occupation practice permit or • Granting of permission to use the professional title • If you have successfully completed an assistant or helper training course in a state-recognized or similarly regulated training occupation in the health and care sector in Germany: Training certificate • Proof of your residence for example by • Certificate of registration at the main residence (Melde-Bestätigung) or • lease and written confirmation of occupancy from the landlord (Wohnungsgeber-Bestätigung) • Proof of the size and cost of the living space The floor space and the monthly rent or housing costs of your own property (house or apartment) must be demonstrated as follows. In the case of a rental property: • Tenancy agreement (without house rules or other annexes) and • Proof of the current monthly costs (rent with utility costs included – “Warmmiete”), e.g. bank statements In the case of an owned property: • extract from the land register, third section, • costs of the home-owner charges and • possible monthly loan costs for the property • Proof of secure livelihood for example, bank statements, declaration of commitment by third parties, scholarship • Proof of your health insurance • If you have statutory health insurance: electronic health card (copy front and back) or a current confirmation from the health insurance company • In the case of private health insurance: certificate from the insurer regarding the scope and costs of the insurance in accordance with § 257 Para. 2a SGB V. V. Please point out to your insurer that you need the certificate for a residence permit for gainful employment.

The fee must be paid before you send off the online application (by credit card or PayPal). • 56.00 euros: for the issue of the residence permit as a sticker label • 100.00 euros: for the issue of the residence permit as an electronic residence permit (eAT) • 27.60 euros: for Turkish nationals up to the age of 24 • 46.00 euros: for Turkish nationals aged 24 and over • 6.00 euros extra: for creating a digital passport photo at the self-service terminal on site A refund is not possible in the event that the application is withdrawn if we have already begun to process the application (by examining the documents you sent or sending you an appointment for an in-person interview).

• Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG) § 20 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__20.html

• You will receive an appointment if your application is reviewed positively. • A residence permit in the form of a sticker label can be issued directly on site during the appointment. • If issued as an electronic residence permit (eAT), it takes 4 to 6 weeks before it can be collected.

• Example: confirmation of occupancy from the landlord (Wohnungsgeber-Bestätigung) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zentrale-e • Certificate of registration at the main residence (Melde-Bestätigung) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120686/de_plain/

The service can only be used at the Landesamt für Einwanderung (LEA, State Office for Immigration) at the Keplerstraße location.