Residence permit for a freelance employment - Issuance

• Legal residence • You are already residing in Germany with a residence title (e.g., a national D visa or residence permit). A Schengen visa (C visa) for a short-term stay is not sufficient. • Or, based on your nationality, you are entitled to apply for a residence permit. • Freelance employment www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__18.html The activity must be an independent scientific, artistic, literary, teaching, educational, or other self-employed professional activity as defined in Section 18(1)(1) of the Income Tax Act (Einkommenssteuergesetz - EStG). • Adequate pension plan (only if you have already completed the 45th year of life) The following applies from 1 July 2025: Perspectively, at the age of 67, you must have • either a monthly pension of 1,612.53 euros (for at least 12 years) • or an asset amount of 232,204.00 euros. The following nationalities are exempt from the requirement to provide proof of retirement savings: Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. • 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 interest in expulsion • Fines alone can prevent the granting of a residence permit. • 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 A second home 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 for Freelance Employment • 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 you hold a Schengen visa (C visa) for a short-term stay or if your current residence title 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 • If you already have a residence permit or another German residence title for the Federal Republic of Germany: Copy of your residence title • Passport copies (in color) Copies of the following pages of your passport are required: • Always: Data pages (with your photo and personal details) • If you have entered the country and are applying for a residence permit for the first time, additionally: Entry stamp and visa for entry or residence permit from another EU country in your passport (if applicable) • Resume / Curriculum Vitae, including documentation of qualifications and professional experience • References or funding commitments • Revenue forecast see section "Forms" • If you wish to work on a fee basis: Fee agreements Alternatively, at least two letters of intent may be submitted, providing details of the collaboration and describing the nature and scope of the work. • Depending on the profession: Occupation practice permit for example, a medical license or a law license • Regarding artists and language teachers: Proof of other regular income e.g., personal assets, regular payments from parents obligated to provide support, a letter of commitment from a solvent third party • Proof of your health insurance • If you have statutory health insurance: current confirmation from the health insurance company stating the premium amount due, or proof of enrollment with the Artists' Social Insurance Fund (Künstlersozialkasse) • 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 freelance employment. • Lease or proof of home ownership • Living costs Proof of the monthly rental costs (e.g. current account statement) or costs of the inhabited property; in each case in original form

• Revenue forecast www.berlin.de/einwanderung/_assets/ertragsvorschau.pdf

• 56.00 euros: for the initial issue of the residence permit as a sticker label • 100.00 euros: for the initial 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 for • 6.00 euros extra: for creating a digital passport photo at the self-service terminal on site

• Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG – Residence Act) § 21 Abs. 5 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__21.html

• 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.