EU Blue Card in Germany: Legal Support

Are you asking as an employer or as an employee?*

Are you asking for yourself or for someone else?*

Where is the person concerned at the moment?*

Is there already a specific job offer in Germany?*

Without a specific position an application for the EU Blue Card is generally not yet possible – we will then tell you what to do first.

Is the employment intended to be subject to German social insurance?

What is the minimum duration of the contract?*

The EU Blue Card generally requires at least six months.

Full-time or part-time?

Is the employer willing to complete and sign the required employer documents in full and at short notice?

If not yet fixed

How is the annual gross salary made up?

Variable components are generally disregarded for the salary threshold.

Which of these groups does your role most closely belong to?*

What is your highest completed qualification?*

Is your degree listed as comparable in anabin?*

Is there a ZAB statement of comparability or an equivalence decision?

Do you have at least three years of relevant IT experience at an academic or higher level?

Is the employment offered professionally connected to your qualification?

Does the role require a German professional practice licence?

For example for doctors, nursing professionals, pharmacists or teachers.

Which residence title or visa do you currently hold?*

Has an application already been filed with an authority?*

With which authority?

Is there an appointment, a deadline or a start of employment within the next 30 days?*

Has a visa or residence title ever been refused?*

Has there ever been an order to leave, a deportation or an entry ban?*

Has asylum or comparable protection been applied for or granted?*

Do you hold long-term EU resident status in another member state?

Are there any criminal convictions or pending criminal proceedings?*

Please do not enter details here – we will ask about them confidentially in a personal conversation.

Do you already hold an EU Blue Card?*

Are the employer, the role or the salary to be changed?

Did the current employment begin less than twelve months ago?

Has the competent immigration office already been informed about the change?

What is your main objective?*

How urgent is your matter?*

Can you provide the required documents within seven days?

Is another law firm or service provider already working on this matter?

Preferred way to reach you

Preferred language

Best time for a call back

Legal form

Function

Number of employees

Experience employing non-EU nationals

Is the employer established in Germany?*

Is domestic employment subject to German social insurance intended?*

ISCO-08 occupational group

Full-time or part-time

Collective agreement

Contract term*

Regulated profession*

Is there an employment contract or a binding offer?

Current location

Existing German residence title

Qualification route

Has comparability been settled via anabin or the ZAB?

Does the person hold an EU Blue Card from another EU member state?

Is family reunification intended?

Accelerated skilled worker procedure under section 81a of the Residence Act?

Power of attorney from the skilled worker is available or can be obtained

Willingness to enter into an agreement with the immigration office

Urgency

Is a procedure already pending?

What is the status?

I am aware that an early termination of the employment must be reported to the immigration office within four weeks.*

I am aware that a copy of the residence title must be checked and kept for the duration of the employment.*

Has the skilled worker been informed about the advisory services?

Could the position also be filled internally or with domestic applicants?

For the EU Blue Card there is regularly no labour market priority check – this answer only helps us classify the case.

I am aware that this enquiry does not yet create a client relationship and does not preserve any deadlines.*