{
  "country": {
    "code": "DE",
    "name": "Germany"
  },
  "route": {
    "id": "de-experienced-worker",
    "name": "Experienced worker (§ 19c / § 6 BeschV)",
    "kind": "res-work",
    "summary": "No German recognition needed: two years of recent skilled work in the last five, plus either a qualification your home country officially recognises, or experience in IT.",
    "info_url": "https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Arbeit/FachkraefteOhneAusbildung/fachkraefte-ohne-ausbildung-node.html",
    "scope": {
      "value": "some-conditions-stated-not-asked",
      "reason": "Every rule that decides this route is a question you answer; the recognition your own country must give the qualification is listed with the rules below and never asked, and the collective-agreement exception the authority mentions is not asked either.",
      "not_asked": [
        "salary-set-aside-under-a-collective-agreement",
        "qualification-recognised-where-it-was-earned"
      ]
    },
    "criteria": [
      {
        "field": "citizenship",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "third_country"
      },
      {
        "field": "destination",
        "op": "in",
        "values": [
          "de",
          "all"
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "situation",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "offer"
      },
      {
        "op": "any",
        "label": "located in Germany",
        "paths": [
          {
            "label": "Germany chosen as destination",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "destination",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "de"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "offer in Germany",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "situation_country",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "de"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "experience_5y",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "2plus",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/vor-ort/zav/working-and-living-in-germany/newsletter-iss/04-2026/berufserfahrene",
          "quote": "Innerhalb der letzten fünf Jahren muss eine mindestens zweijährige, einschlägige Berufserfahrung auf dem Niveau einer Fachkraft gesammelt worden sein.",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-02",
          "history": [
            {
              "retrieved_at": "2026-09-02",
              "quote": "Innerhalb der letzten fünf Jahren muss eine mindestens zweijährige, einschlägige Berufserfahrung auf dem Niveau einer Fachkraft gesammelt worden sein.",
              "source_url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/vor-ort/zav/working-and-living-in-germany/newsletter-iss/04-2026/berufserfahrene",
              "reason": "rule-rekeyed",
              "checked_at": "2026-09-17",
              "note": "s25 (v1.1 critique F2): read experience in [y2in5, y5in7] before, experience_5y eq 2plus after."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "op": "any",
        "label": "qualification or IT experience",
        "paths": [
          {
            "label": "state-recognised qualification",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "qualification",
                "op": "in",
                "values": [
                  "vocational",
                  "degree"
                ],
                "source": {
                  "source_url": "https://www.buzer.de/6_BeschV.htm",
                  "quote": "eine ausländische Berufsqualifikation, die von dem Staat, in dem sie erworben wurde, staatlich anerkannt ist und deren Erlangung eine Ausbildungsdauer von mindestens zwei Jahren vorausgesetzt hat",
                  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
                  "legal_basis": "§ 6 Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 3 Buchst. a BeschV"
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "IT specialist",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "occupation_it",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "yes",
                "source": {
                  "source_url": "https://www.buzer.de/6_BeschV.htm",
                  "quote": "In Berufen auf dem Gebiet der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie findet Satz 1 Nummer 3 keine Anwendung.",
                  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
                  "legal_basis": "§ 6 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BeschV"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "salary_eur_year",
        "op": "gte",
        "threshold_label": "45% of the German pension contribution ceiling",
        "threshold": {
          "amount": 45630,
          "currency": "EUR",
          "source_url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/vor-ort/zav/working-and-living-in-germany/newsletter-iss/04-2026/berufserfahrene",
          "quote": "mind. 45.630 Euro im Jahr 2026",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-02",
          "legal_basis": "§ 6 BeschV (45% der Beitragsbemessungsgrenze)",
          "history": []
        }
      }
    ],
    "statements": [
      {
        "id": "salary-set-aside-under-a-collective-agreement",
        "kind": "caveat",
        "text": "The salary threshold can be set aside if your employer is bound by a collective wage agreement and employs you on its agreed terms — we do not ask about collective agreements.",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/vor-ort/zav/working-and-living-in-germany/newsletter-iss/04-2026/berufserfahrene",
          "quote": "Von der Gehaltsschwelle kann nur abgewichen werden, wenn der Arbeitgeber tarifgebunden im Sinne des §§ 3 und 5 Tarifvertragsgesetz (TVG) ist und die Beschäftigung zu den geltenden tariflichen Bedingungen erfolgt.",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-02",
          "legal_basis": "§ 6 Beschäftigungsverordnung — collective-agreement exception (§§ 3, 5 Tarifvertragsgesetz)",
          "history": []
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "qualification-recognised-where-it-was-earned",
        "kind": "precondition",
        "text": "Your qualification must be officially recognised in the country where you earned it",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/vor-ort/zav/working-and-living-in-germany/newsletter-iss/04-2026/berufserfahrene",
          "quote": "Die Qualifikation muss in dem Staat, in dem sie erworben wurde, staatlich anerkannt sein.",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "§ 6 BeschV"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": "https://permitrulebook.com/germany/experienced-worker/",
  "dataset_version": "2026.09.18",
  "schema_version": "0.8.2",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "https://github.com/OytunOnal/permit-rulebook-data",
  "rules_read": "2026-09-17"
}