Permit Rulebook

Experienced worker (§ 19c / § 6 BeschV)

The rules, quoted and dated:

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. Every number on this page is the authority's own sentence, with the page it came from and the day we read it. This page is for people who need a permit to work in Germany. This page describes the rules; it does not decide on you.

PR

What this route asks for

€45,630/year — 45% of the German pension contribution ceiling

Read from the authority's own page on , with the sentence it came from below.

Where do you stand on this route? The questions are answered on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere. You get each rule against what you declared, the gap if there is one, and which single change would open more routes.

Check yours — Germany, Experienced worker (§ 19c / § 6 BeschV)
What the checker asks, and what it does not

Every number below is quoted from an official page, and a daily check re-reads every source. On this route — quoted and dated · scored — 2 conditions this interview did not ask. 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.

A non-EU passport

Who this is for

Citizens of the EU, of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and of Switzerland, can live and work in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands under free movement — the routes on this site are for other passports. Check registration rules after arrival (e.g. Anmeldung in Germany).

As an EU national you generally don't need a work permit to work anywhere in the EU. · europa.eu · TFEU (the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) art. 45 (free movement of workers) — Your Europe · · English, from europa.eu. Official page ↗

A job offer

Condition

This route asks for a job offer.

What the checker asks
  • Which best describes your situation?

Vocational training of 2+ years or a university degree or work in information technology

Condition

Any of these: vocational training of 2+ years or a university degree or work in information technology.

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 · buzer.de · § 6 Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 3 Buchst. a BeschV (the Employment Ordinance) · · German, from buzer.de. Official page ↗
In Berufen auf dem Gebiet der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie findet Satz 1 Nummer 3 keine Anwendung. · buzer.de · § 6 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BeschV · · German, from buzer.de. Official page ↗

2+ years of related experience in the last five

Condition

This route asks for 2+ years of related experience in the last five.

Innerhalb der letzten fünf Jahren muss eine mindestens zweijährige, einschlägige Berufserfahrung auf dem Niveau einer Fachkraft gesammelt worden sein. · arbeitsagentur.de · · German, from arbeitsagentur.de. Official page ↗

Yearly salary

Threshold · 2026

This route asks for at least €45,630/year — the yearly salary for the job you would do.

  • €45,630/yearthis route — 45% of the German pension contribution ceiling
  • €45,934.20/yearEU Blue Card — shortage occupation — another route here
  • €50,700/yearEU Blue Card — general — another route here
mind. 45.630 Euro im Jahr 2026 · arbeitsagentur.de · 45% of the German pension contribution ceiling · § 6 BeschV (45% der Beitragsbemessungsgrenze) · · German, from arbeitsagentur.de. The source writes 45.630 where this page writes 45,630 — the same number. Official page ↗
Also required — not checked here
  • Your qualification must be officially recognised in the country where you earned it
    Die Qualifikation muss in dem Staat, in dem sie erworben wurde, staatlich anerkannt sein. · arbeitsagentur.de · § 6 BeschV · · German, from arbeitsagentur.de. Official page ↗
The official page also says
  • 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.
    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. · arbeitsagentur.de · § 6 Beschäftigungsverordnung — collective-agreement exception (§§ 3, 5 Tarifvertragsgesetz) · · German, from arbeitsagentur.de. Official page ↗