Permit Rulebook

ICT Card — a transfer within your company (§ 19)

The rules, quoted and dated:

Your company moves you to its German branch for more than 90 days, as a manager, specialist or trainee. Up to three years, or one year for trainees. 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

No salary or points threshold — what this route asks for is in the conditions below

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, ICT Card — a transfer within your company (§ 19)
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; two conditions the authority states — the transfer of more than ninety days in a manager, specialist or trainee role, and the six months already with the company — are listed with the rules below and never asked.

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 ↗

An intra-corporate transfer

Condition

This route asks for an intra-corporate transfer.

you have been employed by the undertaking or group of undertakings for at least six months · bamf.de · · English, from bamf.de. Official page ↗
Also required — not checked here
  • A transfer of more than 90 days, in a manager, specialist or trainee role
    the intra-corporate transfer is to last longer than 90 days · bamf.de · · English, from bamf.de. Official page ↗
  • At least six months already employed by the company or group, and still with it throughout the transfer
    you have been employed by the undertaking or group of undertakings for at least six months, and belong to the undertaking uninterruptedly for the period of the transfer, · bamf.de · · English, from bamf.de. Official page ↗