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  "country": {
    "code": "DE",
    "name": "Germany"
  },
  "route": {
    "id": "de-skilled-vocational",
    "name": "Skilled worker — vocational (§ 18a)",
    "kind": "res-work",
    "summary": "Your vocational training is recognised in Germany and you have a job offer that matches it. There is no salary threshold — but from age 45 an extra salary requirement applies.",
    "info_url": "https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Arbeit/Fachkraft/fachkraft-node.html",
    "scope": {
      "value": "some-conditions-stated-not-asked",
      "reason": "Every rule that decides this route is a question you answer; two things no page we watch states for this route — how much German the job itself needs, and enough income and health cover to live here — are shown below as our own reading and never asked.",
      "not_asked": [
        "german-for-the-job-is-our-expectation",
        "livelihood-and-health-cover-are-our-expectation"
      ]
    },
    "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": "qualification",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "vocational"
      },
      {
        "field": "recognition_de",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "recognized",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Arbeit/Fachkraft/fachkraft-node.html",
          "quote": "vocational qualifications acquired abroad which are equivalent to qualified German vocational training",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07"
        }
      }
    ],
    "readings": [
      {
        "id": "german-for-the-job-is-our-expectation",
        "text": "How much German you need depends on the job itself. The page we watch states that condition for Germany’s job-seeking permit, not for this route, so it is our expectation and not the authority’s words."
      },
      {
        "id": "livelihood-and-health-cover-are-our-expectation",
        "text": "You will also need enough income to live on without state support, and health cover; the salary from the job normally covers both. No page we watch states either condition for this route."
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": "https://permitrulebook.com/germany/skilled-worker-vocational/",
  "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"
}