Settlement permit for skilled workers

Description

Application and appointment

You can submit your application and the required documents online:

• Please upload your documents as PDF files where possible.
• Once you have submitted your application, a confirmation message will appear on screen. You can save this as a PDF file for your records.
• This confirmation states that your current residence permit remains valid in Germany beyond the previous expiry date and that you may continue to work to the same extent as before (legal fiction).
• You can present this confirmation as proof to the authorities or at your place of work.
• Once your application has been assessed, you will be given an appointment.

Requirements

• You are registered in Munich
• You have held a residence permit for employment as a skilled worker for three years
  • with a vocational qualification (§ 18a AufenthG) or
  • with an academic degree (§ 18b AufenthG) or
  • in research (§ 18d AufenthG).
  • The period is reduced to two years if you have successfully completed your vocational training or studies in Germany.

You have a job that matches your qualifications or that corresponds to your qualifications.

• You have been making compulsory or voluntary contributions to the statutory pension insurance scheme for at least 36 months or can provide evidence of expenses for an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme of an insurance company.

• If you have successfully completed your vocational training or studies in Germany, the compulsory contribution period is reduced to 24 months.
• Your livelihood is secured.
• You have sufficient living space for yourself and your family members.
• You have sufficient knowledge of German (B1) and basic knowledge of the legal and social system in Germany.
• You have no criminal record.

Required documents

• A fully completed application form
• Valid passport or passport substitute
• A recent biometric passport photograph, submitted digitally by a certified photography studio or chemist’s. Alternatively, you may use one of the photo kiosks at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service Centre for a fee.

Proof of sufficient means of support:

• Payslips (proof of earnings for the last three months)
• Confirmation of employment
• Declaration regarding means of support

Proof of adequate accommodation:

• Declaration regarding the household
• For rented accommodation: tenancy agreement specifying the size of the flat in square metres and bank statements showing the rent paid, or
• Certificate of accommodation or
• For owner-occupied flats: Purchase contract stating the size of the flat in square metres and, where applicable, proof of mortgage repayments and of the monthly housing allowance/service charge.

Proof of adequate pension provision:

• Waiting period statement from the German Pension Insurance Scheme; information on the waiting period statement is also available from the municipal insurance office within the District Administration Department or

• Proof of entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or an insurance company, or

• Proof of private life insurance with a minimum guaranteed sum of 50,000 euros upon retirement and a term of six months.

Proof of sufficient German language skills and a basic understanding of the legal and social system in Germany

• A language certificate demonstrating sufficient knowledge of German (B1) in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and a certificate confirming successful completion of the ‘Leben in Deutschland’ test, or

• A German school, vocational or higher education qualification, provided you completed it in the German language.

Please note

• The documents submitted (such as proof of identity and language certificates) will be checked for authenticity. We consistently report forgeries to the police.
• ​ Should we require any further documents, we will write to you.

Legal basis

§ 18b Residence Act
EU Directive 2009/50/EC (Highly Qualified Persons Directive)