Highly qualified workers
Highly-qualified foreigners can only be issued with a permanent residence permit under certain conditions.
According to the law, the following are considered to be highly qualified:
- scientists with specific technical knowledge,
- teaching staff with specialist functions or research assistants with specialist functions.
If you want to enter Germany as a highly-qualified worker to take up corresponding employment here, you need to apply for the relevant visa from the German diplomatic mission. There you will be given more detailed information about the documents you need for the visa application and the related procedure.
Statutory Basis:
