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Employment as a skilled worker holding academic degrees (e.g. EU Blue Card)
You must submit the following documents:
- Two application forms duly filled in and signed. Please ensure that a high quality printout of the barcode is submitted with the application.
- 3 recent biometric passport photos (not older than six months), 2 glued to the application forms and 1 attached with a paper clip.
- Passport, issued within the last 10 years valid for at least one more year from the intended date of entry into Germany with at least 2 empty pages + 2 photocopies of the data page
- Maltese residence card, valid for at least three months + 2 photocopies
- Last three pay slips from your current employer in Malta + 2 photocopies
- Work contract, signed by you and your future employer + 2 photocopies. There is a minimum salary requirement for EU Blue Card applications. The minimum salary requirement currently stands at
a) 45.552,- EUR annually for scientists, mathematicians, engineers, doctors and IT specialists and
b) 58.400,- EUR annually for all other professions. - Extract from the commercial register of your future employer (Handelsregisterauszug) + 2 photocopies
- Employment declaration (“Erklärung zum Beschäftigungsverhältnis”) to be filled in by your future employer + 2 photocopies
- Certificates of your academic degrees + 2 photocopies
- If you obtained your academic degree(s) from an institution of higher education outside Germany please visit the Informationsportal zu ausländischen Bildungsabschlüssen (anabin) and check whether your foreign degree(s) is/are equivalent to a German degree. Produce two printouts from the anabin database of both your foreign degree(s) and the foreign institution of higher education.
- For applicants aged 45 years and over: Proof of adequate retirement provision, e.g. salary statement of at least 4.015,- EUR per month; statutory/private pension insurance guaranteeing monthly pension payments; ownership of real estate. Documents in a language other than German must be accompanied by a certified translation into German.
- Travel health insurance policy for 14 days from the intended date of entry into Germany (the policy can be presented later – latest on the day the visa is issued) + 1 photocopy
- Visa fee is 75,- EUR to be paid either in cash or by credit card (only Visa or Master Card).
Certificates, diplomas, etc. issued in a country outside the EU must be accompanied by an apostille/a legalisation. Original documents will be returned once the visa application has been processed.