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Master data sheet
Declaration of consent
Release from confidentiality

1. Master data entry

Country of origin

Where are you from?

Residence status

Do you have a residence permit (Aufenthaltsgestattung), toleration (Duldung) or residence authorization (Aufenthaltserlaubnis)?

Residence

Where do you live?

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Master data sheet
Declaration of consent
Release from confidentiality

Are there problems with the foreigners authority (Ausländerbehörde)?
Are you looking for an apprenticeship or a job?
Do you need a resume or cover letter?

2. Request

How can we help you?

What goal do you have?

Are there problems with the foreigners authority (Ausländerbehörde)?
Are you looking for an apprenticeship or a job?
Do you need a resume or cover letter?

Further links
Information on identity documents

3. Work permit

Do you have a work permit?

If not:

Is your identity cleared?

Do you have a birth certificate?

Do you have a photo ID from your home country?

Further links
Information on identity documents

Informations
Profession up to date (Beruf aktuell)

Recognitions
Middle School Diploma: Köln
High school diploma and specialized high school diploma: Düsseldorf
Recognition of a profession: Anerkennungsportal
Valikom-Transfer

4. Career Orientation

do you have work experience?

What profession did you have in your home country and how long did you work?

Do you have a school report?

If you have attended school for at least 10 years and have the original of your school report and a grade summary, you can have these documents recognized in Germany.

Informations
Profession up to date (Beruf aktuell)

Recognitions
Middle School Diploma: Köln
High school diploma and specialized high school diploma: Düsseldorf
Recognition of a profession: Anerkennungsportal
Valikom-Transfer

If you want to scan something, use this app for example:
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Application
Curriculum vitae sample
Cover letter sample

Mediation
Jobbörse

5. Application and mediation

We will help you with your application!

For an application you need:

Cover letter, curriculum vitae, language certificate

Also helpful is:

School report, internship report, employer’s reference

If you want to scan something, use this app for example:
CamScanner for Android: Download
CamScanner for iOS: Download

Application
Curriculum vitae sample
Cover letter sample

Mediation
Jobbörse

You have a toleration (Duldung)?

Then you need to take the following to the immigration office(Ausländerbehörde):
Declaration on the employment relationship
Training contract
Confirmation of registration with the „Kammer“ (IHK or HWK)

You have a residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis)?

Then you may be able to apply for housing allowance or a child supplement. If you are doing an apprenticeship, you can often get support from the employment agency (Agentur für Arbeit). Just talk to us about it!

6. New Job – getting started

Ther are some things to consider when you start a job or training:

notify the job center or welfare office (Sozialamt)
show your social security number (Sozialversicherungsnummer) and health insurance card (Krankenkassenkarte) to your employer
inform the immigration office (Ausländerbehörde)

You have a toleration (Duldung)?

Then you need to take the following to the immigration office(Ausländerbehörde):
Declaration on the employment relationship
Training contract
Confirmation of registration with the „Kammer“ (IHK or HWK)

You have a residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis)?

Then you may be able to apply for housing allowance or a child supplement. If you are doing an apprenticeship, you can often get support from the employment agency (Agentur für Arbeit). Just talk to us about it!

Potential problems could include:
– You live too far away from your work
-> Solution: Change of residence requirement (Wohnsitzauflage) and relocation
– Buses and trains do not run / take too long
-> Solution: get creative with mobility (find a ride, buy a bike, etc.)
– Your earnings are not sufficient to get out of the benefit system of the job center or social welfare office
-> Solution: applying for additional benefits, wage negotiations

7. Coaching

Often there are still problems at work that need to be solved. We will help you with this or show you who can help you to organize your new life as a professional well.