Route: skilled worker, IT and EU Blue Card

Blue Card, IT without a degree, experience route, salary thresholds 2026 and the fast-track procedure.

This route needs a job offer from a German employer and a qualification Germany accepts. Apply for the visa in Brazil before you start work: Entry without a visa. Consulate pages: Blue Card, specialists.

EU Blue Card

• Regular threshold 2026: €50,700 gross a year.
• Lower threshold: €45,934.20 for shortage occupations (for example STEM, doctors, nurses, teachers) and career starters; the Federal Employment Agency must approve.
• Your degree must be German, recognised or comparable: an anabin printout or a ZAB Statement of Comparability, see Recognition.
• IT specialists without a degree (§ 18g (2) AufenthG): at least 3 years of relevant experience in the last 7 years. Check the salary rule and the proof of qualification in the statute text and on Make it in Germany.
• Settlement permit after 27 months with basic German (A1), or 21 months with German at B1 (§ 18c (2) AufenthG), plus pension contributions.

Other permits

• § 18a (vocational qualification) and § 18b (degree): recognition in Germany, a job offer and, as a rule, approval of the Federal Employment Agency.
• Experience route (§ 19c (2) with § 6 BeschV) for non-regulated jobs: at least 2 years of experience in the last 5 years and a state-recognised qualification of at least 2 years' training, salary of at least €45,630 (a collective agreement of the employer replaces only this €45,630 threshold; from age 45 at first consent €55,770 applies even then, unless adequate old-age provision is proven, § 18 (2) no. 5 AufenthG / § 1 (2) BeschV). For ICT occupations the qualification requirement does not apply (§ 19c (2)).
• Regulated professions (nurses, doctors, teachers): Nursing recognition and Recognition.

Steps

1. Check your degree in anabin; if needed apply to the ZAB: Recognition.
2. Find a job through the Federal Employment Agency job board and Make it in Germany.
3. Documents: Documents. Brazilian rules: Leaving Brazil.
4. Visa at the mission for your state: Visa application. Then After arrival.

Fast-track procedure (§ 81a)

Only the employer can start it, at the Berlin immigration office (LEA), with your power of attorney. The filing channel for skilled workers at the Brazilian missions was not confirmed.