Opportunity Card
The Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte) lets qualified people enter Germany to search for a job. It is a portal category at the Yaoundé embassy.
Waiting time: the embassy's guide value for Opportunity Card appointments is over one year (Visa and embassy). The embassy also writes that the card "is not suited" to carry out the recognition procedure (work visas, German): start recognition first and have the interim or deficiency notice ready.
What it is (§ 20a AufenthG)
- A permit of up to one year. Two entries: you are already a recognised skilled worker, or you reach 6 points with a qualification recognised in your country, plus German A1 or English B2 (§ 20a). Accepted English tests and proof for the points were not checked; English-language schooling in the anglophone regions may help, but ask the embassy.
- Points: for example age, language, professional experience, shortage occupation, partial recognition.
- Money: secured living costs, €1,091 a month in administrative practice (Make it in Germany, BAMF), for example in a blocked account. The embassy names €1,091 for § 16d measures too.
- Trial employment of at most 2 weeks each is allowed; a follow-up card of up to 2 years is possible (§ 20a (5)).
- Work allowed: up to 20 hours a week (§ 20a (2) Nr. 1) and trial employment (Nr. 2).
- Health insurance for the whole period, at least one year; originals of all uploaded documents at the appointment.
Information: Make it in Germany. Amounts: Costs. Recognition: Recognition.
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