Programmes: THAMM Plus and the Egyptian-German Center

Free GIZ and Federal Employment Agency advice for Egypt: what is documented and what is not.

Germany supports legal migration from Egypt through programmes of the GIZ (German development agency) and the Federal Employment Agency (BA). Advice there is meant to be free of charge; never pay an intermediary to "get you in" (scams).

Egyptian-German Center (EGC)

The Egyptian-German Center for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration in Cairo gives information on jobs, training, study and legal ways to Germany, and on risks of irregular migration. Locations, opening hours, the exact services and the nursing and IT placement lines should be checked on the EGC and GIZ pages; they were not confirmed in full.

THAMM Plus

"Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa" is a GIZ programme with partners in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Which current placement tracks for Egypt exist (for example nursing, IT, Ausbildung) and who may apply was not confirmed; check with the EGC.

What programmes do not change

• You still need a visa from the Embassy: Visa application.
• You still need recognition where the job is regulated: Recognition.
• A programme place is not a visa, and a job offer through a programme still has to meet the legal conditions (Skilled worker, Ausbildung).
• For recognition measures (§ 16d AufenthG; "recognition partnership" is only an informal name) Abs. 3 requires A2 German ("hinreichende Sprachkenntnisse", defined in § 2 Abs. 10 AufenthG; required by § 16d Abs. 3); see the skilled-worker page. Whether a placement agreement under § 16d Abs. 4 exists for Egypt was not documented.