Route: skilled worker and EU Blue Card

Blue Card, skilled-worker permits, salary thresholds 2026 and the fast-track procedure.

This route needs a job offer from a German employer and a qualification Germany accepts.

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.
• Settlement permit (§ 18c (2) AufenthG) after 27 months with basic German (A1), or 21 months with German at B1 (§ 18c (2) sentence 1), 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: a qualification recognised in Morocco, at least 2 years of experience, 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).
• Regulated professions (nurses, doctors, teachers): Nursing recognition and Recognition.
• Trades with a partner programme: THAMM Plus.

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. Moroccan rules: Leaving Morocco.
4. Visa at the Embassy in Rabat: 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 Rabat Embassy's table names the § 81a channel (direct TLScontact filing) only for training; the channel for skilled workers is not confirmed.