Route: skilled worker, Blue Card, engineers and IT

Blue Card (§ 18g), skilled-worker permits, 2026 salary thresholds, programmes for IT and engineering.

This route needs a job offer from a German employer and a qualification Germany accepts. Engineers and IT specialists with a university degree are the typical case; nurses and doctors: Nursing and health.

EU Blue Card (§ 18g AufenthG)

• 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 (§ 18g AufenthG).
• Your degree must be German, recognised or comparable: an anabin printout or a ZAB Statement of Comparability, see Recognition.
• Settlement permit (§ 18c) for Blue Card holders after 27 months, or 21 months with German at B1.

Other permits

• § 18a (vocational qualification) and § 18b (degree): recognition in Germany, a job offer and, as a rule, approval of the Federal Employment Agency (§ 18a, § 18b).
• Experience route (§ 19c (2) with § 6 BeschV) for non-regulated jobs: a vocational training of at least 2 years or a university degree, recognised by the country of origin (Tunisia), and a salary of at least €45,630 (45 % of the pension contribution ceiling (BBG) = €45,630 in 2026), § 6 (1) BeschV. From age 45 (first consent when starting work after the 45th birthday) the threshold is €55,770 (55 % of the BBG, 2026), unless adequate old-age provision is proven; this also applies with a collective agreement (§ 1 (2) BeschV).
• Settlement permit for other skilled workers: Already in Berlin?.

Programmes for IT and engineering

According to GTAI (29 August 2025), the pilot African Skills 4 Germany (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, running until December 2026) has AHK Tunisia select and prepare candidates in IT, transport and logistics, mechanical engineering and automation; 122 candidates were selected in the February 2025 call (GTAI). Whether a new call is open and the conditions: not confirmed; ask AHK Tunisia.

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. Money and Tunisian formalities: Money and transfers.
4. Visa at the Embassy in Tunis: Visa and Embassy (skilled workers apply through the Auslandsportal; recognition first). 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 Embassy page lists persons with this prior approval for direct booking at TLScontact (§ 81a AufenthG).