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Travelling abroad between jobs on a German Blue Card: what the law says
Can a Blue Card holder leave Germany between two jobs and come back before the new one starts? What section 51 AufenthG says about expiry, the duty to report a new employer, and the availability rule for Arbeitslosengeld.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-11-01Nursing recognition in Germany with a non-EU degree: Kenntnisprüfung or Anpassungslehrgang
How Germany recognises a nursing degree from outside the EU, what waiving the equivalence assessment changes, and why the choice between the knowledge test and the adaptation course belongs to you under section 40 PflBG.
🇩🇪 DE · jobs · 2026-10-30Job-seeker permit after graduating in Germany: how to prove you can support yourself
Your Ausländerbehörde wants a sponsor or a job contract and refuses your blocked account? What the Residence Act really requires as proof of funds for the graduate job-seeker permit, and what to do when the office says no.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-10-26Lost your job in Germany with a work permit pending: what the Fiktionsbescheinigung allows
Came on the Opportunity Card, applied for a work permit and lost the job? What a Fiktionsbescheinigung naming one employer allows, who must report the dismissal, and what the law offers next.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-10-24Niederlassungserlaubnis on a fixed-term contract: does Germany require an unlimited one?
The Residence Act does not list an unlimited employment contract among the conditions for a German settlement permit. What sections 9, 18c and 2 AufenthG require instead, and how secured livelihood is judged.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-10-22Signed a job contract in Germany but got a better offer: can you cancel before you start?
A signed German employment contract can usually be ended before the first day by notice in writing or by a termination agreement. What sections 620, 622, 623 and 339 BGB say, and what to check in a fixed-term or TV-L contract.
🇩🇪 DE · worker-rights · 2026-10-20Non-EU doctor in Sweden: how to get a Swedish medical licence (legitimation)
A doctor trained outside the EU and EEA gets a Swedish licence through five Socialstyrelsen steps or a university complementary programme, with Swedish at level C1 or equivalent. The board says it usually takes 2 to 4 years.
🇸🇪 SE · jobs · 2026-10-18Old criminal case and a Swedish work permit: how the good conduct (vandel) check works
Since 13 July 2026 Migrationsverket assesses good conduct (vandel) for work permit applicants. Isolated, minor incidents will normally not lead to rejection, repeated behaviour may count, and no time limit for old cases is stated.
🇸🇪 SE · permits · 2026-10-12Sweden work permit in 2026: salary requirement, exempt occupations and how to apply
A Swedish work permit needs one job offer that meets every requirement, including a salary of at least SEK 34,470 a month (75 per cent of the median for exempt occupations). First applications are made from outside Sweden.
🇸🇪 SE · permits · 2026-10-11Blue Card refused in Germany: does § 81(4) AufenthG still protect you?
What the Fiktionswirkung under section 81(4) AufenthG keeps alive after a Blue Card application, why it does not cover a new job, what a move to Berlin changes, and the one-month deadlines once a refusal is served.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-10-10ALG I Sperrzeit after a settlement agreement in Germany: your options
A 12-week Sperrzeit after signing a settlement agreement can be challenged. What section 159 SGB III says, when the block is shorter, how severance pauses benefits, and the one-month objection deadline.
🇩🇪 DE · worker-rights · 2026-10-09Paid per visit in Finnish home care: what counts as working time and pay
Pay per client visit in Finnish home care (kotihoito) is not banned by one rule, but your pay must meet the applicable collective agreement for your working time. How to check it and what to do.
🇫🇮 FI · worker-rights · 2026-10-08Switch from the job-seeker permit to an EU Blue Card in Germany early?
If you studied in Germany and just got a full-time job on the post-study job-seeker permit, switching to a Blue Card or a section 18b permit early usually pays off. Why, according to the Residence Act, and how to do it.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-10-07Right to work in Sweden as the family of an EU citizen before the residence card arrives
A non-EU family member of an EU/EEA citizen with right of residence can work in Sweden from arrival; the residence card is proof, not the source of the right. What employers must check, what to show them while you wait, and how long the card takes.
🇸🇪 SE · permits · 2026-10-06Unpaid wages, overtime or holiday pay after a job in Norway ends: what to do
If your job in Norway has ended and you have not been paid wages, overtime or feriepenger, holiday pay is due on the last normal pay day before you leave. How to send a formal claim, the two-week deadline, and where to get free help.
🇳🇴 NO · worker-rights · 2026-10-05New family immigration rules in Sweden from 1 October 2026: what changes for extensions
Since 1 October 2026, Sweden checks the maintenance requirement at extension too, the amounts are higher, and some reference persons must have lived in Sweden for two years. Who is exempt, and the lower amounts that apply until 1 October 2027.
🇸🇪 SE · permits · 2026-10-04Fired during Probezeit in Germany: notice period, your rights and next steps
During an agreed probation period in Germany, an employer can usually dismiss you with two weeks' notice and without a reason. What can still make the dismissal invalid, the three-week court deadline, and the three-day duty to register as a job seeker.
🇩🇪 DE · worker-rights · 2026-10-03Sweden job seeker permit after studies: how long it lasts and how to apply
After a degree in Sweden you can get a residence permit to look for work for up to one year, or up to 18 months after a PhD. Who qualifies, the money and documents, and what to do if your extension is still pending.
🇸🇪 SE · permits · 2026-10-02Changing jobs in Germany on a residence permit: when you need the immigration office
If your German permit is tied to one job, you need the immigration office's permission before starting a new one. EU Blue Card holders do not, with a 30 day check in the first year. What the law says, step by step.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-10-01EU citizen in Sweden: getting a personnummer as a self-sufficient person
EU and EEA citizens can be registered in Sweden and get a personal identity number without a job, by showing Skatteverket they can support themselves for at least one year. The steps, the proof, and what changes if you already have a coordination number.
🇸🇪 SE · documents · 2026-09-30Wohnungsgeberbestätigung: who signs it for your Anmeldung when you stay with family
The move-in confirmation for your German address registration comes from whoever gives you the place to live, not only from an owner. Who signs it for relatives and sublets, what it must contain, and the two-week deadlines under the Federal Registration Act.
🇩🇪 DE · documents · 2026-09-29Annual leave in Finland: why your holiday balance does not grow month by month
Finnish annual holiday is earned over a holiday credit year from 1 April to 31 March and mostly taken in the next holiday season. How accrual, timing, holiday pay and the holiday bonus work under the Annual Holidays Act.
🇫🇮 FI · work · 2026-09-29Working hours for international students in Germany: university job plus a second job
A German student residence permit carries a working day account of 140 days a year. Student jobs are not counted, and a second job is counted per calendar week in the way that is better for you. Here is how the two rules fit together.
🇩🇪 DE · permits · 2026-09-23How to find an apartment in Berlin without losing your mind
A newcomer's playbook for the Berlin rental market: the vocabulary, the application folder landlords expect, viewings, and the Anmeldung that follows.
🇩🇪 DE · housing · 2026-09-12The EU Blue Card in 2026: rules, thresholds and how to apply
The 2024 directive made the EU Blue Card easier to qualify for and easier to move on. Here is who it covers in 2026, the salary thresholds, the employer and mobility rules, and how to apply.
🌍 all · migration · 2026-09-12How to get your codice fiscale in Italy as a foreigner
The codice fiscale gates a bank account, a lease, a job, and healthcare in Italy. Here is what it is, the AA4/8 form, and how to get one from abroad or once you are in the country.
🇮🇹 IT · migration · 2026-09-12How to find a job in Finland without speaking Finnish in 2026
Where the English-first roles actually are, which portals to use, how Finnish applications work, and the permit and unemployment rules you should know before you move.
🇫🇮 FI · work · 2026-09-12Personnummer, bank account and BankID in Sweden: the chicken-and-egg trap
The Swedish paperwork loop is real, but it has an entrance. How to sequence personnummer, coordination number, bank and BankID, and what it means for renting.
🇸🇪 SE · migration · 2026-09-12Spain's digital nomad visa in 2026: income, applying yourself, and the autonomo question
What Spain's DNV really costs in 2026, how to apply without an agency, and an honest answer to the autonomo and tax-residency confusion that trips up new arrivals.
🇪🇸 ES · migration · 2026-09-12How to apply to 100+ European jobs without burning out
A realistic AI-assisted workflow for high-volume job hunting in Europe: how to tailor at scale, track what you sent, and avoid the spray-and-pray patterns that get you ignored.
🌍 all · work · 2026-09-12NIE vs TIE in Spain: what each one is and how to get it
The NIE is a number, the TIE is a card, and Spanish officials will ask you for both. Here is the difference, plus how to survive the cita previa and where empadronamiento fits.
🇪🇸 ES · migration · 2026-09-12Germany's Opportunity Card in 2026: points, funds, and applying with no job offer
The Chancenkarte lets qualified people move to Germany to job-hunt for a year. Here is the points math, the money you have to show, and how it beats the old job-seeker visa.
🇩🇪 DE · migration · 2026-09-12Getting a job in Norway without speaking Norwegian in 2026
Which sectors in Norway realistically hire in English, the boards that surface those roles, skilled-worker permit basics, and honest expectations about language.
🇳🇴 NO · work · 2026-09-12Freelancer taxes in Finland: a practical starter guide
How freelancers and light entrepreneurs in Finland handle tax cards, VAT, deductions and MyTax — the essentials before you send your first invoice.
🇫🇮 FI · taxes · 2026-09-12How to beat ATS and AI screening in Europe (and what the EU AI Act changes in 2026)
Software reads your CV before any human does. Here is how European applicant tracking systems parse and score you, and the new rights the EU AI Act gives candidates.
🌍 all · work · 2026-09-12