🇩🇪 Jobsy blog — DE

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 · 2026-11-01

Nursing 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 · 2026-10-30

Job-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 · 2026-10-26

Lost 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 · 2026-10-24

Niederlassungserlaubnis 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 · 2026-10-22

Signed 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 · 2026-10-20

Blue 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 · 2026-10-10

ALG 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 · 2026-10-09

Switch 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 · 2026-10-07

Fired 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 · 2026-10-03

Changing 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 · 2026-10-01

Wohnungsgeberbestätigung: 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 · 2026-09-29