{"id":2846,"date":"2018-02-14T14:41:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T13:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/migration-law\/work-permit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:35:03","slug":"work-permit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jurati.de\/en\/migration-law\/work-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Work permit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The prerequisite for taking up employment is that the residence permit contains a corresponding work permit. With the ancillary provision<\/strong> “Gainful employment permitted”, you may carry out any employed or self-employed activity. If you are only “permitted to be employed”, you may take up any employment relationship, but you may not be self-employed.<\/p>\n

If your residence permit states “Employment only with the permission of the Aliens Department”, you must apply to the Aliens Department for a work permit <\/b> before taking up employment.<\/p>\n

In some cases, before a work permit is issued, the Federal Employment Agency must be involved, which may check whether local workers are available for the job and whether a salary appropriate to the position is paid. In these cases, the employment permit is initially limited to the activity applied for.<\/p>\n

For some residence permits, the law stipulates that gainful employment is permitted in principle or to a certain extent (e.g. for family reunification<\/a>, students<\/a>, humanitarian residence permits or in the asylum procedure).<\/p>\n

If you have a residence permit for a specific job, you are generally only allowed to carry out this job initially, see here:<\/p>\n