Residence permit - EU Blue Card

The EU Blue Card residence permit is limited in time. It is valid for up to four years. If the employment relationship is to last for less than four years, the EU Blue Card is issued for the duration of the employment contract plus three months. The job offer must provide for a period of employment of at least 6 months.

Prerequisites

The requirements include

• German university degree, recognized foreign university degree or foreign university degree comparable to a German university degree
• a job corresponding to the qualification with a minimum annual income for 2026 of € 50,700 (€ 45,934.20 for certain bottleneck occupations and for skilled workers who obtained their university degree no more than three years before applying for the EU Blue Card)

In the case of planned employment as a manager in the provision of services in the field of information and communication technology or as an academic and comparable specialist in information and communication technology, a university degree may be waived under certain conditions. This requires, among other things, proof of at least three years of professional experience in this profession over the last seven years.

All incoming applications will be reviewed without a personal visit.

Please send us the relevant application forms and all necessary documents either by post or electronically by e-mail to: antrag-abh@jena.de. Please do not send us any original documents.

We will contact you directly if we have any queries. Therefore, please make sure that you can be contacted by post or, if necessary, by e-mail or telephone if you have any queries.

If a personal appointment is necessary after final examination of your application, you will receive an appointment from us at short notice.

• completed application form
• passport
• Proof of residence (tenancy agreement, in the case of a sub-tenancy agreement also a declaration of consent from the owner, in the case of use of own living space [property] extract from the land register)
• Proof of health insurance
• University degree
• In the case of a foreign degree: Proof of its recognition in Germany
• Concrete job offer (declaration of employment completed by the employer)
• Wage or salary statement (if already available)
• Signed instruction sheet
• If applicable, declaration of consent to the storage and use of your e-mail address and telephone number

• Law on the residence, employment and integration of foreigners in Germany (Residence Act - AufenthG)
• Ordinance on the Employment of Foreign Nationals (Employment Ordinance - BeschV)
• Residence Ordinance (AufenthV)