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Germany 50 sources § 10 StAG — naturalisation, and the permit types excluded from it gesetze-im-internet.de § 12 BeschV — au pair employment (Federal Office of Justice) gesetze-im-internet.de § 14 BeschV — voluntary service, religious employment and vacation work gesetze-im-internet.de § 15 StAG — naturalisation of the persecuted and their descendants gesetze-im-internet.de § 18c AufenthG — settlement permit for skilled workers gesetze-im-internet.de § 18d AufenthG — residence permit for researchers (Federal Office of Justice) gesetze-im-internet.de § 18e AufenthG — short-term mobility for researchers gesetze-im-internet.de § 18f AufenthG — residence permit for mobile researchers gesetze-im-internet.de § 18g AufenthG — EU Blue Card salary thresholds (Federal Office of Justice) gesetze-im-internet.de § 19c AufenthG — employment for other purposes set by ordinance gesetze-im-internet.de § 2 JFDG — age limit for the voluntary social and ecological year gesetze-im-internet.de § 20 AufenthG — permit to seek work after study or research gesetze-im-internet.de § 21 AufenthG — self-employment (Federal Office of Justice) gesetze-im-internet.de § 29 AufenthG — conditions, including the living-space waiver gesetze-im-internet.de § 30 AufenthG — spouse reunification, including the language exemptions gesetze-im-internet.de § 32 AufenthG — children joining parents gesetze-im-internet.de § 38 StAG — fees, including the fee-free procedures gesetze-im-internet.de § 38a AufenthV — recognition of research establishments gesetze-im-internet.de § 39 AufenthV — obtaining or extending a permit from inside Germany gesetze-im-internet.de § 4 StAG — acquisition by birth (Federal Office of Justice) gesetze-im-internet.de § 45 AufenthV — residence permit fees gesetze-im-internet.de § 46 AufenthV — visa fees gesetze-im-internet.de § 4a AufenthG — the right to work attached to a residence title gesetze-im-internet.de § 5 StAG — acquisition by declaration (Federal Office of Justice) gesetze-im-internet.de § 7 AufenthG — residence permit, including the 'other purposes' clause gesetze-im-internet.de § 9 AufenthG — settlement permit, including how training years are counted gesetze-im-internet.de Anerkennung in Deutschland — recognition statistics 2024 anerkennung-in-deutschland.de BAMF — family reunification, including the right to work bamf.de Bezirksregierung Köln — information sheet on acquisition by declaration bezreg-koeln.nrw.de City of Munich naturalisation authority — citizenship by declaration stadt.muenchen.de EURAXESS — European researcher mobility network and hosting offers euraxess.ec.europa.eu Federal Employment Agency — Engpassanalyse, 2025 data year (Presseinfo 32, 2 September 2026) arbeitsagentur.de Federal Employment Agency — skilled trades shortage analysis arbeitsagentur.de Federal Foreign Office — opening and closing a blocked bank account auswaertiges-amt.de Federal Foreign Office — restoration of citizenship for the persecuted auswaertiges-amt.de Federal Foreign Office — states where legalisation is not possible, so documents are verified instead (2 May 2025) auswaertiges-amt.de Federal Foreign Office — visa fees auswaertiges-amt.de Federal Foreign Office — Working Holiday Programmes and the countries covered auswaertiges-amt.de Federal Ministry for Family Affairs — au pair in Germany familienportal.de Federal Office of Family Affairs — Bundesfreiwilligendienst bundesfreiwilligendienst.de German Consulate General Chennai — document verification procedure and cost india.diplo.de German Embassy Dhaka — family reunion visa information (20 July 2026) dhaka.diplo.de Make it in Germany — EU Blue Card (Federal Government portal) make-it-in-germany.com Make it in Germany — one year of the Opportunity Card make-it-in-germany.com Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) make-it-in-germany.com Make it in Germany — self-employment (Federal Government portal) make-it-in-germany.com Residence Act (AufenthG) — full text and list of residence purposes gesetze-im-internet.de RT Partner (German immigration law firm) — Blue Card minimum salary 2026 rtpartner.de Study.eu — reported student blocked-account amount (commercial portal, cites no source) study.eu The Local — 2026 EU Blue Card salary thresholds (citing the Federal Foreign Office) thelocal.de If you find one of these out of date before we do Tell us. We will check it, fix the figure, and date the fix. We would rather be corrected in public than leave a wrong number standing on a page someone is about to borrow money against. Our correction policy is on how we work , and every figure change we make is logged in the rules feed .
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