Your document checklist

Paperwork is where people fail, and where agents charge the most for the least. Choose your route and your country below and the list rebuilds as you choose. Every item says what it is, why it is needed, and how early you have to start it.

Nothing here is invented. Each item is the published requirement for the route you picked, or the document chain for the country that issued your certificates, with the source beside it.

Germany last reviewed 2026-11-03.

Who are you?

Where are you going?

Germany is the only destination we have verified for this track so far. More follow once we can source them.

Which route?

What is your trade or profession?

This decides your language level and whether your qualification must be formally recognised.

Which country issued your documents?

This changes the attestation chain completely. Apostille and consular legalisation are not the same thing, and paying an agent to fix the wrong one is the most common waste of money on this journey.

Who is travelling with you?

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TradesOpportunity CardElectrician

Document checklist — Germany, Opportunity Card

Track: Trades
Trade or path: Electrician
Travelling with: nobody
Items: 8
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
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8 items

Language

2 items

Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)
Source: Federal Employment Agency — Engpassanalyse, 2025 data year (Presseinfo 32, 2 September 2026) (checked 2026-11-03)

Qualification and recognition

4 items

Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)
Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)
Source: Federal Employment Agency — Engpassanalyse, 2025 data year (Presseinfo 32, 2 September 2026) (checked 2026-11-03)
Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)

Money

1 items

Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)

Identity and nationality

1 items

Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)

Not covered by our data for this route: job offer and employer, health, family travelling with you. That does not mean nothing is needed. It means we have no sourced requirement to show you, so ask the embassy rather than assume.

Document requirements change. Figures, thresholds and attestation routes are revised, sometimes with little notice. We last reviewed Germany on 2026-11-03. Confirm every amount and every stamp with the embassy or the official portal before you pay anyone anything.

This is guidance, not a decision, and not immigration advice. How we work · Check whether an agent is real

Realistic timeline for this route

12 to 30 months end to end.

The visa itself is a matter of weeks. Reaching B1 from zero typically takes 9 to 18 months of consistent study, and recognition runs in parallel but can take several months longer. Anyone promising you Germany in three months is selling something.

What this checklist does not tell you

Choose your origin country to see the attestation chain. It differs country by country and readers lose months here.