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How can I find job in Germany
gus
Member since 26/11/2003
Posted on 11/05/2004 2:55 pm
Re: How can I find job in Germany
> (Most of the companies didnt reply at all)
Did you write your applications in English *lol*? 
Normally they reply with a refusal when you are writing an application in German, and refusals really have nothing to do with your skills and your current location (in Germany or outside - it does not matter), at least till the end of 2004 while employers are not required to run lots of interviews with locals in order to get a chance for a permission of getting a foreigner. But 5-years barrier ruins everything anyways
And if you do not know German, probably it is not the best time to come here. Because people will not look at you as at the "saviour" like in 2000, but they will look at you as at the man who gets their bread away from them. so you will get no sympathy and no help, and without language in a foreign country it may get tough for you *lol* 
Posted on 28/05/2004 5:22 am
Re: How can I find job in Germany
Naturlicht. I'm studying german and I wrote the letters "auf Deutsch" too...
I think that someone have more posibilities if he is already in Germany, however I understant that it is not possible for a person with a tourist visa to look for a job in Germany... it's like a "chicken and egg problem" 
I wonder how the actual GCs got their first job. Maybe 2 or 3 years ago the job market was different?
gus
Member since 26/11/2003
Posted on 28/05/2004 10:20 am
Re: How can I find job in Germany
"I understant that it is not possible for a person with a tourist visa to look for a job in Germany... it's like a "chicken and egg problem""
It's possible to look for a job in Germany with a tourist visa, find it and get a warrant of issue of a work permit from local employment office. however, local immigration office can refuse to issue you a residence permit because of this:
AuslG § 8 Besondere Versagungsgründe
(1) Die Aufenthaltsgenehmigung wird auch bei Vorliegen der Voraussetzungen eines Anspruches nach diesem Gesetz versagt, wenn
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2. er mit einem Visum eingereist ist, das auf Grund seiner Angaben im Visumsantrag ohne erforderliche Zustimmung der Ausländerbehörde erteilt worden ist,
in which case you take a train to Strasbourg (France), get there a new entry visa, travel back to Germany and get your residence permit. and i would like to point out that in such case it will be really hard for officials to refuse you an issue of unlimited work permit after 5 years, as you've got a warrant of issue of work permit when you were in Germany *lol* :P
"I wonder how the actual GCs got their first job. Maybe 2 or 3 years ago the job market was different?"
in 2000 there were approximately 5700 applicants for 8900 work places for IT-professionals, accordingly to statistic from employment office. In 2003 - 18381 applicants for 1654 work places
gus
Member since 26/11/2003