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If GC holder lost a job or wants to find a new one, how long he/she can stay in Germany for that purpose?
Posted on 22/04/2005 10:07 am
Re: If GC holder lost a job or wants to find a new one, how long he/she can stay in Germany for that purpose?
Very good question indeed, but unfortunately without a concrete answer.
Ideally the person should be able to stay for the period of unemployment benefit payment but in practice, there are different approaches from the officers.
Unemployment benefit payment period is around 1 year for a person who worked 2 years at least. If you have more working years(and if you are old 
then this period may change slightly but it will not be longer than 2 years in any case, and then ALG II comes but this can not be claimed by foreigners with limited residence permits.
Regards,
Lacrima
lacrima
Member since 14/11/2003
Posted on 22/04/2005 10:24 am
Re: If GC holder lost a job or wants to find a new one, how long he/she can stay in Germany for that purpose?
It depends on what kind of visa you currently have.
a) Company binded ("Beschäftigung erlaubt nur als IT Fachkraft/Softwareentwickler bei Firma "Firmenname", erlischt mit Beendigung dieser Tätigkeit"
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b) IT-binded ("Beschäftigung erlaubt nur als IT Fachkraft" "erlischt mit Beendigung dieser Tätigkeit".
c) Non-IT, Non-company binded ("Beschäftigung (uneingeschränkt) erlaubt" or "Erwerbstätigkeit gestattet"
It is something that you can do for yourself right now. If you have received more than 36 salaries or stayed in Germany more than 48 Months, you are eglible for unlimited work permit (visa type like "c" here). In that case if you lose your job, your eglibility to use ALG should be limited only by overall duration of your visa. But after you have lost your job I assume it is not necessary to ask ABH for extension for the purpose of "Job suche". However I do not have practical experience in this direction, this is just a theory (mentioned many times on this forum, too.).
So (depending on the visa that you currently have) you have to put the "Antrag auf Aufhebung der Auflage" but BEFORE you have lost your job, in order to get the "c" type of residence permit.