Creado 29/08/2008 16:50

Time taken for work permit

Next week I have a final talk with a German company after a long set of interviews for the past two months. I have few questions regarding my work

1. In my passport its written that I am allowed to work in Germany but I have to intimate the visa office and fill a form. So how long will my work permit take to be processed? Should I start my work only after I get the work permit?I have visa till this december which is based on my husbands contract and my husbands contract may be extended for few more months. will my visa become independent after this? or will my husbands contract play a major role on my visa also. This is my first job in Germany thats why I have lot of things running in my head.

2.My salary- I have 3yrs exp in India and I did my MBA from a good business school though not the top. I will be joining as a trainee for 6 months then be promoted to a managerial position. The industry is automotive and I will work in their product development dep. Any guess on how to face this tricky qus salary expectation. Any guess on the average salary for a trainee.
Please give me some suggestions.
Padmaja

Creado 02/09/2008 11:49

Re: Time taken for work permit

Padmaja,

I remember reading somewhere that it can take upto 12 weeks. The best thing to do would be go to Arbeitsamt a few weeks after you submit your papers in Ausländeramt. It should be easy to find out who is the contact person in Arbeitsamt for you papers. You can talk to the concerned person and highlight the need for you start your job as soon as possible.

Yes, you should start your work only after you get the permission from Ausländeramt. It could be possible though that you get a go-ahead over phone first before getting a written communication. Check with the officer in Ausländeramt.

I would think that once you are employed your visa is independent from your husband's work status. Again the officer in Ausländeramt is the best person to talk about this.

Regarding salary expectations what matters is your work experience. Your educational background etc becomes irrelevant after sometime. There are a lot of websites that you give you an idea about salary levels for a particular profession. Let me know, I can post the links for those websites.

Please note that all the above is from my experience couple of years ago. I dont know for sure whether all the work permit process etc have remained the same over the years.


Arun

Creado 02/09/2008 14:44

Re: Time taken for work permit

Hi Paddy

Here you have a couple:

http://www.sueddeu...300002/uebersicht/10/

http://www.gehalt-....de/Gehaltsvergleich/


A very spread use here in Germany is the so called "Gahaltscheck", where you can access the salary scale database ONLY after you did a kind of anonymous poll, indicating what's your salary. This is a kind of interesting resource because the salary here in Germany is one of the most top secrets and no man will tell you openly how much he/she earns.

http://www.gehalts...feOvZUCFQhNtAodlWACYA

http://www.lohnspi...n/LohnundGehaltsCheck

good luck

Regards

YO

Creado 10/09/2008 14:01

Re: URGENT

Thank you all for your help. The final talk went on well and I have the contract now.
One more small question.

My husbands is doing PhD and his contract ends by December. I came on a dependent visa. So both our visa ends by December.

The company has given me an initial contract for 6 months and mentioned in that the possibility of future career growth. The start date of this contract is Nov and ends by April.

Will I be given the work permit though my dependent visa ends by December. Will my visa be extended till April.

Creado 10/09/2008 15:29

Re: Time taken for work permit

Thank you Arun for this info. I was bothered very much .

Creado 10/09/2008 21:52

Re: Time taken for work permit

@Raj

I suppose it is obvious that until unless the dependent visa stamp is converted to work permit stamp in her passport she will still have the "dependent" status.

If you have read my previous entries in this thread, I have already explained to Padmaja about the Ausländeramt - Arbeitsamt connection and what needs to be done.

To make things more clearer, having a job is the first step to get an independent visa (work permit). The second step would be to apply for the work permit visa in ausländeramt and wait till it gets processed. After receiving the visa, one is no more dependent on the spouse and by merit of continuing in the job one can apply for visa extensions.


Arun