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Australians can apply for a work permit (Blue Card or otherwise) in country but cannot work until said work permit is issued.offstumpfail wrote:Hi all,
Have skimmed this thread and the search function but haven't found a specific answer to this, and while it probably resembles lots of other situations there are a few quite specific bits.
Anyway I am hopeful that I will soon be offered a job in Berlin. It and myself satisfy all blue card requirements.
My nationality is Australian, and while I no longer have work authorisation for the UK, for any realistic purpose I could claim that I am still resident there (for the purpose of attending the German embassy there, as info says you need to go in your country of citizenship or residence) as I have bank accounts, tax, address etc.
Anyway what I am trying to find out (online info is a bit contradictory, probably because the blue card is new) is whether I am supposed to apply for any permit before entering Germany. Blue card info seems to suggest that it's applied for once in-country. However, if I were to enter Germany on the tourist visa, then immediately submit blue card application, am I permitted to work while I am waiting for it to be processed (which I hear could be 6-8 weeks)? If not is there any way around this, can I apply for a work permit or blue card while out of the country, e.g. in London, so that I am able to start work immediately upon arriving in Germany. Assume I have a concrete job offer satisfying all requirements.
Thanks.
Well, where in the process are you? How much has your prospective employer already done?offstumpfail wrote:Ok, thanks. That does seem to tally up with what I received from the embassy in England. Shame their definition of "resident" is more stringent than HMRC's
I get the impression that my only options here are to apply for this in Germany or go back to Australia (I am currently in Colombia). Unless I can get the embassy in Bogota to treat me as a resident I've asked them.
Does anyone have any recent idea of processing times for in-country blue card applications? On the London embassy's site it says a 2-3 week processing time, and their email to me said 'processing times are the same' but if anyone has first-hand experience it would be appreciated.
I don't want to put off the hiring manager with the fear of a 12 week processing time...
Also... given it's a card (I assume it's *not* a page in your passport) do they hold onto your passport while the application is in progress?
Thanks again.