German Work Permit

[Track101]

Hi,

Are german work permits employer specific. Is it possible to switch to another job, while on a work permit.

[Wanderer]

Hi,

Are german work permits employer specific. Is it possible to switch to another job, while on a work permit.

Yes to the first, and no to the second. Well, not without a new work permit anyway, u can't transfer it or work willy nilly.

[Track101]

Thanks for the info

If i am fired while on a work permit, should i leave the country immediately.

I have to find another job and get the new work permit before the notice period expires?

[Wanderer]

Thanks for the info

If i am fired while on a work permit, should i leave the country immediately.

I have to find another job and get the new work permit before the notice period expires?

The Germans are buggers, my gf's RP/WP expired the day her work contract expired, giving her theoretically till midnight to leave the country on a friday evening!

There was some arrangement tho - cos when her first one expired ISTR she was given a rather dodgy looking piece of paper giving her leave till her next one started.

After the second one expired, it seems the guy in the auslanderbehorde fancied her and gave her an extra week after the work contract finished.

Don't think about getting fired - think positive! Germany is great place, better than this shithole.