Studying and Working in Germany

A brochure on the legal requirements of residence for

third-country nationals

德国蓝卡的项目是否靠谱，我们来浏览一下关于德国蓝卡的官方司法解释（来自德国联邦移民、难民部）

What kinds of residence titles are there?

Are you a third country national – i.e. not a national of one of the Member

States of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or

Switzerland - and you wish to stay in Germany for a longer period of time?

Then you need a legal basis, the so-called“residence title”.

There are four different residence titles for long-term stays in the Federal

Republic of Germany:

德国拥有哪几种居留？如果你是第三国公民，不是欧盟国家 欧盟经济区或者瑞士，并想合法居留德国，有四种方式：

Residence permit (temporary residence title)

„„ EU Blue Card (temporary residence title)

„„ Settlement permit (permanent residence title)

„„ EU permit for permanent residence

(permanent residence title)

To obtain a residence title, you must first meet some general requirements.

This includes having a passport, having a secured means of subsistence

during your stay, and there must be no grounds for deportation.

The purpose of your intended stay and your education/professional qualifications

determine which specific residence titles are options for you (see Chapter II or III).

1：居留许可（临时居留）

2：欧盟蓝卡

3：永久居留（定居许可）

4：欧盟永居

获得居留许可，必须满足一些要求，这包括拥有护照，居留期内的生活保障，从没有被驱逐出境过，根据你的居留的目的和你的教育水平，职业资格决定了哪种居留适合你。

What advantages does the EU Blue Card have?

With an EU Blue Card, you can stay in any EU Member State

(except the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark) for up to

ninety days without a visa. The EU Blue Card also allows

you to stay for up to 12 months in a third country outside the

EU.

欧盟蓝卡的优势：

你可以逗留除了英国、爱尔兰、丹麦以外的任何欧盟国家90天欧盟蓝卡同样允许你停留在欧盟以外的第三个国家长达12个月。

Another advantage of the EU Blue Card is that it can be issued

to natural scientists, mathematicians, engineers, doctors and

IT specialists with German degrees as well as specialists in

these professions with a foreign degree without the consent

of the Federal Employment Agency.

In special instances, a permanent residence title can also be

used under section 19 Residence Act. The requirements are

explained in Chapter IV.

另外的优势是欧盟蓝卡可以颁给自然科学家、数学家、工程师、医生和IT专家（德国学历和国外学历均可）在特别情况下，永久居留也可

适用居留法第19部分，第四章中有关于要求的阐述。

德国移民部官网关于蓝卡的司法解释

The EU Blue Card

The Directive on Highly-qualified Persons aims to introduce a common residence title for highly-qualified persons at EU level which is to be organised in a manner that attracts candidates and hence makes easier and promotes the migration of highly-qualified persons. When it was transposed, a new residence title for foreigners with an academic or equivalent level of qualifications and a specific minimum salary was included in the Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz) in the shape of the EU Blue Card. The EU Blue Card enables third-country nationals who are university graduates or who have a comparable qualification to receive a residence title for the purpose of employment suiting their qualification.

The EU Blue Card is a residence permit which, when issued for the first time, is valid for a maximum of four years. It is issued subject to the following conditions:

a German or recognised foreign or comparable foreign higher educational qualification, submission of an employment contract or a binding job offer, as a matter of principle proof of a minimum annual gross salary of 49.600 Euro.

Exception: A lower salary threshold of 38.688 Euro is applied for EU Blue Cards issued to scientists, mathematicians and engineers, as well as to doctors and IT specialists. restricted to a maximum of four years when first issued.

Exception: If the employment contract is shorter than four years, the residence title is issued for a period that is limited to the term of the employment contract, plus three months. Holders of an EU Blue Card are to be issued with an unlimited settlement permit if they have held their employment as a highly-qualified person for more than 33 months, they can demonstrate that they have made obligatory contributions in this period or show other proof of expenditure to obtain an entitlement to insurance benefits which are comparable to those from statutory pensions insurance, and the other prerequisites generally necessary for issuing a settlement permit are met. If the holder of the EU Blue Card has an adequate knowledge of German (level B1), the settlement permit is issued earlier, namely after 21 months.

德国驻华使馆官网蓝卡的司法解释中文

欧盟蓝卡（《居留法》第19条a 款）

欧盟蓝卡是面向高学历专业人才的主要居留衔，使第三国公民在拥有被认可的学位且要在德国接受一份与其职业技能相当的工作时，能够便捷地、不受官僚主义羁绊地迁入德国。申请人仅需提供高校毕业证明和保证获得至少47600欧元年薪（2014年）（稀缺职业至少37128欧元即可（2014年）。

欧盟蓝卡提供大量优待，尤其是可提前获得永久居留权。这使潜在申请人能够对其在德国的未来作出长期规划：欧盟蓝卡持有者在德居留33个月则可获得无限期定居许可。如能证明德语达到B1水平，在21个月后即可获得定居许可。

有了这样的明文法律规定加上德国人蜚声环球的严谨，蓝卡是靠谱的（待续），下一次我们会讨论如何申请。