Nothing should stop you from putting together the best team for your startup. Often, this means looking outside your local market to find that star employee.  Berlin is renowned for its multi-cultural vibes that attracts talent from all over the world. ✌ But startups and German immigration law isn’t always a one to one relationship  In principle, the German right of residence is straightforward. Nationality, job title, salary and qualification determine whether and which work permit an applicant receives.  In reality, however, the cases are often much more complex and you can quickly get lost in the bureaucratic maze.  Join this workshop to get the best tips on how to navigate immigration laws with Burkhard & Olivia from Berlin Partner. They will present the most frequent cases of applications for work permits for startup founders, employees and freelancers and answer all your questions. Burkhard has worked with talent attraction at Berlin Partner for nearly a decade. He is an expert when it comes to long-term strategic talent attraction, working with HR and labour market policy, business development, marketing Berlin startups and immigration aspects. Olivia is Project Manager Media I Creative Industries at Berlin Partner. Olivia supports startups with setting up their business and succeeding in Berlin. Before she worked for several media companies, including CNN and ARD, and at the UK’s Department for International Trade. Berlin Partner for Business and Technology offers business and technology promotion for companies, investors and science institutes in Berlin. With carefully tailored services and excellent links to research, their experts provide an outstanding range of offerings to help companies launch, innovate, expand and secure their economic future in Berlin. 

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How to Bring the
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Settlement of
Companies
Marketing
Campaigns
Technology
Transfer
Account
Management
Berlin Partner – Fast Facts

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BUSINESS LOCATION
PACKAGE
The direct way to
your
new location
BUSINESS FINANCING
PACKAGE
Funding
programs for
investment and
innovation
BUSINESS TALENT
PACKAGE
Skilled
specialists
for your jobs
BUSINESS
INNOVATION
PACKAGE
Collaboration in
research
to foster
innovation
BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL
PACKAGE
Successful,
international
collaboration
from Berlin
How can we help you?

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PARIS
Start Alliance Berlin

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Paris
June 2017
Tel Aviv
September 2017
New York
October 2017
Los Angeles
October 2017
Start Alliance – Next Steps

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Zustimmungsfrei
e Blaue Karte EU Ausländerbehö
rde
Process for privileged citizens

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4 core questions
§ Who? Nationality, place of residency
§ Qualification?
§ Job title?
§ Salary?
determine
§ where to start the application,
§ who to involve
§ what work permit

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German embassy
Immigration office
visa
or
without
visa
Option for employer:
Application for Pre approval
Speeds up
the process
German
employer
Employment
agency
approval
Foreign
employee
Zustimmungsfrei
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Blue Card
without
approval
Process for non-privileged citizens coming from abroad

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Zustimmungsfrei
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German university
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Keine Zustimmung
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2 years employed?
No
Ausländerbehö
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Salary for Blue Card
EU?
No
No approval of the
employment
agency required
Immigration
office
Employement
agency needs to
be involved
Yes
Yes
Process for non-privileged citizens within Germany

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Official information, forms and support
Useful information and forms for your application as an employee of a Berlin based company
you find here:
http://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.245714.php/
dienstleistung/305304/en/
Recognized university degree: To find out is your university degree from abroad recognized in
Germany you should use the offical data base http://anabin.kmk.org/anabin-datenbank.html.
You will need to find your university (requires „H+“) and separatly your degree with subject. If
found, make a PDF and submit to the involved authorities (embassy, employment agency).

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Some projects of the Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie Berlin GmbH are funded by the federal state of Berlin and the
Investitionsbank Berlin, cofunded by the European Union – European Regional Development Fund. Investing in your Future.
Berlin Partner for Business and Technology
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MITARBEITER
Olivia Hohoff
Project Manager Media I Creative Industries
T +49 (0)30 46302-275
olivia.hohoff@berlin-partner.de
Welcome to Berlin
Burkhard Volbracht
Head of Unit Talent Services
T +49 30 46302-315
burkhard.volbracht@berlin-partner.de