vivek_tailor wrote:Dear All,
I am working and living in Germany since June 2010. I am non european.
I have unlimited visa under EU blue card which you will get as highly qualified workers after succesfully complted 33 months in Germany.
I have questions here:
1. If you have unlimited visa under EU blue card category, then is it possible to work in another EU country while staying in Germany?
For example, if I have job in denmark and want to stay in germany near borders.
2. If I want to apply german passport after 8 years, does above condition still valid? Alternatively, Is it necessary to work and stay 8 years in Germany for this purpose?
I could not find this information on official german website.
Looking forward to your reply.
With regards,
Vivek
1.) Do you still have your Blue Card or did you switch to a regular indefinite residence permit?
If you have a regular indefinite residence permit, your right to stay in Germany is no longer depending on a certain job (or any job) in Germany, so you could theoretically commute to Denmark but you would need a Danish work permit for this. I know very little about Danish work permit rules, so can't help with that.
Please note that even an "indefinite" residence permit expires automatically when you leave Germany for longer than six months unless you notify the Ausländerbehörde beforehand and they give you a Fiktionsbescheinigung confirming your right to re-enter Germany after more than six months of absence.
2.) To apply for German citizenship there is a residence requirement of 8 years. At the time of application you need to work
in Germany in a permanent job that you have held for at least six months and can't be in your probationary period anymore.
At least those are the rules now. It might change by the time you are ready to apply.
