I kinda wrote off Germany recently due to political shifts occurring there.
But, if it’s somewhere you feel you can feel comfortable going, there are two options which may still be relevant. Maybe you already know about these, so apologies for taking your time if so, or maybe it helps someone else.
There is a language learning visa which allows you to stay for 12 months or so to learn German at an approved language school. There is a cost to this of course, and it’s in no way cheap. Pre-pandemic it was up to about 10k USD. This gets placed into a “blocked” account which proves you can support yourself for the time you’re supposed to be there. After this visa is completed, at least previously, you would need to leave the EU for 3 months before coming back (presumably to Germany) to apply for a “job searcher’s visa”.
Someone else may be able to correct or update some of that information.
Additionally, at the time, Germany provided an exception for IT Specialists, seeming to exempt those positions from the same long and difficult process of an employer ‘proving’ they couldn’t find an EU citizen for the position. But, one still needs to find an employer willing or interested in hiring them.
Someone else can also correct any of that if they find any outdated or incorrect details.
I want you to feel healthy about yourself. I want you to find a home.
I kinda wrote off Germany recently due to political shifts occurring there.
But, if it’s somewhere you feel you can feel comfortable going, there are two options which may still be relevant. Maybe you already know about these, so apologies for taking your time if so, or maybe it helps someone else.
There is a language learning visa which allows you to stay for 12 months or so to learn German at an approved language school. There is a cost to this of course, and it’s in no way cheap. Pre-pandemic it was up to about 10k USD. This gets placed into a “blocked” account which proves you can support yourself for the time you’re supposed to be there. After this visa is completed, at least previously, you would need to leave the EU for 3 months before coming back (presumably to Germany) to apply for a “job searcher’s visa”.
Someone else may be able to correct or update some of that information.
Additionally, at the time, Germany provided an exception for IT Specialists, seeming to exempt those positions from the same long and difficult process of an employer ‘proving’ they couldn’t find an EU citizen for the position. But, one still needs to find an employer willing or interested in hiring them.
Someone else can also correct any of that if they find any outdated or incorrect details.
I want you to feel healthy about yourself. I want you to find a home.