Immigration or/and travel to Germany through the Opportunity Card and search for job is that possible?
In this article, you will learn about the truth about the opportunity card for immigration and work in Germany.
What are the requirements?
What are the criteria for accepting applicants?
How to apply?
With its large economy in Europe, Germany always seeks to lead and maintain its growth, but it may face difficulty in providing the necessary manpower in many halls, which makes it think every time to find solutions by bringing in foreign labor, and from it came the idea of the opportunity card program, Die chancekarte, which allows every person to travel To Germany and research work.
The job search opportunity card in Germany is very similar to the job search visa in Germany, and I wrote about it in this article How To Apply For A Job Search Visa In Germany, which you can review.
The German government launched a new program to bring the German workforce due to the great shortage in it and in many sectors and specializations. This program was called the Opportunity Card (Die chancenkarte). Where it is expected that Germany will bring 400,000 people annually for a period of 10 years to search for work inside Germany.
Yes, you can travel to Germany and search for work there if you meet the conditions in this program.
I mean, imagine the large number of labor that Germany will bring in 10 years. This is what Herr Scholz's government decided, because there is a huge shortage in the labor force, which is met by many workers who have entered the retirement age. That is why this program was created to bring in labor from outside Germany.
Requirements for applying in the opportunity card program (Die chancekarte)
As usual, there is no immigration program or job search without criteria! But there may always be no facilities in the conditions to suit the qualifications of each person who wants to apply.
The German government has set 6 main criteria in order to make a selection between people, which are as follows:
1- Age 35 years or younger get 2 point and 1 point if you between 36 -40 years old.
2- Academic certificate: if it is a university degree or vocational training (it must be equivalent to the German language)you can get up 6 points
3- Professional experience (preferably 3 years) up 3 points
4- German or/or English language (the better the language proficiency, the more points you get for qualification) A1 level in Germany or B2 level in English. up to 4 points
5- Your relationship with Germany: whether or not you have relatives in Germany.1 point
6 Financial Efficiency: Evidence that you are able to afford the cost of living while you are in Germany while searching for a job.
These are the conditions that every person who wants to apply for the Opportunity Card in Germany must travel and search for work there.
As we notice in 5 requirements, there are no difficult conditions, but they are all normal requirements. Condition No. 6 remains, some may see it as incapacitating, because he does not have a way to secure a large amount of money to spend on himself throughout his stay in Germany, but these are the conditions for this program, and every person must save for himself If he dreamed of emigrating and working in Germany.
(It may be an exclusionary criterion, given that the person must prove that he is able to cover his living costs during the entire period of residence in Germany and the search for work)
Where you must provide an amount of 947 euros per month, for your accommodation costs throughout the duration of the job search.
Or a person residing in Germany who meets the conditions (that is, he has the ability to bear the expenses of your entire stay), that is, he takes care of you throughout the period of searching for work.
With regard to conditions 1 and 2, if the person is young in age but has professional experience or in a specialization, even if it is for a short period. Or if he is old and has short experience in a field or a professional, these two conditions have points and competition, which means what we find in the (immigration program to Canada Express Entry)
The Opportunities Card program to search for work inside Germany is based on points, meaning that everything you have proficiency in the German language increases points, even if the English language is with it. Without forgetting the skill and experience, even if it is for a short period, it will increase the number of points in qualifying you for acceptance
Die chancekarte is an opportunity to integrate new workers into the German economy and create new opportunities in the country for skilled workers from everywhere.
The chancekarte program was developed specifically to make it easier for German employers to bring workers from outside the European Union to work in Germany.
As for how and when to apply, this has not yet been determined by the German government, as the chancekarte research program in Germany is still in its infancy, and the application portal will be launched, perhaps in December of the year 2023 or at a later date.