For assignments to Germany, establish the right permit route.

Which route suits whom?

There is no single gateway for sending qualified personnel to Germany; the right route is chosen according to the profile. EU Blue Card: the strongest status for university graduates whose annual gross salary is above the current threshold — it opens the way to accelerated permanent residence and to eased family reunification; a reduced threshold applies in shortage occupations (including IT). Intra-corporate transfer (ICT): for executive/specialist transfers from the Turkish group company to the German affiliate. Skilled-labour and job-seeking routes: permits based on professional-qualification recognition and options expanded by the 2023 reform, such as the points-based opportunity card (Chancenkarte). Thresholds are updated each year; the application strategy must be built on the current figures.

As a rule, the Blue Card holder’s spouse benefits from family reunification with the right to work, without a German-language requirement; the children’s education and social-security coordination (the Türkiye-Germany agreement) are planned together. In the long term, accelerated settlement permits and — if the career will continue in both countries — preserving the status in Türkiye are on the agenda; two-way planning is handled by our Residence & Permits focus area.

The file runs at both ends at once

The work runs on four deliverables. The roadmap report: a recommended status and a realistic timetable, set against the profile, the salary and where recognition of the qualification stands. The employer file: the wording of the employment contract, the job description and documentary proof that the salary threshold is met, in the form the Aufenthaltsgesetz and the EU Blue Card Directive ((EU) 2021/1883) require. Running the application: the recognition and visa steps, and a strategy for the appointments. The arrival plan: address registration (Anmeldung), the residence card appointment and the family’s own timetable. On corporate assignments this flow plugs into the playbook our work permits service already runs on.

Typical assignment scenarios

The service is used most often by Turkish technology companies building a team in Berlin or Munich, by engineers and IT specialists moving to a German employer, and for intra-group transfers of managers. On the company side the critical question is timing: the permit calendar has to be planned so that it does not collide with payroll, social security and the incorporation steps. Our two-office structure keeps all of that in a single file, and the German leg is run on the ground by our Germany Desk. Where assignments come in batches we leave behind an application playbook the HR team can take over, and changes to the thresholds are tracked through an annual bulletin.