Category: Visa & Residence
Residence permits, family reunification, settlement permit, naturalisation and integration courses — step by step from the statute.
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Self-employment residence permits in Germany: three tests, and easier routes
Not one door but four — and the easiest skips the economic-interest test entirely.
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The Opportunity Card: the full points table and what it actually allows
The table with its real figures, straight from the Annex to the Act.
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The EU Blue Card in Germany: thresholds, occupations and the IT route
Germany’s strongest work permit — and its conditions are more precise than the summaries suggest.
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Working in Germany: who counts as a skilled worker, and on what terms
The five conditions of § 18 — and what changed fundamentally in favour of qualification holders.
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The complete reunification document list: each paper and the fact it proves
Read the document list backwards: each paper proves a fact the statute requires — and knowing the fact tells you the alternative when the paper is unavailable.
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Family reunification for Blue Card holders: no language test, no wait, no housing proof
Three requirements fall away by express provision rather than discretion, and a fourth exemption survives even the upgrade to a settlement permit.
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Family reunification from Egypt: the Cairo embassy and who it actually covers
Competence follows your residence, not your nationality. Cairo covers Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Sudan — with an express Sudan carve-out, and since June 2026 no longer residents of Syria.
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Family reunification for Moroccans: why it does not go through TLScontact
TLScontact handles Schengen only; reunification runs through the embassy in Rabat by appointment. The narrow windows, and the language condition as the statute actually words it.
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Family reunification for Iraqis: Baghdad or Erbil, and what applies to you
Two missions inside Iraq: Baghdad for the centre, Erbil for the north — and the wrong choice is a formal refusal. Plus the status question that decides whether your route is open at all.
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Family reunification for Syrians: where to file today and how the suspension applies
Two questions decide the file: where you apply — Amman, Beirut or Erbil — and what status your relative holds, because subsidiary protection is suspended until 24 July 2027.
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How long does family reunification in Germany really take? The published figures
There is no single number. What missions publish is the appointment wait, not the decision time — and six steps that genuinely shorten the process.
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Has family reunification in Germany been suspended? The act, the dates and the hardship route
The suspension covers beneficiaries of subsidiary protection only, from 24 July 2025 to 24 July 2027. How they differ from recognised refugees, and the official hardship route step by step.