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Do I have the chance to get a job and establish myself ?

Last activity 29 June 2023 by Bhavna

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kuuku

@Julien Greetings. I am a lab scientist in Ghana seeking to come to Germany with a short duration schengen visa. Please do I have the chance to get a job and establish myself on this visa?

beppi

@kuuku Julien is the international site owner, resides in Mauritius and probably cannot help you.

But I can answer this: You cannot reside or work in Germany with a visit visa (Schengen visa) - you need to apply for a differend kind of visa at the German embassy in your country!

TominStuttgart

@kuuku Julien is the international site owner, resides in Mauritius and probably cannot help you.
But I can answer this: You cannot reside or work in Germany with a visit visa (Schengen visa) - you need to apply for a differend kind of visa at the German embassy in your country!
-@beppi

To elaborate, one needs to first line up a job with a company willing to hire and assist one with getting the work visa. This has extra effort, cost and risks involved and usually will only happen for people with highly demanded skills and usually with a high level of German. Another possiblity is a job seeker visa which allows one to actually come to Germany to look for work. But one can do this cheaper and easier for most of the kinds of jobs in question online anyway, so it is an expensive and often frustrating and unsuccessful strategy. It is also difficult to get such a visa; they want to vet candidates so that it makes sense that they have a real chance of employment.

kuuku

@Tomin thank you so much for the detailed advice. I really appreciate. I will therefore reconsider my decisions.

Bhavna

Hello everyone and welcome, Kuuku !


Please note that I have created a separate thread from your posts on the Germany forum as the New Members thread is dedicated to introductions only.


All the very best

Bhavna

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