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Non eu to get study permit and marry bulgarian citizen in germany

Last activity 04 April 2018 by beppi

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Janelov

Hi!

My bulgarian boyfriend asked me marry him in Germany and start a family there. He wants to move to Germany and start looking for a job. Coming from a non eu country and knowing little german, Im thinking of getting a study permit first so I can learn the language. The question is can i convert my study permit into a residence card after marrying him in another eu? Like we apply the eu law of registering the non eu spouse in another eu contry. Or can you suggest a better option that i can do. Thanks

beppi

As far as I know, you can only get a residence permit after marrying in Germany if you entered Germany on a marriage visa. Otherwise you need to exit Germany and apply for a family reunion visa at a German embassy abroad.
In any case, you can only stay in Germnany with him if he can show sufficient financial reserves for both of you. Thus he probably needs to find a job first.

TominStuttgart

As a Bulgarian, your friend has the right to go to Germany and work. The question is if he will find a job. This will mostly depend on his education, skills and German language ability. If he has no demanded skills or doesn’t speak the language then he is unlikely to get more than a low paying manual labor job. And he has to support himself. If he doesn’t find a job and his money runs out he will have to return home. Even a EU citizen cannot get unemployment or social money right away – only if they say lose their job after having already worked legally in Germany and having paid into the German social security system. As far as I have read this means having worked at least 12 out of the previous 24 months. And when any unemployment benefits run out (limited to 24 months at most), then there is only the social money called Hartz IV available. Under a new bill a EU citizen will have to have worked legally in Germany for 5 years before getting this money. Just arriving in Germany and expecting to get funded by the government if one doesn't find a job doesn't work.

SimCityAT

TominStuttgart wrote:

As a Bulgarian, your friend has the right to go to Germany and work. The question is if he will find a job. This will mostly depend on his education, skills and German language ability. If he has no demanded skills or doesn’t speak the language then he is unlikely to get more than a low paying manual labor job. And he has to support himself. If he doesn’t find a job and his money runs out he will have to return home. Even a EU citizen cannot get unemployment or social money right away – only if they say lose their job after having already worked legally in Germany and having paid into the German social security system. As far as I have read this means having worked at least 12 out of the previous 24 months. And when any unemployment benefits run out (limited to 24 months at most), then there is only the social money called Hartz IV available. Under a new bill a EU citizen will have to have worked legally in Germany for 5 years before getting this money. Just arriving in Germany and expecting to get funded by the government if one doesn't find a job doesn't work.


What are you talking about? She is talking about herself, she is a non EU citizen.

TominStuttgart

SimCityAT wrote:
TominStuttgart wrote:

As a Bulgarian, your friend has the right to go to Germany and work. The question is if he will find a job. This will mostly depend on his education, skills and German language ability. If he has no demanded skills or doesn’t speak the language then he is unlikely to get more than a low paying manual labor job. And he has to support himself. If he doesn’t find a job and his money runs out he will have to return home. Even a EU citizen cannot get unemployment or social money right away – only if they say lose their job after having already worked legally in Germany and having paid into the German social security system. As far as I have read this means having worked at least 12 out of the previous 24 months. And when any unemployment benefits run out (limited to 24 months at most), then there is only the social money called Hartz IV available. Under a new bill a EU citizen will have to have worked legally in Germany for 5 years before getting this money. Just arriving in Germany and expecting to get funded by the government if one doesn't find a job doesn't work.


What are you talking about? She is talking about herself, she is a non EU citizen.


Hello! I am talking about her situation! As a non-EU ciitzen she is dependent on her to be husband's residency situation. Some just assume that as a EU citizen he can live in Germany and do what ever he wants including getting money if he doesn't find a job. This is a false illusion. And if he can't stay in Germany then neither can she - if her residency is contingent to being married to him. Lots of eastern Europeans are arriving in Germany thinking it will be a utopia. It isn't. And as a non-EU citizen she is most likely unaware of the rules. In the meantime, if she is studying, she has to finance her stay but is not allowed to work beyond a very limited amount as a side job.

beppi

Calm down please!
Tom is factually right and Sim didn’t know this. No need to feel offended, guys!

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