The blue card requires an annual gross salary of 56.800,00 Euro. If you work in a profession that is highly demanded in Germany (doctor, engineer, It-specialist, natural scientist) an annual gross salary of 44.304,00 Euro is required. Furthermore, you have to be a qualified worker which means you either must have a German university degree or a university degree that is equivalent to a German one.

Whether your professional training qualification is equivalent to a German qualification must be determined in the recognition procedure at the office responsible for your profession. You can find out which office is responsible for your profession using the recognition search of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training: https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab)

Main requirements:

• University degree (recognized in Germany)
• Work contract or concrete employment offer with a gross salary of 56.800,00 EURO or 44.304,00 EURO for highly demanded professions
• Sufficient financial means (including health insurance)
• Sufficient housing

Required documents:

• Application form - filled out and signed (issuance (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab) or extension (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab) of a residence permit)
• 1 new biometric passport photo
• Valid passport & copies (data sheet, entry visa, stamps, labels)
• Current health insurance membership certificate, not older than 3 months (no chip card)
• Current proof of residence (housing form from the Potsdam Foreigners' Registration Office (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab), filled out and stamped by the homeowner/landlord, homeowners must submit an excerpt from the land register)
• Residence registration from the City Hall (Bürgerservice)
• Joint declaration of marriage (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab) for one another (one form per spouse)
• Current employment contract
• Last 6 salary statements
• Completed employer form (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab) of the Federal Employment Agency
• University degree:
  • German or
  • Foreign (in German translation)
    • Extract from the Anabin database of university "H+" and classification of your degree as "equivalent" or
    • Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications from the ZAB

Fees

• First application: 100,00 Euro
• Prolongation: 93,00 Euro

Method of payment

• Debit card or cash