ICT Short-Term Mobility to Germany

If you are a manager, specialist or trainee employee of an undertaking that is headquartered outside the EU, you may come to Germany and other EU States (with the exception of Ireland and Denmark) by way of an intra-corporate transfer and work for your undertaking here.

If you already hold an ICT Card from another EU Member State, you do not need a German residence title if you are planning a stay for employment purposes of up to 90 days within 180 days.

If you wish to work in a German unit within your undertaking for more than 90 days, you will need a Mobile ICT Card in Germany.

You hold an ICT Card issued by another EU State that is valid in Germany for the duration of the application procedure,

The host entity in the other EU Member State (or the host facility in Germany, where a power of attorney has been set up) will arrange for the notification to be sent to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

a work contract, and any assignment letter,

along with proof that the entity in Germany belongs to the same undertaking or group of undertakings as the undertaking in the third country at which you are employed.

The notification absolutely must be received in full before you enter the country.

are persons employed in key positions who primarily direct the management of the host entity, or of a department or subdivision of the entity.

possess specialised knowledge essential to the host entity’s areas of activity, techniques or management in the unit at which they are to be deployed. They are also highly qualified, and have appropriate professional experience.

are persons with a university degree who are undergoing a graduate training programme at an undertaking for career development purposes or in order to obtain training in business techniques or methods.

1. the remuneration the foreigner will be granted during the intra-corporate transfer is less favourable than that granted to comparable German employees,

4. the foreigner has been staying in the European Union for more than three years, or, in the case of a trainee employee, for more than a year, or

stay there for the purpose of the intra-corporate transfer.

intend to stay in Germany for up to 90 days within the same undertaking or group of undertakings

2. evidence that the national host entity belongs to the same undertaking or group of undertakings as the undertaking established outside the European Union by which the foreigner is employed,

Where entry and residence are denied within the allotted time, the foreigner must cease the economic activity without delay;

not exceeding 90 days within a 180-day period

(4) If, within 20 days of receiving the notification referred to in subsection (1) sentence 1, the foreigner has not been denied entry and residence in accordance with subsection (3), the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is to issue the foreigner with a certificate confirming the entitlement to enter and stay in the federal territory for the purpose of an intra-corporate transfer in the context of short-term mobility.

If you wish to work in a German unit within your undertaking for more than 90 days, you will need a Mobile ICT Card in Germany.

You should submit the application to the immigration authority competent for the place in which the entity is located at the latest 20 days before coming to Germany.