Mobile ICT Card — Germany over 90 Days

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 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

you take up work in the host entity in Germany as a manager, specialist or trainee employee,

you can present an employment contract and where appropriate an assignment letter that is valid for the duration of the intra-corporate transfer.

a) specific information regarding the place and kind of work, remuneration as well as other terms and conditions of employment during the transfer, and

b) evidence that the foreigner will be able to return to an entity belonging to the same undertaking or group of undertakings established outside the European Union after completing the transfer.

(7) The national host entity is required to inform the competent foreigners authority without delay, as a rule within one week, of any changes to the conditions referred to in subsection (2).

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

Specialists 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.

Trainee employees 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.

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

the intra-corporate transfer is to last for longer than 90 days, and

(5) No Mobile ICT Card is granted if, in the context of the intra-corporate transfer, the foreigner will stay longer in the federal territory than in other member states.

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 take up work in the host entity in Germany as a manager, specialist or trainee employee,

you can present an employment contract and where appropriate an assignment letter that is valid for the duration of the intra-corporate transfer.

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.

You may already come to Germany and work for up to 90 days within 180 days, pending the decision of the immigration authority, if you lodged your application 20 days before coming to Germany.

When an ICT Card or Mobile ICT Card is issued in Germany, the holder’s spouse or life partner and any minor, unmarried children also receive a residence permit for the same period.

1. the maximum duration of the intra-corporate transfer pursuant to section 19 (4) has been reached, or

1. for the duration of the transfer but no more than three years, for managers and specialists,

2. for the duration of the transfer but no more than one year, for trainee employees.

The maximum periods stipulated in sentence 1 may not be exceeded by extending the ICT Card.