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The Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte)
A visa to come and look for a skilled job in Germany for a year, without a job offer to begin with.
Two routes
Who can get it?
- Fully recognised qualification
- If your qualification is recognised as equivalent to a German one, you do not need points.
- Points system
- Otherwise: a university degree or vocational training of at least two years recognised in your country, at least A1 in German or B2 in English, and at least 6 points.
The points
How to earn points
Summary of the criteria published by the German Federal Foreign Office:
- Partial recognition of the qualification
- 4 points
- Work experience
- 2 points for 2 years in the last 5, 3 points for 5 years in the last 7
- German
- 1 point at A2, 2 at B1, 3 at B2 or above; 1 extra point for C1 English
- Age
- 2 points under 35, 1 point from 35 to 40
- Other
- Shortage occupation (1 point), previous legal stay in Germany (1 point), spouse who also qualifies (1 point)
Good to know
Key points
- Funds to prove
- €1,091 a month, i.e. €13,092 for a year, in a blocked account or through an official declaration of commitment.
- Work allowed
- A trial job or a side job of up to 20 hours a week.
- Duration
- Up to one year, if your funds cover that period.
- Qualification assessment
- The qualification is assessed by the ZAB (the German office for foreign qualifications) or listed in the anabin database.
From Cameroon
How the application works in Yaoundé
- Registration
- Online, on the official visa portal (Auslandsportal), for most study, training and work visas.
- Submission
- VFS Global in Yaoundé receives study applications (except scholarship holders and researchers) and vocational training applications; the decision rests with the embassy.
- Visa fee
- Paid at the counter against an official receipt, reduced rate under 18; VFS charges a service fee on top. Current amounts given in your quote.
- Passport
- Valid for at least 12 months, with at least two blank pages.
- Language certificates
- Only certificates from ALTE bodies are accepted (Goethe-Institut, telc, ÖSD, TestDaF, ECL), and the oldest module must be less than one year old.
Registration and submission are free. The embassy advises against agencies selling appointments: we do not do that. Our help covers understanding the rules and preparing your file.
The fees to expect for this country, and our support fees: see the list
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