Hi all. The zusatzblatt for my Blue Card says "NACH 1JÄHR. VERSICHERUNGSPFL. BESCHÄFTIG. IST BESCHAFTIG. JEDER ART ERLAUBT." And this page says, in English, that after one year, "any employment" is allowed.

I would assume that any new employment would need to still meet the Blue Card requirements, but the plain language meaning sounds like I can change to ANY types of employment. Does anyone know, for sure, the regulation that would clarify this?

If the more permissive interpretation is correct: 1) would this extend to changing to freelance-only with no regular employment? And 2) if one switched to employment below the blue card threshold, or to freelancing, would it impact later permanent residence eligibility?

Thank you!

by DesirableResponding

2 comments

  1. Any employment that satisfies the Blue Card requirements, yes. You cannot go flip burgers at McDonald’s on a Blue Card, no.

  2. Theoretically it allows you to work any job, as far as I can tell.

    But the ABH would be within their right to shorten the validity period of your Blue Card (ie. effectively revoke it) if your new job doesn’t satisfy the requirements of the Blue Card. [7(2) aufenthg](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__7.html)

    So it doesn’t seem entirely “safe” to me to switch to a job that doesn’t fulfill the BC requirements. You’d be allowed to work as long as you have the BC but you’d be jeopardizing the continued possession of said BC.

    And “Beschäftigung” refers exclusively to dependent employment, not to freelancing. (Erwerbstätigkeit is the umbrella term used for both)

    And yes, since accelerated permanent residence eligibility under the Blue Card rules depends on working a job that satisfies the BC requirements, failing to do so could affect future PR eligibility.

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