I accepted a termination agreement with my current company that will officially end our employment relationship on February 28, and I will start a new job on March 1 (both based in Berlin), but I am confused about whether or not I need to notify the Ausländerbehörde about this job change.
I have been working in Germany with a regular work permit for 2.5 years, at which point I switched to a Blue Card which I will have had just shy of a full calendar year by the time I start the new job.
According to the Berlin Ausländerbehörde webpage specific to job changes:
A) Your residence permit for the purpose of employment does not need to be changed, if you
- have been lawfully employed in Germany for at least two years and subject to compulsory insurance or
- have been in Germany for at least three years without interruption with permission, temporary suspension of deportation (Duldung) or permission to remain pending an asylum decision (Aufenthaltsgestattung) (previous periods of study can only be counted as half and up to a maximum of two years) and
- in addition, no time limit is fixed by law for your type of employment (such as, for example, in the case of speciality chefs or within the framework of an exchange of personnel of an internationally operating company).
B) Your EU Blue Card does not need to be changed if you
- have already been in employment subject to compulsory insurance for at least one year.
In cases A) and B) you have already gained free access to the German labor market.
This means that you can change to any other job by law without prior authorization. It is not necessary to change your residence title for employment.
My assumption is that, because I have worked in Germany for more than 3 years and paid into the compulsory insurance scheme for that entire duration, and that my new job fulfills all of the requirements to retain the Blue Card, that I indeed do not need to inform the Ausländerbehörde and that I am good to go to start with the new job (regardless of whether or not I have been employed under the Blue Card specifically for one full year).
Thoughts?
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