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Domestic Helper under a Placement Arrangement

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is designed for domestic helpers providing domestic work and necessary everyday care assistance in households with persons in need of care.

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  • Section 15c
    Approval of a residence title to engage in full-time employment subject to compulsory social insurance for up to three years for domestic work and necessary everyday care assistance in households with persons in need of care within the meaning of the Eleventh Book of the Social Code may be granted subject to a labour market test if the persons concerned have been placed on the basis of an agreement governing the procedure and selection between the Federal Employment Agency and the public employment service of the country of origin.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the employer, sponsor or transfer relationship required.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched BeschV s.15c; the placement-agreement clause is part of sentence 1, already cited by this via's R1/R3 answers. No other text on the employer (e.g. the household as employer) exists in the extractions.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive professional characteristic is employment as a domestic helper in a household with a person in need of care, subject to a labour market test and placement through an intergovernmental agreement.

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  • Section 15c
    Approval of a residence title to engage in full-time employment subject to compulsory social insurance for up to three years for domestic work and necessary everyday care assistance in households with persons in need of care within the meaning of the Eleventh Book of the Social Code may be granted subject to a labour market test if the persons concerned have been placed on the basis of an agreement governing the procedure and selection between the Federal Employment Agency and the public employment service of the country of origin.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permission allows domestic work and necessary everyday care assistance in households with persons in need of care. Within the three-year period of admission to the labour market, approval may be granted for a change of employer. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The kind of work allowed (full-time domestic work and everyday care assistance) is in s.15c sentence 1, cited by this via's R1 answer, and is not re-cited here.
  • Family accompaniment is not stated in the source.
  • https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_beschv/englisch_beschv.html
    Within the three-year period of admission to the labour market, approval may be granted for a change of employer.
  • Section 15c
    Approval of a residence title to engage in full-time employment subject to compulsory social insurance for up to three years for domestic work and necessary everyday care assistance in households with persons in need of care within the meaning of the Eleventh Book of the Social Code may be granted subject to a labour market test if the persons concerned have been placed on the basis of an agreement governing the procedure and selection between the Federal Employment Agency and the public employment service of the country of origin.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Admission to the labour market covers a three-year period. For renewed employment after leaving Germany, approval may only be granted if the person has stayed abroad after leaving for at least as long as they were previously employed in Germany. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The grant period (up to three years) is in s.15c sentence 1, cited by this via's R1 answer, and is not re-cited here.
  • No longer-term residence direction is stated in the source.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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