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Domestic Worker Accompanying a Posted Employer

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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 workers who accompany persons temporarily working in Germany for their employer or on behalf of a company seated abroad, or who accompany persons who have employed the domestic worker on the basis of the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations or on Consular Relations.

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  • Section 13
    Approval to engage in employment as a domestic worker in the case of persons who 1.  are temporarily working in Germany for their employer or on behalf of a company seated abroad, or 2.  have employed the domestic worker on the basis of the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations or on Consular Relations

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

The applicant must have been employed by the person they accompany for at least one year prior to entry into Germany, and the employment must be to care for a child under the age of 16 or a household member in need of care.

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  • Section 13
    may be granted if these persons have employed the domestic worker in their household for at least one year prior to their entry into the country to care for a child under the age of 16 or a household member in need of care.

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 that the worker is a domestic worker who has been employed in the household of the accompanying person for at least one year prior to entry, and the purpose is to care for a child under 16 or a household member in need of care.

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  • Section 13
    have employed the domestic worker in their household for at least one year prior to their entry into the country to care for a child under the age of 16 or a household member in need of care.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the work allowed, any tie to employer or sector and family accompaniment.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched BeschV s.13; all of it (activities, one-year prior employment, duration max five years) is cited by this via's R1/R2/R3/R5 answers. No text on work rights, employer ties or family accompaniment.

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

The permission is granted for the duration of the stay of the person employing the domestic worker, but for a maximum of five years. The official source does not state how it is renewed or any longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state renewal conditions or procedures.
  • The document does not state any longer-term residence direction.
  • Section 13
    Approval is granted for the duration of the stay of the person employing the domestic worker, but for a maximum of five years.

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

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