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ICT Card — Specialist

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

The ICT Card — Specialist pathway is designed for a specialist, defined as a person who possesses crucial specialised knowledge relating to a field of work, a process or administrative aspects at the business establishment where he or she is to be deployed, and who is employed by an undertaking or group of undertakings headquartered outside the EU and temporarily seconded to its unit in Germany.

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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 be employed by an undertaking or group of undertakings headquartered outside the EU and be temporarily seconded to its unit in Germany; the previous work contract continues to be valid, and the applicant must have been employed by the undertaking or group for at least six months and belong to it uninterruptedly for the period of the transfer.

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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 applicant is a specialist with crucial specialised knowledge relating to a field of work, a process or administrative aspects at the host entity, and must provide evidence of the requisite professional qualifications.

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

The ICT Card allows the holder to work for the undertaking in Germany as part of the intra-corporate transfer, and can also be used to work on a short-term basis in units in other EU Member States (except Ireland and Denmark). The holder is tied to the undertaking that employs them; no information on family accompaniment is provided.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state whether family members can accompany the ICT Card holder.
  • Further information
    You can also use the ICT Card to work for your undertaking on a short-term basis in units in other EU Member States (with the exception of Ireland and Denmark)

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

The ICT Card is issued for the duration of the transfer, up to a maximum of three years. The official source does not state renewal or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state how the ICT Card is renewed or any longer-term residence direction.
  • Further information
    The ICT Card is issued for the duration of the transfer, up to a maximum of three years; Cards for trainee employees are valid for a maximum of one year.

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

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