Experts in Global Mobility, Visas and Residence Law in Germany
The German law boutique SE Legal specialises in cross-border employee assignments and secondments to Germany. The firm’s legal experts have many years of practical experience with everything non-German expats and their family members need.
The SE Global Business Mobility lawyers can assist specifically in the following areas:
- Secondment of third-country (ie. non-EU) nationals to Germany, particularly from the UK and from the USA
- Assignments of foreign specialists and qualified workers in the sectors of manufacturing, assembly, technical services, energy, wind power and IT infrastructure
- Residence permits under Section 19c of the German Residence Act (AufenthG) as a flexible solution outside the traditional standard procedures
- German residence permits for British, US and other privileged nationals under Section 26 of the German Residence Regulation (BeschV)
- Preliminary approval procedures (Vorabzustimmungsverfahren) with the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit)
- Accelerated skilled worker immigration procedure (Fachkräfteeinwanderungsverfahren)
- EU Blue Card
- German Visas and German residence permits for the self-employed and freelancers
- Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte)
- German settlement permits (Niederlassungserlaubnis)
- Setting up a German business in conjunction with a visa or residence permit
- Applications for family members of the skilled worker or the qualified self-epmployed
For more information on the lawful deployment of non-German workers and specialists in Germany see these articles:
- Posting Employees to Germany: Employment, Immigration and Social Security Risks
- Guide for UK Offshore Wind Contractors in Germany
- UK Companies Supplying Workers to Germany Need an AÜG Permit
- Post-Contractual Non-Compete Clauses in German Employment Agreements
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