The new “Act on the Further Development of Skilled Immigration” will gradually come into force from November 2023 to June 2024. It is intended to better facilitate skilled immigration from countries outside the EU and thus help to mitigate the shortage of skilled workers. You can find an overview of the most important new features…
New regulations on the immigration of skilled workers Immigration of skilled workers from abroad is a building block for securing the demand for skilled workers. The new legal regulations offer new opportunities for immigration from third countries (non-EU states), but also more complexity. On July 7, 2023, the Federal Council passed the Act and Ordinance…
The contact point for students from Ukraine offers initial advice and helps to clarify general questions that are relevant for starting or continuing a course of study. Just in time for the start of the new semester, the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts has set up a central contact point for students from…
In view of the increasing shortage of skilled workers, immigration to the region and the successful integration of third-country nationals into the labor market is both a challenge and an opportunity. The tool developed by the European Commission “EU tool for the creation of skills profiles for third-country nationals” developed by the European Commission is…
The Welcome Center Ulm/Oberschwaben is concerned about the situation and developments in Ukraine. We hope that the war will end soon and that many people will be able to flee to safety. The situation is getting worse every day and more and more people are arriving in Germany. The majority of refugees are women and…
Here you will find the release of the podcast #Inside Heilbronn-Franken – the region in your ear. The podcast series kicks off: Finding and retaining international specialists. The podcast series aims to provide information about the possibilities of skilled worker immigration and is aimed in particular at HR managers. One focus is on the accelerated…
The Goethe-Institut has developed two educational games that playfully introduce the activities of various professions and help learners to deal with subject-specific and relevant vocabulary. The games are free of charge. In the game Undercover Mission in the Hospital (level B2), you take on the role of detective Miro Silva, who goes undercover in the…
Everybody knows companies like Daimler, Porsche, Bosch or Trumpf. Everybody has heard about the Black Forest and Heidelberg. But who can spell “Baden-Württemberg”. You can’t spell it, but you’ll love it. 😉
“There’s no money in it,” as the saying goes in German. The Service Center for Intercultural Competence (SIK) explains in a great video how international students can finance their studies in Germany and what they have to pay attention to. Take a look and find out about your options: https://lnkd.in/eeP3MWS Do you have any more…
For many migrant workers, the measures to contain the coronavirus and their economic consequences have an impact on several levels: If their livelihood is no longer secure due to the loss of work or short-time work, they may lose their residence permit in certain cases. This particularly affects people who have a residence permit for…