General Information

If you comply with the necessary requirements, your visa will be issued according to the rules for granting a Blue Card/EU. Medical doctors have to fulfill some additional requirements, which are explained in this informational note.

We request that all documents be submitted with your visa application as originals with two copies. Non-German/English language documents have to be accompanied by a translation in German or English. Foreign official documents regarding your civil status may require legalization or an Apostille. Georgian official documents and certificates regarding your civil status have to be presented with Apostille.

Following documents have to be submitted for your application:

• two complete application form including the declaration according to § 54 Abs. 2 Nr. 8, § 53 AufenthG, to be filled in in German or English and signed by the applicant or their legal guardian(s)

• Passport (issued no longer than ten years ago, minimum validity of six months, at least two empty pages) and copy of the page including your identity data (passport picture and signature)

• Non-Georgian citizens: Valid residence permit for Georgia (the validity of your residence permit should exceed your stay in the Schengen area by three months)

• Two biometric passport pictures, no older than one year

• Employment contract or binding job offer as medical doctor (including the address of your place of employment and contact details of a reference person) from Germany mentioning your yearly brutto

• Form completed and signed by the employer: „Erklärung zum Beschäftigungsverhältnis“, in the original and one (1) copie

• University degree

• In order to receive a blue card/EU, your foreign university degree has to be recognized or comparable to a university degree in Germany. You can verify this in the ANABIN database: If your degree and/ or university are not mentioned in ANABIN or if your degree is not declared as „recognized“ („entspricht“) / „comparable“ („gleichwertig“) and/ or your university is not declared as „H+“, you first have to start the process of evaluating your degree with the ZAB („Zeugnisbewertung“ at ZAB (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen)).

• Please note that degrees mentioned in ANABIN as „bedingt vergleichbar“ also must be recognized by the ZAB.

  Your degree can be seen as comparable, if you are able to show your „Berufserlaubnis“ („permission to work as a medical doctor“) or „Zusicherung der Berufserlaubnis“ (statement that you will be granted your permission to work) issued by the competent German authority and if your university is listed as „positive“ on ANABIN, see also below.

• „Berufserlaubnis zur Ausübung des Arztberufs“ according to § 10 Bundesärzteordnung or „Zusicherung der Erlaubnis“ (permission to work or statement that you will be granted this permission, issued by the competent German authorities)

• Proof of German language proficiency (minimum requirement: B2) by ways of a certificate issued by either the Goethe-Institut e.V., the Österreichisches Kulturforum (ÖSD), an accredited agency of telc-GmbH, an institute issuing TestDaF certificates or an ECL-examination institute.

• Complete CV in German mentioning your address and contact details

• Other documents, where applicable

• Travel health insurance: After any positive decision on the visa application, you must provide proof of existing travel health insurance before issuing the visa, unless proof of this has already been provided beforehand.

We ask you to organize your application and supporting documents in the above mentioned order in two complete sets. Please check the appropriate box on this information sheet to confirm that you are able to submit the respective document.

Please organize your documents as follows:

• First set: application form, declaration and all other supporting documents as copies in the above mentioned order

• Second set: original documents in the same order

Important:

• The Embassy reserves the right to request further documentation where deemed necessary.

• Please abstain from inquiring about the status of your application. Due to personal data protection laws, inquiries by telephone regarding specific applications cannot be answered.

• If you fulfill the requirements, your visa will be issued according to the requirements for a Blue Card/ EU. After moving to Germany, you then will be issued the corresponding residence permit. Foreigners in possession of a blue card/EU can take up work in Germany according to and adequate to their qualification.

• Generally, the processing of your application will take a few working days. In some cases or if you previously lived in Germany, the processing may take longer (generally between six and eight weeks).

• Flight bookings are not required to apply for a visa – please book only after receiving the visa.

• The processing of a visa application for medical doctors costs 75,-- EUR. The fee has to be paid in cash in GEL upon submitting your application.

Please make sure that you bring all the necessary documentation on the day of submitting your application. Submission of applications that do not show the necessary documentation may be rejected.