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Communicate short-term mobility of company employees for the purpose of gainful employment (intra-company transfer)
Service Description
If you are not a national of an EU member state, you do not necessarily need a German residence permit to work here.
As part of EU mobility, you can enter Germany with a residence permit from an EU member state for the purpose of intra-corporate transfer and work for a certain period of time. You do not need another residence permit for this. Exception: Ireland and Denmark
You will receive the residence permit in the form of an ICT card (intro-corporate transfer). The ICT card is issued to you by the country in which you spend most of your transfer period. With the ICT card issued to you by another EU member state, you can work in a German branch of your company. You can work in Germany for a period of 180 days up to 90 days.
The host company must notify the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) of your stay beforehand. The BAMF will issue a certificate of entitlement to enter and stay within the framework of EU mobility.
Process flow
The host company in Germany must inform the BAMF of your stay before you enter the country. The notification may only be made by the company. The company can submit the notification online.
Online notification:
- The online notification is made via the BAMF's specialist application MoNa (Mobility National Contact Points).
- To access MoNa, the MoNa terms of use must be signed and sent to the BAMF. The company then receives a registration code for participation in the Delegated User Administration (DeBeV) for the administration of its employees for access to MoNa and the corresponding instructions for use. After successful DeBeV registration, the MoNa specialist application can be used.
- The company notifies the entry and uploads all required documents.
- Once the complete notification has been received, the BAMF checks whether all requirements have been met.
- If the check is positive, the BAMF issues a mobility certificate.
- The BAMF then informs the responsible immigration authority of the result.
Requirements
- You must hold a valid residence permit with the designation ICT issued by an EU member state.
- You must intend to make an internal transfer to a German branch of a company.
- You must be able to present a valid copy of your passport or a passport replacement document.
Which documents are required?
Your company, where you are employed, must submit copies of the following documents:
- Residence permit with the designation "ICT" from the first EU member state,
- Proof that the branch in Germany belongs to the same company or group of companies as the company in the third country where you are employed,
- Employment contract and possibly a letter of secondment,
- recognized, valid passport or passport substitute,
- Professional license (if necessary).
Note: All documents, with the exception of the passport and residence permit, must be submitted in German. The BAMF may accept easily understandable documents in a foreign language, but will decide whether the documents submitted meet the requirements.
What are the fees?
There are no costs.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The notification must be made as soon as the intention of an intra-company transfer to a branch in the federal territory is known and must be received in full before the transferred employee enters the federal territory. If mobility is not refused within 20 days of receipt of the complete notification, the Federal Office will issue a certificate of authorization to enter and stay for the purpose of the intra-company transfer.
Processing duration
Processing Time: 20 Days
Legal basis
Applications / forms
- Objection
- You can find more information on how to lodge an objection in the rejection of your mobility notification.
- Appeal to the administrative court
What else should I know?
There are no indications or special features.
Further Information
Author
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Division 72A (BAMF)
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs (BMI)
Professionally released on
03.01.2024
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
Start your request directly online:
Competent Authority
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) — Referat 72 A
Postal address
90461 Nürnberg
