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Federal Employment Agency Pre approval for work.

Suresh Kumar49

I am suresh from India. I got a offer from German employer. He applied for pre approval from federal employment agency ( ZAV) . I read about this approval procedure in their website. It is mentioned as if there is no feedback from ZAV within two weeks it is considered to be automatically approved.


So my question is, I need to submit the approval letter to visa office in India. How do i submit the pre approval if it is automatically approved ? Do anyone face these kind of situation?

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beppi

I do not think that any German buerocratic procedure is automatically approved if the officers work slowly (which is what they are best known for!). Where did you get that idea from?

Suresh Kumar49

@beppi


Hi beppi,


I have found the information on makeitgermany - German government portal.


Kindly find the below link.



They have mentioned 

“As part of the visa procedure, the competent authorities will obtain the Federal Employment Agency's approval by themselves, if need be. The BA must report back to the authorities within two weeks after the request. Once this period has expired, the approval is automatically deemed to have been granted, if not stated otherwise. If a fast-track procedure for skilled workers is carried out in preparation for the visa application, the deadline is reduced to one week”


Please check and let me know your thoughts.


Thank You for your time.

Suresh Kumar49

@beppi


kindly share your thought regarding my previous reply.


Thank You

beppi

Interesting!

I assume the "competent authority" in this case is the local foreigner office (Ausländerbehörde) of the town you intend to move to and which is processing your visa request. I know that they, as part of the process, request approval from the labour office. So there is a deadline (and automatic approval) on that, but not on your visa application.

In addition, the labour offica can report back (within the stipulated time), that the case is more complicated and they need longer - that is o.k.

But I know that the labour office is relatively (by German buerocratic standards) quick and efficient. The bigger problem are the local foreigners offices!

Suresh Kumar49

@beppi


hi beppi justnow got pre approval letter from employer.


but there is a mistake in my birth date. What to do now. correcting the mistake is possible? how long it takes?


Thank you

beppi

@Suresh Kumar49 German authorities always identify a person with both name AND birth date - to differentiate you from a Suresh Kumar (if that is your real name) born at another time. Thus your employer MUST get this corrected, before you use the document!

rsugumarksu

Hi Suresh,


Congratulations on getting your ZAV. I wanted to ask how much time did it typically take for you to receive the ZAV pre-approval?

Simone Lwin

Hi everyone,


thanks for all information and I would like to know how long it takes for Zav currently in 2024 like for big city berlin,

beppi

@Simone Lwin What is Zav?

TominStuttgart

ZAV (Zentrale Auslands- und Fachvermittlung) is part of the Budesargentur für Arbiet (BA). It  is responsible for immigration of skilled foreign workers.

beppi

Oh, then ZAV does not actually give you a job. It is basically a source of (potentially applicable) job ads. How fast you get a job through them largely depends on your education and work experience, how many vacancies are available in your field - and, of course, how convincing your applications for these jobs are and how long the employer needs to decide.

For many (usually highly skilled or niche) jobs, ZAV might not be the right place to search.

TominStuttgart


    Oh, then ZAV does not actually give you a job. It is basically a source of (potentially applicable) job ads. How fast you get a job through them largely depends on your education and work experience, how many vacancies are available in your field - and, of course, how convincing your applications for these jobs are and how long the employer needs to decide.
For many (usually highly skilled or niche) jobs, ZAV might not be the right place to search.
   

    -@beppi

From my understanding they don't find jobs for non-resident foreigners but they need to approve when a local employer wants to recruit a non-EU/Schengen person. They want needed highly skilled workers but not in fields where there is already an over-supply. And they also want to avoid that German employers bring in people from elsewhere just because it is cheaper thus undermining the local wage levels and employment.

beppi

@TominStuttgart They also provide job leads to foreigners. See their webpage: