Hello everybody,

In the past, I got a "seeking for a job" visa. I remember that my ABH told me that I could work in any work with this visa but only for some hours a week since the idea of this visa is to have enough time to find an appropriate job in my field, but a mini-job may help to cover my living costs. Now a friend of mine got this same visa (§ 20 Abs. 3 Nr. 3 = 18 months), but her ABH says that she can work in any job with no limited working hours, even in her professional field.

I received this visa nine years ago, so it can be that the restrictions have changed during this time or that I received a piece of wrong information back then. I checked on the internet and I found that "Während dieser 18 Monate dürfen Sie jede Art von Tätigkeit aufnehmen" (source: /www.make-it-in-germany.com/) but at the same time "Während der Zeit der Arbeitsplatzsuche ist die Aufnahme einer Beschäftigung oder eine selbständige Tätigkeit nicht zulässig." (source: /www.auswaertiges-amt.de). So I am confused, and I hope someone here can help me figure out if a person can work with the "seeking for a job" visa and if there are any restrictions.

Thank you very much for any help.

Regards,
mcba

Hi Bayraqiano,

Thanks a lot for the information.

Regards,

Mcba