Dear Kevin Machira thank you for reaching out.
First of all, your name seems like your full name. Please shorten it and/or change it to a nickname. This will protect your privacy. Thank you for understanding.
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We already received some similar questions. You might want to have a look at those and ask other community members for their experience:
- https://together-in-germany.de/en/thread/i-want-go-gamany-job-can-any-o…
- https://together-in-germany.de/en/thread/looking-job-casablanca
- https://together-in-germany.de/en/thread/work-permit-3
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You can start applying for jobs, and browse through websites, like monster, Stepstone or Indeed.
You can find some more information about the job search and application process here: https://handbookgermany.de/en/jobsearch-and-application
If you receive a job offer, you can apply for a work permit at your local German embassy or consulate.
Alternatively, you can apply for a job search visa. Please note that this might cause some financial hurdles. In our chapter visa for job seeker you can read more about it.
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Please note, for a visa as a skilled worker and as a jobseeker, it is very recommendable that your degree is acknowledged. This means that your degree, either university or vocational training, is equivalent to a German degree. A vocational training will always be checked individually. You can apply at the responsible authority. Whereas a university degree can be pre-checked on the website anabin, if it's already recognized. If your university and your degree is not listed on that database, you can consider to apply for a recognition as well. You should know that there will be translation and application fees needed to start that process.
Please let me know if you need any support in finding your degree or a counselling center to get more information about the acknowledgement process.
Happy if you let me know in case you have further questions.
Dear Kevin Machira thank you for reaching out.
First of all, your name seems like your full name. Please shorten it and/or change it to a nickname. This will protect your privacy. Thank you for understanding.
.
We already received some similar questions. You might want to have a look at those and ask other community members for their experience:
- https://together-in-germany.de/en/thread/i-want-go-gamany-job-can-any-o…
- https://together-in-germany.de/en/thread/looking-job-casablanca
- https://together-in-germany.de/en/thread/work-permit-3
.
You can start applying for jobs, and browse through websites, like monster, Stepstone or Indeed.
You can find some more information about the job search and application process here: https://handbookgermany.de/en/jobsearch-and-application
If you receive a job offer, you can apply for a work permit at your local German embassy or consulate.
Alternatively, you can apply for a job search visa. Please note that this might cause some financial hurdles. In our chapter visa for job seeker you can read more about it.
.
Please note, for a visa as a skilled worker and as a jobseeker, it is very recommendable that your degree is acknowledged. This means that your degree, either university or vocational training, is equivalent to a German degree. A vocational training will always be checked individually. You can apply at the responsible authority. Whereas a university degree can be pre-checked on the website anabin, if it's already recognized. If your university and your degree is not listed on that database, you can consider to apply for a recognition as well. You should know that there will be translation and application fees needed to start that process.
Please let me know if you need any support in finding your degree or a counselling center to get more information about the acknowledgement process.
Happy if you let me know in case you have further questions.