Student Visa to Ausbildung visa

Question

I came in 2016, but could not complete my bachelors. So I changed to other Bachelor course, but this is quite in interior with limited access to Minijobs. I am quite frustrated and so thought to change to Ausbildung, where I can earn a bit and I saw there is lots of demand in IT sector. I know most of the programming languages and am good at coding. But just don’t have bachelor degree. Can you advice me if I can change my status easily. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Dear @Rani,

Welcome to the Wefugees Community and thank you for your question.

We discussed a very similar one here, in which my colleague Christine wrote that it is generally possible to switch from a residence permit according to section 16b of the German Residence Act (for students) to a residence permit 16a (vocational training/“Ausbildung”). This table confirms her explanation. You may want to check Christine’s answer for more information. 

I hope this helps and please don’t hesitate to get back to us with any further questions.

All the best,

Meike 

Comments

Thanks a lot