Germany Assistant Nursing
Germany
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- Type
- Assistant-nursing work residence
- Job fit
- Nursing and care assistants with German job offers
- Core requirements
- Job offer, assistant-nursing training or recognition, BA approval
- What to know
- Over-45 applicants face Germany's salary or pension rule
Summary
Germany has a special work route for assistant nursing and care-assistant roles. It is narrower than the general skilled-worker route and is intended for third-country nationals who have a German job offer as an assistant in nursing plus qualifying assistant-level nursing training.
The core fit is:
- You have a concrete German job offer as an assistant in nursing
- You completed German nursing or care-assistant training, or your foreign nursing qualification has been recognized in Germany for assistant nursing
- The Federal Employment Agency approves the employment conditions
- If you are over 45 and coming to Germany for work for the first time, you meet the salary or pension-provision rule
Eligibility
- Non-German applicant who needs a residence title for German employment
- German employer offering assistant nursing or care-assistant work
- German assistant-nursing training or accepted recognition of foreign nursing training
- Health and licensing documents required for the role
- Federal Employment Agency approval, unless an exception applies
What This Pathway Allows
If approved, this pathway lets you live in Germany and work in the nursing-assistant job. It can also give nursing assistants a clearer German entry route when their training does not fit the full skilled-worker route for recognized professional nurses.
Time on this residence title can generally count toward later settlement if the ordinary settlement requirements are met.
What This Pathway Is Not
This is not a route for fully recognized registered nurses, who may fit Germany's general skilled-worker pathway instead. It is also not a recognition-measures visa for someone who still needs to complete a formal recognition process before working.
If your nursing qualification needs recognition measures before you can work, compare Germany Recognition Qualifications.
Next Steps
- Confirm whether the job is an assistant nursing or care-assistant role.
- Confirm whether your training is German training or has been recognized for assistant nursing.
- Review whether the over-45 salary or pension rule applies.
- Prepare the German employment contract, qualification evidence, recognition documents, health insurance, and civil documents.