Qualified Georgian professionals to be allowed to work in Germany
By Tea Mariamidze
Tuesday, February 26
Georgian citizens who are highly-qualified in some fields will be able to go to Germany and find jobs there from the end of 2019.
The information was released by the Head of the Economics and Law Department of the German Embassy in Georgia, Jan Bittner.
Jan Bittner explained that even now people of certain professions, who have obtained higher education, are able to find a job in Germany and their number is not restricted by law.
According to him, IT specialists, cooks and other highly qualified professionals are among such people who are allowed to seek a job in Germany.
“Anyone who wants to find a job in Germany will have to prove his/her education and qualifications. Only IT professionals will be able to find a job without a formal diploma. This law has not yet been adopted, so I cannot talk about specific procedures,” he noted.
Jan Bittner added that as for the cooks, not all of them can get a job, but only those who cook national dishes. They should have a specific labor agreement and a job visa from the Embassy because the visa-free regime applies only to tourists.
According to him, in addition to the employment-related legislative amendments, the German parliament adopted certain regulations against crime.
"Georgian criminal gangs have really created problems in Germany. As for the specific regulations, we reduced the asylum review period and increased the rate of readmission of Georgian citizens. We deported 1085 people to Georgia in 2018”, Jan Bittner said.
He also advised Georgian citizens not to spend money on going to Germany to ask for asylum.
“Every such case leads to unnecessary costs and is often associated with negative consequences." Last year, when the number of asylum seekers was the highest, visa-free regime was endangered…Then we started working with the Georgian government and the number reduced,” he said.
4,265 citizens of Georgia applied to Germany for asylum in 2018 and only 0.2% received a positive response.
