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The aut­ho­rity for foreigners

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All peo­ple who do not have a Ger­man pass­port ine­vi­ta­bly have to deal with the aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners (Aus­län­der­be­hörde) in Ger­many. Ger­man resi­dence laws distin­gu­ish many pur­po­ses of resi­dence. These can be for exam­ple on the basis of pro­fes­sio­nal qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons, family reasons or see­king asylum. In par­ti­cu­lar, peo­ple who do not hold citi­zen­ship of an EU coun­try or have a per­ma­nent resi­dence per­mit in ano­ther EU coun­try and wish to work in Ger­many face many legal hurd­les. For exam­ple, the so cal­led »labor-mar­ket test« (Vor­rang­prü­fung) still applies to them. In the fol­lo­wing video, Jab Ben talks about how the labor-mar­ket test works, what effects it had on his resi­dence per­mit and how it affec­ted his choice of job:   

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As Jab Ben explains in the video, three employ­ment con­tracts he sub­mit­ted were rejec­ted due to the »labor-mar­ket test« (Vor­rang­prü­fung). In addi­tion to an employ­ment con­tract, peo­ple who fall under this para­graph must prove they have a valid cer­ti­fi­cate of regis­tra­tion (Anmel­dung). Jab Ben and Zagalo explain what this dou­ble bur­den meant for their lives in Ger­many in the fol­lo­wing video:  

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These legal regu­la­ti­ons are enforced by the aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners, where many peo­ple expe­ri­ence dis­cri­mi­na­tion. In the fol­lo­wing video, Zagalo reports on his expe­ri­en­ces with the Frank­furt aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners:   

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For those whose resi­dence per­mit is tied to their job, the Corona pan­de­mic is a chall­enge. Losing a job or working short hours means not only finan­cial worries, but also fear for the resi­dence title. Jab Ben and Zagalo share how the Corona pan­de­mic has affec­ted their resi­dence per­mit and job in the video below: 

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Many peo­ple who have to go through these legal pro­ce­du­res are resis­ting them and orga­ni­s­ing them­sel­ves tog­e­ther in net­works and initia­ti­ves. They try to solve the pro­blem of no work no home, no home no work tog­e­ther and sup­port each other in their daily lives tog­e­ther. One of these initia­ti­ves is Pro­ject Shel­ter. For more infor­ma­tion on this initia­tive see the sta­tion on the Para­dies­hof.

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Resi­dence laws in sta­tes do not arise by chance, but are con­stantly chan­ging and emerge against the back­ground of his­to­ri­cal deve­lo­p­ments and the pre­vai­ling struc­tures in that society at that time. One of the most important dif­fe­ren­tia­ting cri­te­ria within a state is citi­zen­ship. It deter­mi­nes »citi­zens« who have pri­vi­le­ges such as access to edu­ca­tion, the social sys­tem, the labour mar­ket or the health sys­tem.   

Cate­go­ri­sed accor­ding to natio­na­lity and eco­no­mic usability

For peo­ple who do not have a Ger­man pass­port and want to work in Ger­many, the right of resi­dence is very dif­fe­rent. In the case of the inter­view­ees in the videos, cri­te­ria of natio­na­lity and the eco­no­mic value of the labour force come tog­e­ther. For a work visa, a distinc­tion is made on the one hand accor­ding to natio­na­lity, since the inter­view­ees have a long-term resi­dence per­mit in other Euro­pean count­ries, but not the natio­na­lity of an EU coun­try. On the other hand, eco­no­mic exclu­sion mecha­nisms play a role, as they can­not prove that they have an aca­de­mic or voca­tio­nal qua­li­fi­ca­tion reco­g­nised in Ger­many, which would bring them under the Skil­led Workers Immi­gra­tion Act and they do not have to go through a prio­rity check. In this way, the state regu­la­tes the com­pe­ti­tion on the labour mar­ket in a natio­na­li­stic way: EU citi­zens have prio­rity, other peo­ple are given access depen­ding on their eco­no­mic usa­bi­lity.  In this way, a mul­ti­ple cate­go­ri­sa­tion takes place, based on natio­na­list, racist and capi­ta­list logics. 

Insti­tu­tio­nal racism in the for­eig­ners authority

These logics are reflec­ted in people’s expe­ri­en­ces, for exam­ple, with insti­tu­tio­nal racism in the immi­gra­tion office.  This is done on the basis of the sup­po­sed skin colour, cul­ture, reli­gion or eth­nic ori­gin that is attri­bu­ted to the peo­ple con­cer­ned by the employees of the aut­ho­ri­ties. Ano­ther aspect of this dis­cri­mi­na­tion is that only cer­tain skills are reco­g­nised as rele­vant and expe­ri­en­ces and know­ledge that deviate from these are deva­lued. For exam­ple, some peo­ple speak many lan­guages, but only their know­ledge of Ger­man counts in the aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners. Cop­watch FFM speaks about insti­tu­tio­nal racism and police con­trols at the Cop­watch sta­tion. 

What is the labor-mar­ket test (Vor­rang­prü­fung)?

Many peo­ple who come to Ger­many from ano­ther EU coun­try with a resi­dence per­mit are not allo­wed to choose their job freely. The labor-mar­ket test applies to them. In the labor-mar­ket test (Vor­rang­prü­fung), the per­son con­cer­ned must sub­mit their employ­ment con­tract to the aut­ho­ri­ties for exami­na­tion before they are allo­wed to take up the job. This exami­na­tion often takes seve­ral months. The aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners ins­tructs the employ­ment office to check whe­ther there are hypo­the­ti­cally other sui­ta­ble appli­cants with Ger­man or Euro­pean pass­ports for the employ­ment con­tract sub­mit­ted. After the appr­oval of the employ­ment con­tract, the resi­dence sta­tus is initi­ally lin­ked to this one employ­ment con­tract for one year.

Since 2019, the aboli­tion of the so-cal­led labor-mar­ket test (Vor­rang­prü­fung) has been enforced for the majo­rity of asylum see­kers and »tole­ra­ted per­sons« per­ma­nently in Ger­many in order to faci­li­tate their access to the labour mar­ket. Howe­ver, accor­ding to §38a of the Act on the Resi­dence, Employ­ment and Inte­gra­tion of For­eig­ners in the Fede­ral Repu­blic of Ger­many, this does not apply to »hol­ders of resi­dence per­mits in other mem­ber sta­tes of the Euro­pean Union on a per­ma­nent basis«. Under the Skil­led Workers Immi­gra­tion Act (Fach­kräf­te­ein­wan­de­rungs­ge­setz), only peo­ple with voca­tio­nal trai­ning and/or aca­de­mic degrees reco­g­nised in Ger­many are also exempt from the prio­rity check.

More Infor­ma­tion:

Resi­dence Act: Sec­tion 38a Resi­dence per­mit for long-term resi­dents in other mem­ber sta­tes of the Euro­pean Union

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The Sta­ti­ons

A house for everyone

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The Klap­per­feld

Depor­ta­tion pri­sons and the resis­tance against them

 

The aut­ho­rity for foreigners

The dif­fi­cult way to both a resi­dence and working permit

 

Working in Frankfurt

The fight for workers’ rights

 

The Main-Rail­way-Sta­tion

Racial Pro­fil­ing as a con­stant threat

 

The Para­dies­hof

The fight for a self­or­ga­nised migrant center

 

The attack in Hanau

Against racist ter­ror and oblivion

 

The Bahn­hofs­vier­tel

Important hub for migrant life

 

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