An employer-led or qualification-based work route.
Route overview
Typical timeline / duration: Residence visa leads to residence permit process; work is for subordinate employment. Separate routes exist for independent work, highly qualified work and job seeker.
Important notes
Official national visa pages list subordinate work as a residence visa category.
Necessary documentation includes work contract, work promise or demonstration of interest; professional certificate where profession is regulated; general national visa documents; funds may be shown through contract/promise or host/employer responsibility term.
Funds from employment contract/promise can be considered proof of means of subsistence.
Preparation checklist
Prepare route evidence: work contract, work promise or demonstration of interest, plus professional certificate where profession is regulated.
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