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Job seeker visa to Blue Card in five months

Arrived on a six month job seeker visa with about EUR 6,000 saved and no offer. Weeks 1 to 3: Anmeldung, bank account, SIM. Do the Anmeldung first, everything else needs the certificate. Weeks 3 to 9: applications. 60 sent, 7 replies, 4 interviews. Week 11: offer, EUR 58,000, above the Blue Card threshold for my field. Week 14: appointment at the Ausländerbehörde, which was the hardest thing to book. I refreshed the portal for nine days. Week 20: Blue Card in hand. What mattered: a German-format CV with a photo, applying to Mittelstand companies rather than only startups, and having the degree recognition sorted before I flew.

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