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What Immigration Resources Do You Need Working in Germany as a Developer

Shahla Aliyeva
4 min readAug 10, 2020

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Germany is a big and exciting country to visit as a tourist, and also to settle in for work. Being a Developer, you would naturally want to move to a place where you are assured of a job and a good lifestyle.

The country is among the top five nations with a high Happiness Index and superb technological advancements in the IT sector. But what exactly should you do when planning a move to and work in Germany as a Developer?

Learn the Right Language

Language is obviously one of the chief concerns when relocating from one country to another. In most cases, you need to worry less about the native language when searching for a job in the German cities. Germany is 10th on the latest EF English Proficiency Index with Dusseldorf and Berlin’s residents being the best English-speakers in the country.

You will be able to land an admirable IT job in Germany even when you are only fluent in English. However, the ease of that can vary and that affects your chances of having an easier transition. This is because the civil service, and even doctors, will generally require you to speak to them in German.

This is why you should have at least a B1 level of German language skills. However, for individual cases, it might not…

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