German efficiency strikes again My girlfriend is a doctor…
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German efficiency strikes again
My girlfriend is a doctor who came to Germany on a visa to recognize her medical degree. She learned German up to B2 by herself and paid for everything out of pocket.
Now her visa is about to expire, and she needs a C1 medical language course (Fachsprachprüfung prep).
Simple enough, right?
We check online: apparently these courses are funded by BAMF or the Agentur für Arbeit. Nice. Germany supporting skilled professionals, love to see it.
So I call BAMF. They basically say: “Not our problem, go to the Agentur.”
Cool.
I call the Agentur. They say we need to register as arbeitssuchend and give us an appointment in a month. A few days later, we magically get a second appointment two weeks earlier. Sure why not.
We fill out all the forms and wait.
First appointment: someone calls, takes basic info, and tells us someone else will contact us within 5 days.
Spoiler: no one does.
Second appointment: also no call. Just vibes.
We email them like “uh… hello?”
They apologize, ask for documents, we send everything.
And then the plot twist:
They tell us they don’t even fund this course.
You know, the course that every website and multiple people say they do fund.
Now the visa is about to expire, we’ve lost weeks chasing this bureaucratic side quest, and we’re back at square one.
How is Germany expecting qualified professionals to integrate when the system itself doesn’t seem to know how it works?
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My girlfriend is a doctor who came to Germany on a visa to recognize her medical degree. She learned German up to B2 by herself and paid for everything out of pocket.
Now her visa is about to expire, and she needs a C1 medical language course (Fachsprachprüfung prep).
Simple enough, right?
We check online: apparently these courses are funded by BAMF or the Agentur für Arbeit. Nice. Germany supporting skilled professionals, love to see it.
So I call BAMF. They basically say: “Not our problem, go to the Agentur.”
Cool.
I call the Agentur. They say we need to register as arbeitssuchend and give us an appointment in a month. A few days later, we magically get a second appointment two weeks earlier. Sure why not.
We fill out all the forms and wait.
First appointment: someone calls, takes basic info, and tells us someone else will contact us within 5 days.
Spoiler: no one does.
Second appointment: also no call. Just vibes.
We email them like “uh… hello?”
They apologize, ask for documents, we send everything.
And then the plot twist:
They tell us they don’t even fund this course.
You know, the course that every website and multiple people say they do fund.
Now the visa is about to expire, we’ve lost weeks chasing this bureaucratic side quest, and we’re back at square one.
How is Germany expecting qualified professionals to integrate when the system itself doesn’t seem to know how it works?
#local
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