Need help with accelerated process of conversion of Chancenkarte(opportunity card) to work permit/ Blue Card.
Hi everyone,
I’m currently in Berlin on an Opportunity Card and recently received a full-time job offer starting 1st July. However, I will begin part-time in July and switch to full-time from 1st August. Because of this, I applied yesterday for my work permit / Blue Card conversion.
At the same time, my employer submitted a request to the Berlin Business Immigration Service (BIS) today using my transaction number, hoping to use the accelerated skilled worker procedure (§81a AufenthG).
However, BIS replied as follows:
“The accelerated skilled worker procedure according to § 81a AufenthG only applies to entries from abroad if you as an employer wish to employ a skilled worker from a third country.
If the skilled worker is already in Germany, the accelerated skilled worker procedure is not an option.
Therefore, registering with the BIS for this reason would not fulfill the intended purpose.”
I had read in several posts that employer involvement with BIS can speed up the process, so this response was unexpected and confusing.
My questions are:
- Is there any other way to speed up my work permit / Blue Card processing in Berlin in this situation?
- Can this be escalated via LEA (Ausländerbehörde), or is there an option to request urgent processing due to a fixed job start date?
- Has anyone experienced a similar situation, and what actually helped in practice?