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If you, as a foreign company, wish to send foreign workers to Germany for a short period of time for assembly and disassembly work within the framework of work supply contracts, you must notify in advance under certain conditions.
You have developed or manufactured machines, systems or IT programs abroad and sold them to Germany and would like to have them assembled or maintained in Germany by your employees - or have your employees instruct the buyers in their use.
Or you would like to have used equipment that you bought in Germany dismantled by employees abroad and reassembled abroad.
In both cases your employees need a residence permit for the Federal Republic of Germany.
For this purpose, you as a foreign company must notify the Federal Employment Agency of the posting of the workers before the employment is taken up and apply for a residence title for your employees at the German diplomatic mission abroad.
You must notify the Federal Employment Agency in advance of the posting of foreign employees under a contract for work and services if your employees are coming to Germany in order to
You do not have to declare the posting of your employees for the purpose of
If you wish to send foreign workers to Germany for a short period of time for assembly or disassembly work, you must proceed as follows:
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You must register the posting no later than 10 days before the foreign workers are to start work.
Please also note that a visa is required for countries whose citizens are not allowed to enter Germany without a visa. For this purpose, you must submit the notification confirmed by the employment agency to the German mission abroad.
Note: For postings of more than 90 days and up to 3 years, the approval of the Federal Employment Agency is required.