Seasonal employment of foreigners; application for a work permit

For the temporary employment of people from Georgia and the Republic of Moldova as seasonal workers, you as an employer must apply for a work permit from the Federal Employment Agency.

Description

People from third countries can take up seasonal employment in Germany if the Federal Employment Agency has concluded a placement agreement with the labor administration of the respective country of origin (currently with Georgia and the Republic of Moldova). On this basis, the Federal Employment Agency can issue a work permit for seasonal employment. The work permit can be issued for assignments in agriculture.

As an employer, you must apply for the work permit at the Federal Employment Agency. The seasonal employment may not be longer than 90 days per period of 180 days and may not exceed 6 months within a period of 12 months.

Placement of seasonal employees

You can order the Federal Employment Agency to place a seasonal worker for you (currently from Georgia and the Republic of Moldova). To do this, fill out the order confirmation and employer's declaration.

If you already know seasonal workers from Georgia or the Republic of Moldova and want to employ them, please use the form for requesting seasonal workers by name.

Prerequisites

In order to obtain the work permit, you must be able to prove that the seasonal workers you wish to employ,

  • have adequate health insurance,
  • have adequate housing,
  • have a concrete job offer or a valid employment contract,
  • the employment will last no more than 90 days per 180-day period, and
  • will work at least 30 hours per week.

The work permit will not be issued if

  • the foreigner is already in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, unless
    • the person has entered the country to take up the seasonal employment for which the work permit is requested, or
    • the work permit is applied for a seasonal employment that follows a previous seasonal employment.
  • The seasonal employee has applied for asylum; or
  • the seasonal employee has not fulfilled the obligations of a previous seasonal employment; or
  • the seasonal employee has already worked or is to work as a seasonal employee for 90 days within a 180-day period; or
  • the seasonal employee works less than 30 hours per week, or
  • your company is in insolvency proceedings, or
  • your company is not (any longer) in business.

Procedure

If you would like to employ a seasonal worker but do not yet know of one, you can order the Federal Employment Agency to provide you with a seasonal worker (currently from Georgia and the Republic of Moldova):

  • Go to the application page of the Federal Employment Agency, fill out the order confirmation and employer declaration and submit it to your responsible employer service.
  • The information sheet informs you about further requirements and the next steps.
  • Please sign and return the order confirmation to the employer service of your responsible employment agency. This order confirmation also serves as an application for a work permit.
  • The Federal Employment Agency will check your application and ask you to submit evidence of pay, working hours and other working conditions.

If you already know seasonal workers from Georgia or Moldova and want to employ them, the following procedure applies to you:

  • Go to the application page of the Federal Employment Agency, please fill out the form for requesting seasonal workers by name.
  • The Federal Employment Agency will review your application and ask you to submit evidence of pay, hours, and other working conditions.

If your application is approved, you will receive a work permit for the seasonal worker from the Federal Employment Agency.

Processing time

At least 4 weeks if the seasonal employee to be hired is already known. Otherwise, a processing time of approximately 8 weeks should be expected. (4 to 8 weeks)

Required documents

  • Erforderliche Unterlage/n

    Wenn Sie eine Saisonarbeitskraft beschäftigen möchten, jedoch noch keine kennen, werden folgende Unterlagen benötigt:

    • Nachweise über Arbeitsentgelt, Arbeitszeiten und sonstige Arbeitsbedingungen für Ihre Saisonarbeitskräfte, zum Beispiel Arbeitsverträge oder eine Angabe im Formblatt Auftragsbestätigung und Antrag Arbeitgebererklärung
    • formlose Mitteilung über Krankenversicherungsschutz
    • Angabe im Formblatt Auftragsbestätigung und Antrag Arbeitgebererklärung über Unterbringung für Ihre Saisonarbeitskräfte
    • Kopien der Reisedokumente der Saisonarbeitskräfte, zum Beispiel der Reisepässe

    Wenn Sie bereits Saisonarbeitskräfte aus Georgien oder Moldau kennen, werden folgende Unterlagen benötigt:

    • "Antragsformular für die namentliche Anforderung von Saisonhilfskräften in der Landwirtschaft aus Drittstaaten"
    • Nachweis einer ausreichenden Krankenversicherung der Saisonarbeitskraft
    • Kopien der Reisdokumente der Saisonarbeitskräfte, zum Beispiel der Reisepässe

Forms

  • Form, Bavaria-wide: Auftragsbestätigung und Arbeitgebererklärung Saisonhilfskräfte
    Please note

    This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

  • Form, Bavaria-wide: Antragsformular für die namentliche Anforderung von Saisonhilfskräften in der Landwirtschaft aus Drittstaaten
    Please note

    This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

Fees

  • Fee: none

Remedy

  • Appeal. Detailed information on how to file an appeal can be found in the notification of your application.
  • Social court action

Status:05.05.2023

Responsible for editing:Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales

Contains machine translated content. Show the original content

  • Online transactions, Bavaria-wide
  • Online transactions, locally limited
  • Form, Bavaria-wide
  • Form, locally limited
  • Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide
  • Legal bases, Bavaria-wide
  • Legal bases, locally limited
  • Fees, Bavaria-wide
  • Fees, locally limited
Information

Responsible for you

If you select a location under "Localization" the contact details of the responsible authority and, if applicable, locally valid information will be displayed.