You have a residence permit for the recognition of your foreign professional qualification and have been placed in employment on the basis of an agreement between the Federal Employment Agency and the employment services in your country of origin.

If the recognition has not yet been completed, you can apply to extend your residence permit.

To do so, you must meet the same requirements as when you first applied, including ensuring that you can support yourself during the extension period. The Federal Employment Agency must also approve your employment. It will only approve this if you pursue the recognition procedure with the competent authority.

If your residence permit is extended, it is again limited in time. The residence permit for the recognition of professional qualifications based on an agreement with the Federal Employment Agency will be extended by 1 year at a time up to a maximum of 3 years.

You may also work up to 20 hours a week on the side with an extended residence permit