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I am Brazilian and I live almost one year in Germany. I graduated in Fashion Design and I worked for almost ten years in this field. In Brazil, I worked with tailor-made clothes and as a Patternmaking, cutting and sewing teacher. After doing a brief research on teaching here, I found some people interested in learning to cut and sew - Brazilians, like me. It was then, that the idea of working as a freelancer teacher came up, but I know there is a lot of bureaucracy to be made, and I would like some information. And for the record, I already own the Blue card and I already have some equipment (sewing machines).

Antwort

There are many public information centres, which will advise you as you set up your own business. On the Startup Portal, under “advice and information”, you will find the contact information of regional and national information centres for entrepreneurs with a migrant background. A general contact list is available on the Startup Portal.

Please also check out the webpage www.hamburg.com.

The EU Blue Card is tied to specific employment with a particular employer for the first years of residence. Any highly-qualified employment can be taken up subsequent to this. Self-employment is however not permitted. Source: BAMF. Therefore, we recommend you to contact your foreigners’ authority (“Ausländerbehörde”).

For personal advice on visa and residence issues, you are welcome to contact the “Hotline Working and Living in Germany” under the telephone number +49 30 1815 – 1111. The service is provided in German and English and is free of charge.

More step by step information regarding setting up a business in Germany are available on the website "Make it in Germany".

We wish you all the best for your future plans.

* Please note:
The information presented here is a general service offering. Only the German missions and the foreigners’ authorities are responsible for the issuance of visa resp. residence permits. For further questions, please contact directly the respective authority.

Source: Aiste Schiwy
Projekt „Make it in Germany“
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V.
April 2019

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