Germany now lets qualified people come first and find the job here. We take you from "am I eligible?" to your first week in Germany, with a real person beside you the whole way.
A residence visa introduced in 2024 for skilled people from outside the EU. You arrive without an employer, you work part-time while you search, and once you sign a qualified contract you switch to a full work permit without leaving the country.
Translations, degree comparison, insurance for the visa period, the blocked account you open in your own name, the embassy appointment. Once the visa is issued, we help you plan your arrival and search for your first accommodation.
With our All-Inclusive package, we meet you at the airport, come with you to register your address, and sort your tax ID and residence permit appointment. The WTE Companion app covers bank account, SIM and liability insurance.
Up to 20 hours a week in any job, plus short trial jobs. You interview in person. Employers hire people who are already here.
Switch to a skilled-worker permit from inside Germany. No flight home, no new application abroad.
Two short questions, then we check whether Germany recognises your degree. Free, no account, and we tell you honestly if the answer is no.
Start the free checkWithout proof of €13,092 for your first year, the embassy cannot issue a Chancenkarte. Many people save towards their blocked account over a few months. Once you have the amount together, or someone in Germany can sign a declaration of commitment for you, start the check again: it takes three minutes.
Another way in: an apprenticeship in Germany is paid from the first month. Or talk it through with us on a consultation call.
€50credited in full when you book
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Recognised in GermanyThat is the direct route to the Chancenkarte, and for most people the hardest part.
Every package takes you to the Chancenkarte. The difference is how much of the work we take off your hands.
You do it yourself, with our tools and one expert call.
€500
Upgrade to Visa & Recognition at any time. The €500 is credited in full.
We take you through the whole visa process.
€2,000
From the visa to your first 90 days in Germany, with someone on the ground.
€5,000
€50credited in full when you book
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Recognition neededThat means your degree needs an official recognition first. A partial recognition already gives you 4 points towards the Chancenkarte, and a full one opens the direct route. We prepare the application with you.
€500one-off fee
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€50credited in full when you book
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Vocational qualificationThere are two ways in. If Germany recognises your qualification as fully equivalent, the direct route is open, and a partial recognition already gives you 4 points. Or you take the points route, which needs state-recognised training of at least two years. We don't check vocational qualifications online yet, so let's look at yours together.
€500one-off fee
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€50credited in full when you book
Only a school certificate? Then an apprenticeship in Germany may be your way in.
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No clear answerThat happens with newer universities, renamed programmes and some private institutions, and it does not mean your degree won't count. An official statement of comparability from the ZAB settles it, and we prepare the application with you. Or start with a consultation call and we look at your degree together.
€500one-off fee
Secure payment with Stripe. You get the invoice by email.
€50credited in full when you book
That means this degree cannot open the Chancenkarte for you. If you have another university degree, start the check again with that one.
Within two working days you get an email from us with the result and your next steps.
You will get the receipt and invoice from Stripe by email. Your case manager will contact you within one working day by WhatsApp or phone to get started.
This check is an indication based on your details, not a decision. Only the German mission abroad decides on your application.
Every package starts with the same honest check. The difference is how much of the work we take off your hands.
You do it yourself, with our tools and one expert call.
€500
Upgrade to Visa & Recognition at any time. The €500 is credited in full.
Not sure yet? Book a consultation callWe take you through the whole visa process, recognition included.
€2,000
Everything in the Self-Application Kit, plus:
From the visa to your first 90 days in Germany, with someone on the ground.
€5,000
Everything in Visa & Recognition, plus:
Add the Job Search programme: €6,500 for both instead of €7,000.
Not sure yet? Book a consultation callA video or WhatsApp call with one of our consultants. We go through your check result, your documents and your plans, tell you honestly which package makes sense, and send you your personal offer afterwards.
€50credited in full against any package
Book a consultation callMost people who try this alone fail on details: a missing stamp, a form filled in the wrong order, an appointment that never came. Most who pay an agent get a form filled in and nothing else. We do it with you, and we do not stop at the visa.
People who came to Germany through our recruitment programme
“I was so stressed about the bureaucracy. WTE handled my health insurance before I even landed. I could focus on my new job instead.”
“Opening a German bank account from abroad seemed impossible. With WTE, I had my bunq account ready on day one.”
“The Companion answered all my questions at 2 AM. No waiting for office hours, no confusion about which form to fill.”
“My SIM card was activated the moment I landed. I could call my family right away. Such a small thing, but it meant everything.”
One person beside you from the first call to your first week. Keep scrolling to walk through it.
Three minutes, honest answer. If the requirements appear met, leave us your contact details. Start the check
Fifteen minutes together. We explain the two ways into the Chancenkarte and what each requires. You decide which applies to you.
You decide that WTE Companion should support you. Only then does anything start.
We tell you exactly what the embassy asks for. You gather, we read every document and give you feedback, and arrange the translations and the degree comparison.
We assemble the application, secure the embassy appointment and prepare you for it. You submit in your own name.
The embassy decides. Once your visa is issued, we help you plan your arrival and search for your first accommodation.
With All-Inclusive, someone meets you at the airport. Address registration, tax ID and your residence permit appointment, done with our team in your first days.
From here the WTE Companion app takes over: bank account, SIM card and liability insurance in a guided conversation, and statutory health insurance once you have a job. Our team stays behind every screen.
WTE Companion was built by the team behind Charkos Europe, a recruitment company that has brought skilled workers from outside the EU into German jobs for years. We know the embassy, the authorities and the landlords because we deal with them every week.
Fabian ScholzManaging director. Legal background. Runs partnerships and signs off every process.
Jakob ScholzManaging director. Economist. Runs operations: your file, your timeline.
Fredrik ChristensenManaging director. Product and technology. Built the app you will use after landing.
Karol BaginskiEmployers and partners. Finds the companies that hire you.
Victor GuleaDesign and brand. Makes sure nothing is confusing.A free three-minute check against the embassy's own criteria, with an honest answer at the end. If the requirements appear met, you get fifteen minutes with one of us to walk through what comes next. You decide from there.
No, and anyone who promises one is lying to you. What we do is get you into Germany legally and settled, so you can search from inside the country. Interviewing in person, with a German address and a German bank account, is a completely different position from applying from abroad. If you want structure for the search, our Job Search programme coaches you through it.
Only the German mission decides. What we control is the file: complete, correct, and submitted by someone who has been prepared for the interview. Roughly five in six Chancenkarte applications are approved. If yours is refused for reasons not caused by you, we refund our fee.
For the card itself, English at B2 is enough on the points route, and no language certificate is required if your qualification is fully recognised. For life and work in Germany you will need German, and if you do, we support you with language training through our partners from day one. Regulated professions such as nursing require German to practise.
Preparing the file takes four to eight weeks depending on your documents. Embassy appointments and processing vary by country and season, from a few weeks to several months, and we do not control that part. Plan for three to five months from booking to landing, and we give you a country-specific estimate on the first call.
The app is for after you land. It walks you through the German essentials in a guided conversation, in English: a bank account with a German IBAN, a SIM card, private liability insurance, and statutory health insurance once you have a job. Each is a real contract with a real partner, in your name. The visa and relocation work before that is done by our team, not by the app.
If it is refused for reasons not caused by you, we refund our fee and keep only the third-party costs already paid. If it is refused because of something you did not tell us, for example a document that is not what you said it was, the fee is not refunded. This is why we check everything before it is filed.
Never. If an employer hires you through us, the employer pays. Our Job Search programme is something different: three months of coaching for the applications you send yourself.
After you land you use the WTE Companion app for a bank account, a SIM card, liability insurance and, once you have a job, statutory health insurance. Each is a separate contract with the partner, shown to you in full before you sign, at the partner's normal price. The app itself is free.
Every package covers family members at a fixed surcharge: €500 for your partner and €250 for each child. Which permit each family member needs depends on your situation, and we check it with you on the first call.
No. We prepare, check and coordinate. You apply in your own name. Where a legal question needs a lawyer, we say so and can point you to one.
