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Specialty cooks
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You can apply for a work visa as a specialty cook if you have a job offer from a specialty restaurant serving the cuisine of your home country. You must be a national of the country whose traditional cuisine the German restaurant serves. You need formal culinary training of at least 2 years plus 2 years of professional experience, or at least 6 years of professional work experience as a specialty cook if formal training is unavailable in your home country.
Submitting an application
Necessary documents
Apart from the application form, please bring the following to your appointment at the Embassy.
In some cases the Embassy might ask for additional documents.
A valid passport, signed by the holder, issued within the last 10 years and with a minimum validity of one year, is required. The passport must contain at least two consecutive blank pages. Please ensure you bring the original passport to your appointment.
One fully biometric passport photo, measuring 35 x 45 mm, taken within the last three months. Digitally altered photos will not be accepted. Please ensure that your photo complies with German biometric standards and is taken against a white or light-colored background.
Please bring your valid Qatar residence permit (QID) to the appointment.
Declaration of Employment (Erklärung zum Beschäftigungsverhältnis)
to be completed, signed and stamped by your employer
Your prospective employer can facilitate visa processing by applying for pre-approval from the Federal Employment Agency
or
a so-called § 81 AufenthG fast-track pre-approval issued by the immigration authorities
NOTE: it is not compulsory to apply for a pre-approval. A pre-approval only shortens the processing time of your visa application. You can submit your application without pre-approval.
Minimum requirements:
either formal culinary training of at least 2 years plus 2 years of professional experience, or at least 6 years of professional work experience as a specialty cook if formal training is unavailable in your home country
Please provide any relevant training diplomas/ certificates AND/ OR work experience proof