{"id":6962,"date":"2026-02-27T18:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/?p=6962"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:50:13","slug":"germany-plans-a-new-work-and-stay-agency-to-attract-skilled-foreign-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/germany-plans-a-new-work-and-stay-agency-to-attract-skilled-foreign-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Plans a New &#8220;Work-and-Stay Agency&#8221; to Attract Skilled Foreign Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"806\">Germany is moving to simplify immigration for skilled professionals by establishing a centralized <strong data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"457\">Work-and-Stay Agency<\/strong>. The new agency aims to streamline visa processing, residence permits, and employer coordination, making it easier for qualified international workers to relocate to Germany. The initiative addresses Germany&#8217;s growing shortage of skilled workers as a significant portion of its workforce approaches retirement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"820\"><strong data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"820\">Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"921\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1332h9d\" data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"871\"><a href=\"https:\/\/home-affairs.ec.europa.eu\/news\/developments-and-research-migrant-employment-germany-2026-02-27_en?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Commission \u2013 Migration and Home Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"9ng95o\" data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"921\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.make-it-in-germany.com\/en\/visa-residence\/skilled-immigration-act?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make it in Germany (Official German Government)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is moving to simplify immigration for skilled professionals by establishing a centralized Work-and-Stay Agency. The new agency aims to streamline visa processing, residence permits, and employer coordination, making it easier for qualified international workers to relocate to Germany. The &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"content-type":"","pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[83,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6984,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962\/revisions\/6984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastergermanlanguage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}