Investigation · 9,000-word report · 36 pages · PDF
Chancenkarte: The First 90 Days
What happens between touchdown at FRA and the first signed employment contract for the 2,100 Chancenkarte holders who arrived in Germany in the first quarter of 2025.
Public teaser
Germany's Chancenkarte opened in June 2024. The policy promise is a legal front door for qualified non-EU jobseekers. The reality of the first 90 days — Anmeldung, Arbeitsagentur, Anerkennung, Krankenversicherung, Steuernummer, Konto — is a sequence of appointments across five agencies where any one delay cascades into visa jeopardy. This report follows 24 Chancenkarte holders through those 90 days.
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- ▸24 longitudinal case files
- ▸The actual median time to signed employment contract (hint: not the official number)
- ▸A map of the five agencies and the 11 appointments required
- ▸A practical checklist of what to carry in physical form on arrival
How the material was sourced
Reporting conducted in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Leipzig between January and April 2025.
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