Straight answers on Ausbildung, German visas, language requirements and life as an apprentice in Germany.
The 400,000 figure is real, but it's usually quoted with the wrong meaning attached. It comes from Germany's own labour market research institute, and it's about total net migration — not a target number of Ausbildung places.
Germany's own Federal Employment Agency tracks which occupations are genuinely short of workers. Here is what it actually says, rather than a ranked "top 15" list nobody officially publishes.
"Under 35" is repeated everywhere with no source attached. The real answer, from the actual German residence law, is more specific than that — and depends on which visa you're applying for.
Germany's federal training institute sets duration nationally at two to three years, but the real number depends on your trade and can be shortened or extended. Here's what actually determines how long your Ausbildung runs.
Betriebliche Ausbildung is the company-led, paid route most people mean by "Ausbildung." Schulische Ausbildung is school-led and often unpaid. The difference changes who pays you, who you report to, and how you finance the visa.
"Duale Ausbildung" means training happens in two places at once — a company and a vocational school — under a single legally regulated framework. Here is how the two sides actually fit together, and what governs them.
Ausbildung is Germany's dual vocational training system: a paid apprenticeship that combines on-the-job work with classroom study at a vocational school. Here is what it actually involves, sourced from Germany's federal training institute and the Federal Foreign Office.
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