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Germany — Germany Researcher Visa
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The researcher residence permit (§18d Residence Act) is built entirely around a hosting agreement (Aufnahmevereinbarung) — a formal contract between you and a recognized German research institution or university that spells out your project, its duration, and how it's funded. There's no points test and no separate job-offer requirement in the usual sense: the hosting agreement itself is the core of the application. How you fund your stay (a salaried research contract vs. a scholarship or self-funding) changes which documents you need, but not the underlying route.
Cost: €75
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