Central immigration authority: Kaiserslautern relies on immigration for skilled workers!

Central immigration authority: Kaiserslautern relies on immigration for skilled workers!

Kaiserslautern, Deutschland - On January 6, 2025, the city of Kaiserslautern presented the developments around the central immigration authority for immigration of skilled workers (ZAB) in Rhineland-Palatinate. Mayor Manfred Schulz sums up a successful year and gives an outlook on the plans for 2025. Last year, the ZAB 1,750 inquiries and completed 1,350 cases, which represents an increase of 131 cases compared to the previous year. A total of 2023 1,850 inquiries were processed for 1,219 cases. The ZAB, which was founded in January 2021, specializes in supporting companies in entering qualified specialists.

The ZAB is responsible for nationwide visa applications for employment of foreign workers and worked in around 7,000 visa procedures in 2024, which corresponds to 1,000 more than in the previous year. The political interest in the establishment of similar authorities was clearly through inquiries from Lower Saxony. In this context, there were visits from Member of the State Parliament and the Integration Officer Miguel Vicente to find out about the work of the ZAB.

strategic goals and challenges

For 2025, ZAB aims to increase its level of awareness and to advertise the services for companies. The challenges of entering qualified foreign employees are a central topic to strengthen economic power in Rhineland-Palatinate. Mayor Schulz has also invited Andreas Adelmann to take over the management of the new urban presentation "Migration and skilled worker immigration" from May 1, 2024. A delegation trip to Canada in October 2024, accompanied by Minister of Integration Katharina Binz, aims to collect information about the Canadian immigration policy and to promote exchange with decision -makers and immigrants.

Integration Minister Anne Spiegel thanked the city of Kaiserslautern and pointed out the urgent shortage of skilled workers in Rhineland-Palatinate. Fast entry procedures should help to improve the competitiveness of the native economy. The ZAB was set up on the proposal of Spiegel and has comprehensive tasks, including advising employers, clarifying residence law issues and the participation of the Federal Employment Agency. The close cooperation with welcome centers, chambers of industry and commerce as well as vocational recognition is also an elementary component of the new authority, such as kaiserslautern.de Despite the challenges in the entry of specialists as a result of covid pandemic, the creation of modern structures and the digitization of the procedure is considered important, as mffki.rlp.de emphasized.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien