VisaOpportunity Card applicants in Tunisia should use the current funding amount and online route
The embassy’s newer French checklist differs from an older German version, and its national-visa page now offers consular-portal applications.
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Choose the qualification route before counting points
Applicants in Tunisia planning to search for qualified work in Germany should first decide which Opportunity Card route their qualification supports. The official Make it in Germany guidance distinguishes a qualification fully recognised in Germany, which avoids the points test, from the route requiring at least six points as well as an eligible qualification and language evidence. Working online through a points calculator is not a substitute for the underlying qualification documents.
The points route normally requires a qualification recognised in the country where obtained, including at least two years of training for a non-academic vocational qualification, and German at A1 or English at B2. The fully recognised skilled-worker route does not require separate language proof, although German can help with finding employment. This current guide addresses preparation for a job-search application rather than a visa for an existing employment contract. No individual qualification or points total was confirmed.
Use the updated figure when preparing the bank evidence
The embassy’s currently linked French checklist, labelled July 2025, requires EUR 1,091 monthly, or EUR 13,092 for twelve months. It calls for the bank’s official blocked-account confirmation showing both the deposited total and monthly availability; a transfer slip alone is insufficient. A concrete permitted part-time offer can also be documented with hours and monthly pay, or a formal declaration of commitment can be used where appropriate.
An older German checklist labelled October 2024 instead gives EUR 1,027 monthly and EUR 12,324 annually. The national Make it in Germany page independently identifies EUR 1,091 net per month as the amount applicable in 2026. Do not fund the older total simply because the German-language PDF remains searchable. Check the current bank evidence and intended length of stay before depositing, and keep living-cost funds separate from the application fee.
Prepare the local documents and visa charge
The French checklist requests signed VIDEX paperwork, photograph, passport and copy, a motivation letter, CV and full-period Schengen health insurance with EUR 30,000 coverage. Follow its Tunisian authentication and qualification-recognition instructions.
The visa charge is EUR 75 in Tunisian dinars. Non-Tunisians need habitual-residence evidence; documents outside German or English need approved German translations. Its older embassy appointment-system instruction differs from the newer national-visa page.
Follow the newer embassy page for access to the consular portal
The embassy’s June 2026 national-visa page lists the Opportunity Card among categories available through the Consular Services Portal. Applicants should use that category-specific online route and follow the instructions received for the remaining personal submission steps. The page warns that registration should occur only when the applicant is ready to file with the necessary conditions and evidence satisfied.
The embassy also says that, since February 2023, it accepts only German blocked accounts. The applicant may choose the provider; an intermediary should not be treated as having exclusive access. Where authentication is required, the page directs applicants to arrange it in time through the designated provider. The newer portal availability and the older checklist’s appointment wording are different instructions from the same mission. No individual appointment allocation or confirmation that a saved portal draft constitutes a lodged visa application was established.
Obtain the correct ZAB statement for vocational training
Germany’s Central Office for Foreign Education explains that its Statement on a Foreign Vocational Qualification, called DAB, checks whether training was completed, recognised in its country and equivalent to at least two years of full-time training. It can support an Opportunity Card application involving non-academic vocational qualifications. It is not the document issued for a university degree, for which the office offers a separate comparability service.
The DAB process is digital: applicants upload evidence, pay, check status and communicate through the account, then download the completed statement. Use the office’s own application and verification links when that evidence is required. A DAB establishes the matters it describes; it is not itself the Opportunity Card, a job offer or a licence to practise every regulated profession. Check the local checklist’s precise recognition route before ordering an assessment. No assessment fee or completion date was independently confirmed for this guide.
