Correction: Germany Business Visa: Residency Guide for Entrepreneurs
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
The exact change
Section 21(2a) governs self-employment by startup founders under the 2023-2024 Fachkraefteeinwanderungsgesetz reform, providing relaxed requirements for technology-oriented business concepts.
Section 21(2a) governs self-employment by university graduates and former researchers who studied or conducted research in Germany, predating the 2023 Fachkraefteeinwanderungsgesetz reform. The 2023-2024 reform's actual addition for startup founders is a separate provision, Section 21(2b), for holders of qualifying startup grants, which relaxes certain requirements for technology-oriented business concepts.
Suggested change
Fixed a mislabeling of Section 21(2a) of the German residence law.
Why this is better
The article mislabeled Section 21(2a) as the startup-founder provision when that role actually belongs to the separate Section 21(2b); Section 21(2a) instead covers graduates and former researchers.
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