Hey Schroeder,
in Germany you get a residence permit as a self-employed person if you invest at least 500.000 € and create 5 jobs.
Else, you must either be a highly trained person like scientist, professor, manager or skilled worker with special work experience and proven high income (good tax payers).
Finally, there is working visas for temporary stays, which you get only, if you prove that you have a valid contract of labour before you enter the country.
If you can’t make a living on your own, you get tossed out of the country (no tax payments, no umemployment insurance contributions).
That’s it, roughly.
Germany like every other nation can not afford unregulated immigration into its welfare system, so immigration laws are pretty tough actually.
Makes me wonder, why you seem to know the circumstances in Australia better than those in Germany but I guess you are feeling unhappy about the current political situation in Germany and you are looking for a change :-)
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