The ICT card is a residence title. It supplements the already existing residence titles. Its scope of application is intra-company transfers within the EU.
In concrete terms, it is about the temporary posting of company staff of such companies that have their headquarters outside the EU to a branch of the company or the same group of companies within the European Union.
The ICT card is primarily intended to increase intra-European mobility. It is intended to make it easier for employees to work temporarily also in branches of their own company in the EU.
In return, companies that have branches in EU member states should be able to transfer workers more easily.
As a trainee, you can also get an ICT card. You can get it as part of an intra-company transfer during a trainee programme.
A trainee in this sense is someone who
- has a university degree,
- is on a trainee programme that is designed for professional development or training in business techniques and methods, and
- is remunerated.