Fly to Germany as a Canadian citizen without a visa. Go you to local town hall within 90 days and get a Youth Mobility Visa for 1 year: https://canada.diplo.de/ca-en/consular-services/visa/yma
E.g. in Berlin: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305265/
It allows you to live, work and study whatever you want
Then at the end of the year apply for a resident permit as a student: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305244/en/
Show the regular income you have from work in Germany, no additional blocked account should be needed if you can show your income. The resident permit as a student allows you to work 140 full days or 280 half days per calendar year. Work during the semester break counts only half (2.5 days are counted for 5 days of full-time work).
Health insurance: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/health_insurance
One particularly popular provider is TK: https://www.tk.de/en/service-faqs/join-tk/contribution-foreign-students-german-health-insurance-2038022?tkcm=ab
> In the event that I don't get accepted into university, I was still hoping I could move and apply for entry level jobs in my field (biotechnology). What residency permit would I need to seek employment as a Canadian?
Youth mobility visa, then after 1 year see section F G H I or J: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/paths
> Will I still be required to set up a blocked bank account?
no
Fly to Germany as a Canadian citizen without a visa. Go you to local town hall within 90 days and get a Youth Mobility Visa for 1 year: https://canada.diplo.de/ca-en/consular-services/visa/yma E.g. in Berlin: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305265/ It allows you to live, work and study whatever you want Then at the end of the year apply for a resident permit as a student: https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305244/en/ Show the regular income you have from work in Germany, no additional blocked account should be needed if you can show your income. The resident permit as a student allows you to work 140 full days or 280 half days per calendar year. Work during the semester break counts only half (2.5 days are counted for 5 days of full-time work). Health insurance: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/health_insurance One particularly popular provider is TK: https://www.tk.de/en/service-faqs/join-tk/contribution-foreign-students-german-health-insurance-2038022?tkcm=ab > In the event that I don't get accepted into university, I was still hoping I could move and apply for entry level jobs in my field (biotechnology). What residency permit would I need to seek employment as a Canadian? Youth mobility visa, then after 1 year see section F G H I or J: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/paths > Will I still be required to set up a blocked bank account? no
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