| @Sam
you're really hell of a case :-)
"because two of my friends who are having similar Residence Permits (who even came couple of months after me) have got their Residence Permit free of the employer. My impression was that GC issued before Dec 2004 can make their Residence Permit free of the employer", no but it was just that you ended up with the wrong guy at the ABH, some people in the same city, same ABH, have received their GC bound to the employer, others not, me for example, my GC wasn't bound to my employer, but I know some of the guys around T7 had theirs bound. Some managed to get the binding removed after 3 years working or 4 years living, ending with a BE, when others (like me) had theirs (bound or not) changed to an EG, all that sometimes in the same ABH, so it sometimes depends on who's giving you your visa and not on the clear fact that you are here before 1.1.2005.
"I actually resigned on September 10 and then my employer send me a letter saying that he is terminating me because of "extrordinary reasons"", did you resigned (quited) or did you got fired? Because you're mixing things in your post.
Case 1: You resigned You then got problem, because resigning takes from you 12 weeks of unemployment benefits, and that means, if you were eligible to 6, you will receive the unemployment benefits after 12 weeks (3 months approximatively) and you will remain with only 3 months. They *can* allow you to stay to search for a job, but you and me know that it can be difficult in case you don't speak German.
Case 2: You got fired In this case, hoping you didn't signed an Aufhebungsvertrag, which will put you in case 1 above, if you have enough guts and enough money or a Rechtschutz, then go see a lawyer, because your employer fired you for stupid reasons and this is not possible per law. I'm in the same case, got fired September 15th for stupid reasons, refused to sign the Aufhebungsvertrag, now I'm already on a new job but took the case to courts against my former employer and it's an already won case for me.
So it's your call now.
D. |