Tariq Al-Maáitah, Bild: Landesinitiative Fachkraft im Fokus
Gabriela Nagler (WelcomeCenter Sachsen-Anhalt) und Tariq Al-Maáitah, Bild: Landesinitiative Fachkraft im Fokus
Tariq Al-Maáitah was born in Jordan and had dreamed of becoming a doctor since his youth. Attending language courses and studying medicine are very expensive in Jordan, but his parents made it possible for him to pursue this path. After graduating from high school, he studied human medicine at Mútah University in Al-Karak from September 2014 to June 2020. From July 2020 to July 2021, he deepened his knowledge in the fields of surgery, internal medicine, gynecology, and pediatrics at the Prince Ali Military Hospital in Al-Karak. He then worked as a general practitioner at South Jordan For Occupational Health in Al-Karak until the end of 2022.
While searching for a suitable place to continue his medical training, he became aware of the partnership between the Federal Employment Agency – the ZAV Central Foreign and Specialist Placement Agency in Bonn – and Jordan, and was one of 316 applicants to receive one of 15 scholarships to enter Saxony-Anhalt.
Tariq Al-Maáitah entered the Federal Republic of Germany on January 10, 2023, and by January 13, 2023, he had already received his employment contract and accommodation in a clinic in the Harz region. At the same time, he attended a C1 technical language course alongside his work, which he successfully completed on August 10, 2023.
After successfully completing the C1 technical language course and being able to apply for his professional license, he was unexpectedly confronted with the fact that his fixed-term employment contract could not be extended for economic reasons on the part of the hospital.
In August 2023, Gabriela Nagler from the WelcomeCenter Saxony-Anhalt in Halberstadt became involved in the process. She immediately contacted the parties involved and the Federal Employment Agency and set in motion all available measures to find a new employer with suitable accommodation for Tariq Al-Maáitah. For Tariq Al-Maáitah, his five-year training as a resident physician and his planned stay in Germany were at stake. Thanks to the good cooperation between the parties involved, a new solution was found quickly and he was hired on October 1, 2023, as an employee in the orthopedics department at the "Teufelsbad" rehabilitation clinic in Blankenburg (Harz), where he was also allowed to live. As circumstances at the original clinic had changed in the meantime and a new job opportunity arose, he decided to continue his career as a vascular surgeon there from December 1, 2023.
His colleagues at the "Teufelsbad" rehabilitation clinic were extremely accommodating and supported him in his decision to continue his specialist training, making another short-term job change possible.
He has now received his professional license. This means that his residence permit is no longer at risk and Saxony-Anhalt gains a specialist who will spare no effort to pursue his career path with determination and successfully complete his specialist training.
Tariq Al-Maáitah greatly appreciates the discipline and high quality standards in Germany, but would like to see less bureaucracy. He is grateful for the support of his parents, Inga Thomsen at the Federal Employment Agency, Dr. Katharina Bühl, Alexandra Hahne from the employer service, Gabriela Nagler from the WelcomeCenter Saxony-Anhalt, and the entire team at the "Teufelsbad" rehabilitation clinic in Blankenburg (Harz).
The WelcomeCenter Saxony-Anhalt is a service offered by the state initiative "Fachkraft im Fokus" (Focus on Skilled Workers), which aims to make it easier for people interested in moving to the state and their families to settle into their old home or new home, as well as to support companies that want to employ skilled workers from abroad in their operational and social integration.
We are just a phone call away.
Gabriela Nagler, Regional Advisor WelcomeCenter (Harz)
nagler(at)fachkraft-im-fokus(dot)de | +49 152 56647855
