Originally Posted by swelch

My husband's employer is getting him a 1 year work visa for a project based out their office near Frankfurt. For work purposes they will not allow us to stay a day over 1 year because it changes his assignment status with his company from a "short term" to "long term" and I am sure has some financial reasons. We are coming along with him and will get resident cards (I am not allowed to work under his visa status).