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I need to go to India urgently for some days and I live in Berlin, and hold a valid EU blue card. Have been working in Germany for 3+ years. My Niederlassungserlaubnis does not arrive yet, I applied a month ago.

All flight prices are skyrocketing at the moment from Frankfurt. There is a direct flight from our neighbor country Poland to New Delhi, which is much more convenient for me and the prices are quite OK.

For sure I can fly to New Delhi (India) from Poland, but not sure about re-entry. Will they allow my re-entry via Poland? or should I go book a return ticket only to a German city?

If I am not wrong, on Niederlassungserlaubnis, I can take a return flight to any EU Schengen nation, but I am not sure the same about the EU Blue Card.

Alok Kelsey
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First, we need to establish whether the EU Blue Card is a residence permit. It is: the official List of residence permits issued by member states includes the "EU Blue Card" issued by Germany:

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Now head over to https://skyteam.traveldoc.aero/ which is a friendly end user interface to Timatic, the service airlines use to decide whether you can board and see you are good to go:

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Also

https://immigration-portal.ec.europa.eu/blue-card/essential-information_en

You can also travel through other EU countries on your way to the EU country that you live and work in.