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> Not to mention how difficult it is to immigrate, or to get a green card or citizenship compared to many other countries Compared with which countries?

f6v 6y ago
Germany. 21 months working on a Blue Card gets you the right to apply for an unlimited permanent residence. And the Blue Card is rather trivial to get. All you need is a degree and a contract with a company. No visa sponsorship required, i.e. it costs a German company 0 to hire someone outside the EU. I think Canada’s express entry is a good example as well.
- pelasaco 6y ago
  > All you need is a degree and a contract with a company. That's just possible for some markets. If you are talking about your own experience, that's because you are probably software developer. Canada and Australia are definitely not easier, but more transparent.
  - f6v 6y ago
    https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/skilled-immigration-act https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/skilled-immigrati... It's still a good deal. Non-IT professionals can get a PR status in 4 years.
- baybal2 6y ago
  Big asterisk there. German education accreditation for Blue Card is rather fickle. Germany maintains a rather short list of universities per-country which it recognises as institutes of higher learning. You may have a rather ordinary uni degree in mainstream occupation, but if your uni is not on the list, you can't do anything. If you passed a university program in a recognised university, but your program is missing from a dropdown list on their website, again, you can't do anything. And if you have both, but your degree does not state in its title verbatim that it is a bachelor, or masters program regardless of years of study, again, you can't do anything about it.
  - f6v 6y ago
    > you can't do anything. You're right, that happened to me in 2014. My then-employer had to drive to some government office and ask them to give a go-ahead for my degree. But I've never heard anything like that since that time.

f6v 6y ago

Germany. 21 months working on a Blue Card gets you the right to apply for an unlimited permanent residence. And the Blue Card is rather trivial to get. All you need is a degree and a contract with a company. No visa sponsorship required, i.e. it costs a German company 0 to hire someone outside the EU. I think Canada’s express entry is a good example as well.

pelasaco 6y ago
> All you need is a degree and a contract with a company. That's just possible for some markets. If you are talking about your own experience, that's because you are probably software developer. Canada and Australia are definitely not easier, but more transparent.
- f6v 6y ago
  https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/skilled-immigration-act https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/skilled-immigrati... It's still a good deal. Non-IT professionals can get a PR status in 4 years.
baybal2 6y ago
Big asterisk there. German education accreditation for Blue Card is rather fickle. Germany maintains a rather short list of universities per-country which it recognises as institutes of higher learning. You may have a rather ordinary uni degree in mainstream occupation, but if your uni is not on the list, you can't do anything. If you passed a university program in a recognised university, but your program is missing from a dropdown list on their website, again, you can't do anything. And if you have both, but your degree does not state in its title verbatim that it is a bachelor, or masters program regardless of years of study, again, you can't do anything about it.
- f6v 6y ago
  > you can't do anything. You're right, that happened to me in 2014. My then-employer had to drive to some government office and ask them to give a go-ahead for my degree. But I've never heard anything like that since that time.