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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

by 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.

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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

by f6v 6y ago

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.