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> While what you say is true, many countries will not allow a company to hire a foreigner if you can fill the same position with a citizen. Actually, I am very
by tarikjn 12y ago
> While what you say is true, many countries will not allow a company to hire a foreigner if you can fill the same position with a citizen.
Actually, I am very curious to know for my own instruction which countries in the world do that for highly skilled people, ie. holds a BS/Masters and a job offer from the company.
Can you provide examples?
- ProAm 12y agoIm not sure I understand your question fully. But if you are asking which countries require you to hire locally before foreign France and Australia are two examples.
- tarikjn 12y agoYes, that is my question. So I did some research and: France: - doesn't have quotas on work visas - doesn't place any limitations [1] on: - skilled workers - transferees - young professionals Australia: - doesn't have quotas on work visas - provide a work visa provided that you are either: - a skilled worker [2] - have a recent university degree Now the catch for the skilled worker in Australia is that there is a required market testing to prove that you can't hire an Australian worker for an occupation except that most occupations in skill levels 1 and 2 (managers and professionals, basically the entire range of H1-Bs) are exempt from it [3] except a short list of protected occupations which does not include computer jobs. So you are in effect incorrect. Does anyone have any examples of countries in the world besides the U.S. that impose such restrictions on our industry? [1] http://www.ofii.fr/recruter_un_etranger_192/index.html?sub_menu=2 http://www.ofii.fr/recruter_un_etranger_192/index.html?sub_m... [2] http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/457.aspx http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/457.aspx [3] http://www.immi.gov.au/FAQs/Pages/Are-there-exemptions-to-labour-market-testing-in-the-subclass-457-programme.aspx http://www.immi.gov.au/FAQs/Pages/Are-there-exemptions-to-la...
- ProAm 12y agoId have to look into all your footnotes, but I have direct experience with both countries and if they could hire a local to perform the job the visa would not be approved for a foreigner. There isn't a quota, they just dont get approved.