European Union Blue Card

Hi. I’m an experienced Web Developer from a non-EU country (from one of ‘developing’ countries situated somewhere between Europe and Asia) interested in finding a relevant job in EU. In addition to this I won’t be mind to live for few years (or maybe even the rest of my live) in one of EU’s ‘developed’ countries.

So… my attention was naturally attracted by so called Blue Card system, which seems to be a good option for me, my family and people like me.

Blue Card system, as far as I understand, will be something like ‘skilled worker’ immigration program of Canada, which I know more or less well… Some time ago I’ve been thinking to apply to this Canada ‘skilled worker’ immigration and I’ve even completed good portion of required paper work (including English certification, etc.), but… have changed my mind when heard about European Union’s Blue Card.

So what this Blue Card thing is all about… If putting it simple it is the following. During last several years Canada and few other countries (Australia, New Zealand, etc.) were doing great in attracting young and ‘skilled’ people from all over the world. These young and ‘skilled’ people received permit for residence and were even able to apply for citizenship some time after entering the country.

Life showed that this was quite beneficiary for host countries – it resulted in economic progress, it had a positive impact to the problem of aging population as well as few other positive outcomes were recorded. There was no or little negative impact from this type of immigration to host countries. As a result, these countries continued the practice and even increased quotas for this ‘skilled worker’ immigration.

Seeing all this EU and some other ‘smart’ developed countries decided to have a similar setup to enjoy the same benefits. So EU’s Blue Card system will be a variation of Canada’s ‘skilled worked’ immigration scheme.

Unfortunately there is very limited information on the subject available on the Net and I’ve decided to gather here everything I find. Hopefully, in a month or two, we will have everything in one place, all the latest information, recommendations, etc… with your help of course.

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