EU Blue Card!

[2007]

Hopefully this will triger the USA Green Card process faster or most of the skilled IT workers are going to apply for BLUE!

Follow this links for detail

EU countries need up to 20m skilled workers over the next two decades, particularly those with engineering and IT expertise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7057575.stm
http://www.personneltoday.com/Artic...d-add-another-layer-of-bureaucracy-warns.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/23/business/card.php
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article3090335.ece


Thanks

--2007

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Hopefully this will triger the USA Green Card process faster or most of the skilled IT workers are going to apply for BLUE!

The Blue Card does NOT confer the right of permanent residency. This is a common mistake the Europeans make with immigration - they offer the near equivalent of an H-1B and expect people to choose that over a Green Card.

 

[2007]

The Blue Card does NOT confer the right of permanent residency. This is a common mistake the Europeans make with immigration - they offer the near equivalent of an H-1B and expect people to choose that over a Green Card.

BLUE CARD V GREEN CARD
Blue Card

Valid up to two years, renewable
Allows holders and families to live, work and travel in EU
Applicant must have one-year EU job contract with salary of three times minimum wage
Permanent residency automatic after five years


Gives holder permanent residency
Valid for 10 years, renewable
Permanent residency automatic after five years Green Card
Allows holder to live, work and travel in the US
Five channels to seek a card: employment, family links, a lottery, investment, or resident since before 1972
Holders can become US citizens after five years


source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7057575.stm