Germany has revealed a desire to launch a visa to help non-European people to make it more flexible for them to enter its territory, so that they can move and find work in the country. The unveiling of the project had been made in September by the country’s federal minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Hubertus Heil.
The minister stated at the time that the documents to be issued will be limited and will depend on the needs of the labor market.
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The creation of the “green card” (Chancenkarte, in German) must be based on a points-based system. It would work like the document issued by the United States, which aims to attract specialized professionals. The country has suffered for years with a shortage of labor.
The “green card” will allow foreigners to seek employment in Germany. That is, they will not need to have a job offer to apply for a visa. This will prevent job applicants from having to do all the steps of the process from abroad.
Scheduled to be launched later this year, the green card will allow anyone with a university degree, knowledge of the German language or having lived in the country, three years of work experience and under 35 to move to Germany and look for work. .
Three of these requirements are necessary, in addition to the applicant also having to prove that he can pay his own expenses for the time he stays in the country before finding a job.
The reason for the change in the law is that almost 20% of the population was born abroad and at least 25% have ancestors who emigrated to the country. It is an immigration country, known for having welcomed immigrants during the 1970s, in the early 1990s, when the Eastern European bloc collapsed, and more recently in the Syrian refugee crisis.
Another concern in Germany is that the country is currently facing an aging population, which will mean that in the near future many more people will leave the job market than those who enter.
For the economy, this problem can have a great impact if it is not corrected, since, if these vacancies are not filled, companies will not reach their full economic potential, which can negatively affect the supply situation in the country.
For some experts, the country faces other problems that go beyond the intentions of the “green card” proposal: the difficulty of the language, the administrative obstacles to validating a university or training degree and international competition.
The country’s business network is mainly made up of the “mittelstand” (small and medium-sized companies) which, according to experts, represent 95% of the country’s economy.
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