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Yes, but it's nothing like the HSMP...it requires an employer to sponsor the individual...not better than a work permit.SYH wrote:Netherlands has Skilled Migrant Program.
Thats a judgment call about whehter its like the UK HSMP. Just because the dutch do it differently doesn't mean the purpose isn't the same as HSMP. Basically, the govt allows certain companies who normally have posts that would be of higher caliber than other work sponsored jobs. Further, the job must have a certain salary level. You are not going to get a certain salary level without either the correct experience or educational background. In some ways, it is more straightforward, than this complicated points system that everyone claims is so arbitrary basis to judge a person's skill set as to what they bring to the marketDawie wrote:Yes, but it's nothing like the HSMP...it requires an employer to sponsor the individual...not better than a work permit.SYH wrote:Netherlands has Skilled Migrant Program.
I personally find that allowing individuals to immigrate independently to be bonus but sometimes the biggest hurdle is the advertisement nonsense which neither scheme requires to fill the job.Dawie wrote:The thing that makes the HSMP visa stand out amongst all others is that it allows individuals to immigrate independently to the UK without the intervention of a company or sponsor. The Dutch skilled migrant program is nothing more than a work permit system.
To my mind a scheme to attract highly skilled individuals to a country has to allow individuals to immigrate to a country independently to be of any use or value. Without the benefit of an independent skilled migration programme, people will, and do, look elsewhere to migrate where they do not have to be tied to a specific company.
What's also strange is that despite these programs it is still relatively difficult for an Australian to immigrate to the UK or vice versa. You would expect the rich powerful English speaking countries to have some sort of agreement on free movement of their citizens between each other, similar to the EU.rg1 wrote:It's bit interesting that all the countries which has an established (similar to) HSMP program (eg. UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) are all English speaking!
I suspect this has a lot to do with the fact that the Czech Republic is not an English-speaking country, nor are they known for their English-speaking abilities.rg1 wrote:For illegal immigrants
Mexico -> Canada -> USA
is usually easier than Mexico -> USA
This is quite interesting
http://www.workpermit.com/news/2008-01- ... -labor.htm
The country's five-year program, called the Selection of Qualified Workers project, has only attracted 888 skilled foreign workers from qualified countries over its four and a half year run. The project was authorized to draw in 3,500 workers
The project is open to foreign workers from 12 countries. The countries are Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Canada, India, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Monte Negro, Russian Federation, Serbia, and Ukraine.
An interesting thread. One relevant point, I think, is that European countries have, until recently, perceived themselves as countries of emigration rather than immigration. In many cases that perception has been correct (in some cases it still is). Although the UK was different, in that many people went to live in the colonies (later Commonwealth countries), nevertheless relocating to a Commonwealth country was somehow not seen in the same light, by many people, as "emigrating" to a non-Commonwealth country. This perception prevailed, I think, until well after the Second World War.rg1 wrote:I wonder why only UK has HSMP scheme?
Do the other EU countries not require immigration? Or do they have similar program which we are not aware of ??
How many Indians do you know (or can you imagine) that speak Czech? Now, how many do you know that speak English?johnsienk wrote:>>Why would someone from, say, India want to emigrate to the Czech Republic?
India:
GDP per capita (World Bank, 2006): $720
Chech Republic:
GDP per capita (World Bank, 2006): $10.710
India: ramshackle economy (for most anyway)
Chech Republic: high standard of living, EU member
I agree, Dawie. What's more, my suspicion is that a large proportion of the populations of these countries would agree too, if the matter was ever raised. (In fact, not an insubstantial number of people in these countries seem to think that such a situation does exist already!Dawie wrote:[What's also strange is that despite these programs it is still relatively difficult for an Australian to immigrate to the UK or vice versa. You would expect the rich powerful English speaking countries to have some sort of agreement on free movement of their citizens between each other, similar to the EU.