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Thanks for the article, Ferrellk. But it'll have little effect on the Politicians i'm afraid. Many of my friends are moving to Australia which promises Permanent residency in 1 year ! Ireland's loss is Australia's gain.ferrellk wrote:http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opi ... 46966.html
Fewer than 3,000 migrants were granted green cards during the first year of a new Government scheme for recruiting highly skilled workers from outside Europe, according to official figures.
A further 23,600 standard work permits, including 13,500 renewals, were issued last year.
The Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment suggested that lack of awareness explains the slow initial uptake of the salary-linked green card, which was launched along with three new types of work permits last January as part of the Government's new economic migration policy.
However, the new statistics show that while successful applications peaked at 446 in July, they fell steadily each month after that. Just 201 were received in December.
The figures provided by the department show that a total of 2,976 green cards were issued in 2007, and almost half of these were obtained by healthcare workers. The green card scheme covers occupations offering an annual salary of €60,000 or more but also includes some occupations in the €30,000 to €59,999 salary bracket where "strategically important" high-level skills shortages have been identified, such as in healthcare, construction and financial services.
The card is issued for an initial period of two years and generally leads to permanent residency. Its holders are allowed to bring their spouses and children to join them in Ireland immediately.
After healthcare, the sectors most represented among green card holders are information technology, financial services and construction.