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dottedmag14:03:59

@limist: Regarding EU authorization -- is it costly/long in Germany? I remember receiving 3-year work visa to Norway in one week.

dottedmag14:03:17

Also, your company's website limits passwords to 15 characters :)

hans14:03:51

to get a work permit for germany as a non-eu citizen, you need a company that sponsors your work visum.

hans14:03:21

it can be quick, but it requires sophisticated knowledge of the beaurocratic process which smaller companies tend not to have.

hans14:03:32

cost of living is low in berlin, compared to many other places.

limist14:03:58

@dottedmag For Germany, it depends on one's academic credentials, and the job details. Unfortunately for now, we can't handle work visa issues, maybe later in the year.

dottedmag15:03:55

@limist: Understood. I was just curious.

lmergen19:03:05

It's not that difficult to get into the EU for IT if you come from a western country, you van usually get a "talent" visa. The problem is that it takes around 6 months for the whole procedure.

dottedmag19:03:44

@lmergen: What? Norway is not technically in EU, so my experience does not count, but I would doubt that, say, it takes 6 month to get a work visa to Sweden.

lmergen19:03:33

well this is my experience getting people into The Netherlands. it would literally take at least 6 months for someone from, say, the USA to get a work visa here. Our immigrations office does a background check which can take up to 4 months.

dottedmag19:03:13

That's unbelievably weird. Really.

lmergen19:03:39

well, it isnt much better getting a work visa for the US either

lmergen19:03:07

if you want to bring your spouse, all hope is lost

dottedmag19:03:11

Well, the US situation cannot be explained without using curse words.

dottedmag19:03:53

So I suppose Norway really got its stuff together, and it's a also a rare situation.

lmergen19:03:55

yeah well, i'm annoyed too, since it reduces our pool of candidates. we now only select for EU-based people.

dottedmag19:03:47

I remember walking into Norwegian embassy to get a visitor visa for couple of weeks (oh the joy of being a citizen of Russia) and be told the work visa is already issued.

lmergen20:03:52

no really that would be impossible in most Schengen/EU countries, since work visa in, say, Germany automatically gives you a work visa in the rest of Schengen

lmergen20:03:16

or rather, after 1 year

dottedmag20:03:03

Yep, there's cooldown period (IIRC domestic Czech visas aren't even Schengen ones for the first year).

lmergen20:03:15

and yes, Scandinavian countries, as usual, are doing their own thing entirely :)