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Peregrine Who Are We?
The EU Blue
Card Directive The EU ICT
Vander Elst
2009/50 /EC on Directive case law
the conditions of entry 2014/66/EU on
and residence of third the conditions of entry
country nationals for and residence of third-
the purposes of highly country nationals in
qualified employment the framework of an Posted Workers
intra-corporate Enforcement
transfer
Directive
New EU Blue 2014/67
enforcing Directive
Card Proposal 96/71/EC concerning
the posting of workers
EU BLUE
CARD
Local hires
EU ICT
Assignments
Peregrine Who Are We?
Progress
Vander Elst 1994
Intra EU service provision
First EU Court of Justice Judgement
EU ICT 2014
Assignment work and residence permit for TCNs moving within the same company. EU ICT Directive
2014/66 approved in 2014. Transposition deadline: 29th November 2016
THEORY PRACTICE
Germany
France
Poland
Luxembourg
Italy
Czech Republic
Austria
Romania
Lithuania
Latvia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Netherlands
Belgium
Estonia
Hungary
Slovenia
Finland
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
PeregrineNew
Who Are We?
EU Blue Card Proposal
Salary At least 1.5x the average gross The average gross national salary
annual salary , or 1.2x the average and up to 1.4 times the average
gross annual salary for specific gross national salary. 80% of the
shortage skills jobs average gross national salary for
recent graduates/specific
shortage skills jobs
Application Process
Process Blue Card - Now Blue Card - Proposal
Submission Outside the MS Outside the MS
Inside the MS if legal Inside the MS for all legally
residence (Possibility for present (mandatory for MS)
MS to extend this right
to all legally present in
their territory)
New EU Blue card may still need to compete with national Highly Skilled
Migrant Schemes
Labour Market Test may still apply if the domestic labour market undergoes
serious disturbances; may also apply to family members.
Immigration Specialists
THEORY PRACTICE
Applies to the EU. It does not apply to Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and
Switzerland
Protection of the employment rights of all posted workers within the EEA
Can also apply to assignments from outside the EEA e.g. France
A revision of Directive 96/71 has already been proposed on 8th March 2016
Immigration Specialists