Blue card for Highly-Qualified Workers

How to get BlueCard?
It depends if you have already found a job or not. You have to find a company that is willing to bring foreign employees within their work environment to obtain the EU Blue Card as a highly-qualified worker. If you are seeking a job within the EU member states, you should apply for a job seeker(grants you a period of 6 months).

The documents you need when applying:

• For unregulated professions – a recognized university diploma
• In case of the regulated profession – present the acquired certificate
• A work contract of at least one year in the hosting state
• Proof that your salary exceeds the average in the hosting state by 1.5 times or 1.2 times for professions in shortage
• A written declaration by your employer
• A valid travel document
• Proof of no threat to the public policy, security or health of the hosting state
• An application form, filled either by you or your employer
• Two passport-size personal photos, not older than 6 months
• Proof of application fee payment
• Health insurance proof

Citizens of the hosting state after two years of work and residency is entitled to the same rights as The EU Blue Cardholder excluding:

• Loans,
• Grants, and
• Housing rights

Highly-qualified workers may be restricted to the following occupations:

• Safeguard
• Public authority
• The general interest of the state

How do you change the job?
You have to make a request to the competent authorities and proceed in accordance with their decision If you want to change the job during the first two years of arrival.