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Employer-sponsored government programmes (Highly Qualified Workers, Qualified Workers, and Key and Research Staff) that give applicants guaranteed embassy slots, simplified documents and — for the key-staff programme — faster processing. Workers still receive a standard permit such as the Employee Card or Blue Card.
Employers and their prospective third-country employees seeking a streamlined, prioritised application process.
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It depends on the programme: family members can be included under the Highly-Qualified and Key and Scientific Personnel programmes, but not under the Qualified Employee Programme.
It is open only to citizens of a fixed list of countries, including Ukraine, India, the Philippines, Serbia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Armenia, Belarus, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Thailand.
Yes. The programmes operate under annual quotas allocated monthly, and once a month's slots are used up no further applications can be accepted until the next allocation.
The Key and Scientific Personnel Programme offers the fastest handling, with applications targeted for processing in around 30 days.
Under the Highly-Qualified and Qualified Employee programmes you generally must stay with the original employer for the first 6 months, while the Key and Scientific Personnel Programme allows changing employers without that restriction.
These are employer-sponsored government programmes — Highly Qualified Workers, Qualified Workers, and Key and Research Staff — that give applicants guaranteed embassy slots, simplified documents and, for key staff, faster processing. Workers still receive a standard permit such as the Employee Card or Blue Card.
They are government-approved programmes - including Highly-Qualified Employee, Qualified Employee, Key and Scientific Personnel, and the Digital Nomad Programme - that streamline work-based immigration for selected workers.
