Germany, easements for obtaining citizenship are expected

2022-09-09 08:39:22Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Germany, easements for obtaining citizenship are expected

Germany's Federal Government is working on a new law that would allow skilled foreign workers in the country to gain citizenship after just three years of living and working there.

The plan was revealed by German news portal The Pioneer on Wednesday, September 7, which claims to have seen the government's new strategy for skilled workers.

On Wednesday, the federal government presented the draft of its new strategy during the skilled workers summit in Berlin, in which representatives from politics, business and associations discussed new ways and measures to combat the growing shortage of skilled workers.

The government, however, did not mention the possibility of obtaining citizenship after only three years of residence in the country.

During the summit, Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, who was also an organizer, said that for many companies in Germany, the search for qualified workers is already an existential issue.

"Our country needs qualified workers," said the minister.

The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Robert Habeck, also pointed out the urgent need for more qualified workers for the country, both from Germany and the EU, as well as from third countries.

"We need to make education and training more attractive and we need to open up much more to immigration and promote together that Germany is a place with interesting and high-quality work," he said.

Last week, Minister Heil unveiled plans to create an "opportunity card" with a points-based system, which will help the country reduce labor shortages.

This new card, which is expected to be introduced this autumn, will enable anyone who meets three of the following four requirements to move to Germany and look for work: a degree, knowledge of the German language or having lived in Germany, three years of work experience and be younger than 35 years old.

A study published last August by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research shows that from July 2021 to July 2022, there was a shortage of more than half a million skilled workers in Germany for all occupations.


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