Extension Amendments for existing Green Card holders will have Catastrophic Consequences

Green card scheme has been under constant changes from the very beginning. It is third time in the last one and half year that Green Card holders face new amendments in their visa extensions. One after another tougher rules for green card holders. Although Green card holders are the only immigrant category who are highly qualified. Many of them are working professional jobs while others are on the way towards professional jobs. Almost all are working full-time and paying about 80 to 100 thousands kroner as direct tax per year. Many of them are already fluent danish language speaker and writer and almost all others are going to language schools and learning the challenging Danish language. Majority of them are living a family life here in Denmark. They are with their kids who are going to Danish schools and speaking fluent danish language. Many of these kids speak danish language more fluently then their mother-tongue. There is zero crime rate among the Green card holders and zero percent are on any state or kummune support.

An event by Nydansker and DGCA “Your Diversity is your Strength”.

Your Diversity is your Strength is an event organized by Foreningen Nydansker and Danish Green Card Association on Thursday, 15th January 2015 at International House, Gyldenløvesgade 11, 1600 Copenhagen

Report By Naqeeb Khan Bareach
Diversity is about recognizing, respecting and valuing differences based on ethnicity, gender, color, age, race, religion, disability, national origin and sexual orientation.

A must read info about Green Card Visa in Denmark

Business Visa

As a holder of a greencard, you need to apply for permission to start a business at the Danish Agency for Labour Retention and International Recruitment. A residence and work permit on the basis of the greencard scheme does not automatically give you the right to start a business. Learn more about your options if you are a greencard holder.

As the only country in the Nordic countries, Denmark offers a greencard for immigrants from countries outside the EU and the EEA. A residence and work permit on the basis of the greencard scheme does not automatically give you the right to start a business.

A very well written article by DGCA media coordinator (Adeel Asghar) as published on The Copenhagen Post

Opinion | Uncertainty and insecurity make life uneasy for green card holders

Danish Green Card Association takes issue with arbitrary changes in rules for work permits for green card holders

Despite the media focus on the large number of green card holders who are forced to accept a job below their education level, the author argues that there are many success stories that aren’t being reported.

Less than half of highly skilled green card holders have a job in Denmark today

Highly-educated foreigners lured by immigration scheme wind up unemployed or in menial jobs.

Thousands of university graduates from countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have come to Denmark in recent years via a green card programme that allows highly-skilled foreigners three years to find work in Denmark. The programme has faced criticism after revelations that only a few green card holders found work within their field while the rest ended up taking unskilled work.

DGCA has signed Copenhagen Diversity Charter

DGCA has signed Copenhagen Diversity Charter. Copenhagen has a goal to be the most open and welcoming city in Europe in 2015. In order to achieve this, Copenhagen must meet the three values. They must treat ethnic minorities well, they should regard diversity as a strength and they have to work against racism and discrimination. You can discover DGCA by clicking the link here- http://www.blanddigibyen.dk/skrivunder/mangfoldighedscharter/

Greencard scheme sends the highly skilled foreigners to the bottom of society.

Following article is published on Politiken in Danish, translated using google translate:

By JACOB KJAER SORGENFRI

To get a greencard as highly educated residents to access an impoverished life and disillusionment, rather than a well paid job in the Danish business; system does not work. So cash is the conclusion of a new thesis from the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University.

Greencard scheme criteria does not match the industry demands with highly skilled foreigners.

Article is published in Politiken, translated using google translate:

It should be business demand, which determines whether foreigners can get greencard in Denmark, said DI.

Greencard scheme criteria does not match the industry demands with highly skilled foreigners.

That is the verdict of Danish Industries, which recommends the government to add a criterion of the scheme points system, so foreigners who have skills that are in short supply – such as engineers – will be easier to get greencard to Denmark.

City Council’s new programme aims to attract and retain highly-skilled foreigners to live and work in Denmark

A 2011 study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research indicated that approximately 20 percent of all expats leave Denmark again within the first two years of arriving. In order to stop that trend, national and local authorities have passed a number of initiatives in recent years aimed at keeping highly skilled foreigners in Denmark for as long as possible. 

Message for all Green Card Holders

Dear DGCA Members:

We hope that you all are doing well.

First of all, we welcome all the new green card holders to Denmark and also the new volunteering board members of DGCA.

Our new board have done four meetings in order to set new agendas to address different issues concerning all green card holders. Following are brief explanations of the DGCA’s previous activities and future plans:

Achievements and Current Activities: –

1. DGCA organized a very successful Green Card Conference in November 2010. You can read the details about that conference from following links:

A short report on Green Card Conference 2010
Post event report on Green Card Conference 2010 in PDF

2. DGCA is currently managing and updating the website of association. It updates our members about recent activities through www.dgca.dk

3. We organized a career workshop in collaboration with WorkinDenmark in May 2011.

4. DGCA is managing a FB group thus providing a platform where green card holders can interact. DGCA FB group

5. Trying to collect all the GCHs at one platform so that we can address our issues together.

6. Building a common Database to enable access to the Danish companies so that they can easily employ DGCA members and retain some of us through Internship program. Our expertise, skills, field of study and country obtained will be show-cased. You can see list of member who filled up our membership form: Members list

Some Future Plans and Activities:

1. DGCA is soon going to start an Internship program for GCHs in collaboration with DI and other supportive organizations in Denmark.

2. We will soon invite you all to an open meeting to listen to you for more innovative ideas and to share our experiences/activities together.

3. We already had meetings with DI to organize Green Card Conference 2011 with more focus on Jobs and green card policies. We will keep on informing your about progress.

As DGCA is a volunteer organization, board members are not solely responsible for everything that GCHs require. But we will always be looking forward to having your feedbacks, suggestions, support, and voluntary contribution to our activities. If you are interested or know someone who is willing to participate in organizing the activities of DGCA, kindly let us know. We will also issue a letter of acknowledgment to everyone who will work with us. That letter is capable of adding value to your profile.

Please have a look at our new DGCA Board Members at https://danishgreencard.wordpress.com/about/team-dgca

Thanks.

Best regards,
Aamir Sohail
Media Coordinator
(Former President)

T: +45 50388606  |   E: aso@dgca.dk
Danish Green Card Association (CVR: 33177526)
www.dgca.dk

Abreviations used:
DCGA: Danish Green Card Association
GCHs: Green Card Holders

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Secretarty DGCA