Selection of Qualified Foreign Workforce

The pilot project “Selection of Qualified Foreign Workforce” accords with the basic motto of IOM “To manage migration for the benefit of all.”  

IOM Prague has supported the efforts of the government of the Czech Republic in developing and producing a project on active migration policy, which corresponds to the present trends in the field of migration and which are also promoted and supported by the European Commission and other international institutions.

Since 2003, IOM has been authorised by the government of the Czech Republic to implement the information campaign for the project.  Bosnia and Herzegovina was added to the project in July 2006.

The aim of the project is to open opportunities for qualified workers, who meet the eligibility criteria for long-term employment in the Czech Republic, to attain permanent residence. Eligible candidates, who have a job in the Czech Republic, can apply to the project and attain a permanent residence permit in the Czech Republic after two and a half years, or after one and a half years in case of the highly qualified workers category, instead of the current five. Furthermore, participants in the project are given a 45 day period in which to find a new job, if they lose their job through no fault of their own.  Participants in the project are actively encouraged to immigrate with their families, and the benefit of an expedited residence permit is extended to them.

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Project success story

Three migrants immigrate to the Czech Republic to take on new employment challenges.  One of them wanted to study, the second one came to visit her brother, and the third one left because of violence in his home country. What do they have in common is the fact that they liked the Czech Republic, they found jobs and decided to stay here. 

To read the full story please click here
(please note that article is in Bosnian language)

To download an information radio jingle please click here

For more information on this project please click here http://www.imigracecz.org/?lang=en&article=home