"From offices, to construction outside Albania" - Aruçi: The qualified, sacrifice their careers for trades in emigration
Emigration to Germany continues to remain one of the strongest trends in recent years for Albanian citizens.
While the German state has significantly eased procedures for qualified employees, more and more Albanians are also applying for unskilled work visas, compromising their profession and career.
Hygerta Aruçi - Specialist in the rights of foreigners
"Our biggest surprise is the fact that individuals coming from Albania who possess a certain qualification regardless of the field and profession, aim and are ready to compromise even with the unskilled visa. Both have their absolute benefits and favoritism in terms of qualified employees. Germany has completely eased the measures, we are talking about the language, the fact of family reunification, which makes it possible to integrate a family faster and reunite them as quickly as possible. While the employment of the unskilled is the golden opportunity that individuals have to come and immigrate to Germany to obtain a visa without having the possibility of a diploma, language or previous experience, but only through a pre-approval, and only the time that we are already talking about is somewhere around 10 months of waiting, makes it possible for an individual to immigrate to Germany. What is strange to me, or what is a trend is the fact that even in the case of a qualified individual, he is ready to sacrifice his profession, his career, regardless of age and years, these "They are compromises that are made with themselves and then towards the choice and towards the journey, they qualify and take the necessary measures and qualifications."
From gastronomy, construction, and even class B drivers, these are some of the professions that Albanians work abroad. But what is the trend of couple emigration?
"In the skilled employment sector, it is very easy, an individual can get a partner in a much faster time. Perhaps also the ease of having a higher salary due to the position they hold and the residence permit. While in the position of unskilled workers, we see a trend that individuals are applying for both parallel work visas and after coming to Germany they convert the residence permit."
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