Eine nette Meldung von heute:

BERLIN, May 8 - German bureaucracy, rather than xenophobia, is proving to be the biggest hurdle to foreign computer specialists invited to the country by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a leading newspaper reported on Monday.
Joshi Matsui, a 31-year-old computer specialist from Japan, has run into a nightmare of bureaucracy in his foiled efforts to establish himself in Germany, where industry has been suffering from a chronic shortage of computer experts.
Matsui told Bild newspaper that he was not able to obtain a telephone until he had a bank account.
The bank said he could not open an account until he had a permanent address. He also could not pick up the computer equipment and belongings he shipped to Germany at the Bremen port until he had an apartment.
Matsui found an apartment but he was not allowed to sign the lease until he had a residency permit. He was told he had to apply for that from Japan.
"I feel like I am getting the run-around," Matsui said."It's like I am in a bad movie."
He said he plans to go to Japan to attempt to get a residency permit, but will have to continue to pay $170 per day for his belongings that are locked up in Bremen port.
Schroeder has said up to 20,000 computer specialists from abroad would receive special U.S.-style"Green Card" residency permits to help alleviate a chronic shortage in the sector.
His invitation has drawn sharp criticism from some conservative politicians opposed to allowing foreign workers into Germany, where the unemployment rate stands at 10 percent.
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Kommentar: Nicht zu glauben!

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>Kommentar: Nicht zu glauben!

Lieber Jürgen,

wer sich (als Deutscher) jemals in diesem Lande selbständig gemacht hat, glaubt diese Story sofort und unbesehen.

Alleine die Diskussionen um diese unsäglichen green cards (welch ein Name, soll dies Assoziationen mit der nicht vergleichbaren amerikanischen Einwanderungspolitik wecken?!?) zeigen, dass es den Deutschen noch viel zu gut geht, um effektive, durchgreifende Reformen anzupacken: z.B. denke ich an das Hickhack und die geradezu schwachsinnigen Regelungsvorschläge zu den Aufenthalts- und Arbeitserlaubnissen der Partner(innen) der anzuwerbenden Spezialisten.
Man kann im Interesse Indiens nur hoffen, dass die deutschen Partikularinteressenvertreter so weitermachen; dann nämlich droht Indiens Wirtschaft keinerlei Ungemach von Deutschland, ein weiterer Aderlass der dort ausgebildeten Elite ist dann nicht zu befürchten.

Grüsse


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