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	<description>The Definitive Guide to the European Union Blue Card</description>
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		<title>Blue Card vs. Green Card</title>
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Expatica.com has an interesting article out today comparing the EU Blue Card to the US Green Card.  It compares the cards on the basis of permanent residency, permissions, and application criteria.  Check it out.
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		<link>http://www.bluecardinfo.com/blog/blue-card-vs-green-card/</link>
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		<title>EU Blue Card Approved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 25, 2009, the Council of the European Union adopted the Blue Card Directive.  The aim of this directive is to make it easier for highly skilled workers to immigrate to EU countries for work by creating a fast track procedure for the EU Blue Card.  EU member states have two years now to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bluecardinfo.com/blog/eu-blue-card-approved/</link>
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		<title>A Threat to the US?  The Controversy Continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How much of a threat will the European Union's Blue Card be to the supply of highly skilled workers for the US?
Currently, US Green Card applications can take up to 10 years, averaging 3 to 5 years.  The proposed EU Blue card on the other hand will process applications in 30-90 days.  For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bluecardinfo.com/blog/a-threat-to-the-us-the-controversy-continues/</link>
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		<title>German Resistance to Blue Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article in Germany's Deutsche Welle, Germany Suspicious About EU Blue Card Plan, expresses a number of common worries of several EU member states.Â  The article states that Germany's primary concern is "that the EU might eventually impose quotas on the number of immigrants who can enter individual member states".Â  The EUÂ Commission [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bluecardinfo.com/blog/german-resistance-to-blue-card/</link>
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		<title>UK Telegraph Article off the Mark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this UK Telegraph article the author claims that now is a bad time for Brussels to propose it's "Blue Card Scheme".  The author mentions problems with illegal immigration and strain on social services due to the influx of immigrants.  The problem with his analysis is the Blue Card proposal would not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bluecardinfo.com/blog/uk-telegraph-article-off-the-mark/</link>
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		<title>The New EU Blue Card Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plans for the new EU Blue Card were just unveiled on October 23, 2007 and there is already a firestorm of controversy.  As a non European Union national who spends almost half of every year in Europe, this topic is very important to me.  On this blog I'll keep you up to date [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bluecardinfo.com/blog/the-new-eu-blue-card-blog/</link>
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