Netherlands: Migrant scheme eased to attract more Indian professionals
May 01, 2009
The Netherlands is hoping to attract more skilled Indian professionals into the country by relaxing the terms of an existing knowledge migrant (KM) scheme and simplifying the immigration process.
"We are working towards making the KM scheme even more flexible whereby the skilled workers who go to the Netherlands under this scheme are able to move to other countries in EU seamlessly if their work demands. This is a good time for skilled Indian professionals to move to the Netherlands and we are working towards making the immigration process easier for them," said Robert Schipper, executive director (India) of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA).
Over 3,000 Indian professionals, mainly from the information technology and communication segments, have so far moved into the Netherlands ever since the KM scheme was launched in 2006 targeting skilled non-EU workers. This makes them the largest such group, according to the Dutch national statistics office CBS.
The Economic Times
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