Definition(s)
The residence permit bearing the term EU Blue Card entitling its holder to reside and work in the territory of a EU Member State under the terms of Directive (EU) 2021/1883 (Recast Blue Card Directive).
Source(s)
Art. 2(3) of Directive (EU) 2021/1883 (Recast Blue Card Directive)
Translations
- BG: синя карта на ЕС
- CS: modrá karta EU
- DE: Blaue Karte EU
- EL: μπλε κάρτα της ΕΕ
- EN: EU Blue Card
- ES: tarjeta azul UE
- ET: Euroopa Liidu sinine kaart
- FI: EU:n sininen kortti
- FR: carte bleue européenne
- GA: cárta gorm an AE
- HR: EU plava karta
- HU: EU Kék Kártya
- IT: Carta blu UE
- LT: ES mėlynoji kortelė
- LV: ES zilā karte
- MT: Karta (Il-) Blu tal-UE
- NL: Europese blauwe kaart / EU Blue Card
- PL: Niebieska Karta UE
- PT: cartão azul UE
- RO: Cartea Albastră a UE
- SK: modrá karta Európskej únie / modrá karta EÚ
- SL: modra karta EU
- SV: EU-blåkort
- NO: EU-blåkort
- KA: ევროკავშირის ლურჯი ბარათი
- UK: Блакитна картка ЄС
- HY: ԵՄ կապույտ քարտ
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Note(s)
- An EU Blue Card gives highly-qualified workers from outside the EU the right to live and work in an EU country, provided they have higher professional qualifications, such as a university degree, and an employment contract or a binding job offer for at least one year with a high salary compared to the average in the EU country where the job is. Third-country nationals can stay and work for a period of between one and four years in the EU Member State who granted them the EU Blue Card. The EU Blue Card applies in 25 of the 27 EU countries. It does not apply in DK and IE.
- Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive) outlines the rights of beneficiaries of international protection, including access to the labour market in the EU Member State that granted them international protection. Highly qualified beneficiaries of international protection are entitled to apply for an EU Blue Card in other EU Member States to improve their job opportunities across the European Union. In those Member States, they would be subject to the same rules as other third-country nationals under the EU Blue Card Directive. However, this should not affect their status in the EU Member State that originally granted them international protection. Additionally, beneficiaries of international protection are also entitled to apply for an EU Blue Card in the EU Member State that granted them protection, but in such cases, certain provisions related to equal treatment and family reunification do not apply for legal clarity and coherence.
- Art.9(4) of the Recast EU Blue Card Directive stipulates that when an EU Member State issues an EU Blue Card to a third-country national who has been granted international protection by that EU Member State, the issued EU Blue Card should include a remark under the heading 'Remarks' stating: "International protection granted by [name of the EU Member State] on [date]." If the EU Member State later withdraws the international protection granted to the EU Blue Card holder, it should, when appropriate, issue a new EU Blue Card without this remark. Furthermore, according to Art. 9(5) of the same Directive, when an EU Blue Card is issued by an EU Member State to a third-country national who is a beneficiary of international protection in another EU Member State, the issued EU Blue Card should contain a remark under the heading 'Remarks' stating: "International protection granted by [name of the EU Member State] on [date]."
- EU Member States are required to issue a residence permit, in line with Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002, to EU Blue Card holders who meet the conditions specified in Art. 18 of this Directive for obtaining EU long-term resident status. The residence permit mentioned in Par. 1 shall include, under the heading 'remarks,' the notation 'Former EU Blue Card holder' as entered by EU Member States.