When the financial situation becomes very difficult, and the visible prospects are less and less, then the question arises involuntarily: "Where to emigrate from Russia?" After all, I want to live in a calm, stable country where citizens are confident in their future and are not afraid of endless changes in legislation and government.
The United States, Germany, Australia, Canada and most countries of Western Europe are still leading in the list of countries where our citizens strive to get. Recently, immigration to Norway has become especially popular. This calm northern country attracts with its well-developed social protection and high standard of living. Norway is often jokingly called the "country of developed socialism", and this joke is not far from the truth.
Life in Norway
This country is an example of the proper use of the enormous funds annually coming to the budget through the sale of natural resources. The main wealth of Norway is oil and seafood. For many years, the country's GDP ranks first in the world.
Unemployment and inflation are the lowest in Europe - about 3%.
The tax policy is structured in such a way that there are no poor, but no extremely rich people in the country. But there is a well-formed middle class with earnings from 20 to 60 thousand dollars a year (in terms of Norwegian kroner).
Norwegians are considered one of the oldest peoples in Europe, the vast majority of citizens are over 66 years old. At the same time , life expectancy is one of the highest in the world: for women it is 83 years, and for men - 79 years. Of course, this leads to a large burden on the pension fund. Incidentally, it is the largest in Europe, and acts as the country's stabilization fund .
The state conducts a large number of social programs designed, including, and for immigrants. For example, this includes 300 hours of free language courses, significant payments at birth, social housing and medical care programs.
Therefore, the number of people wishing to enter this social paradise from year to year only increases. Currently, about 10% of the population are official immigrants from other countries.
How to emigrate to Norway
The government adheres to a rather strict migration policy, so there are not many ways to get here.
1. Asylum
Under this program, immigration to Norway is available to refugees from areas of active hostilities, as well as to citizens who have been severely persecuted by the authorities in their homeland.
Such permission to stay in the country is not received by many who wish - about 5-7% of applicants.
2. Training
If you want to study at Norwegian universities, then you can easily draw up documents. And during the course of study there is often a welcome employer who organizes further stay in the country.
By the way, among native Norwegians, the level of education is quite low: only a quarter of the population has higher education, and only 7% have academic degrees.
3. Marriage
Close relatives of Norwegian citizens, including husband or wife, are entitled to stay in the country. This is a very popular way of immigration. Recently, the number of marriages with foreigners in Norway has doubled and continues to increase.
4. Work
Immigration to Norway is most often carried out using a work visa. Every year, many seasonal vacancies are opened from the fields of service, construction, oil production. The work is usually unskilled and hard, but the pay for it is quite high, by our standards, from 1,500 to 3,000 dollars per month, net of taxes.
Options for residence and residence permit
Having officially entered the country, you can get a residence permit, work permit and residence permit. If only a residence permit is issued, then it is impossible to obtain an official job.
A work visa allows you to work in any field, except for public services, implying citizenship.
A residence permit is never issued immediately upon arrival, even if the applicant has married a Norwegian citizen. You can get a residence permit only after three years of official residence in the country.
It is possible to apply for citizenship after obtaining a residence permit and seven years of residence without violating the law.
As you can see, immigration to Norway is not easy, but possible. Refugees, as a rule, receive the maximum amount of state support, but labor migrants, especially from EU countries, do not have such wide access to social programs. So once again weigh your desires, opportunities - and go for it. Act as officially as possible, respect the Norwegian laws, and then everything will turn out!