Czech Republic: the citizens of 12 new countries are eligible for green cards

A list of countries whose citizens will be entitled to the green card was published in the collection of laws on December 29, 2008. This card, which contains a residence and a labor permit, is aimed at fighting against the shortage of skilled workforce which is threatening the country (see our dispatch No. 080849.) (Ref. 090049)
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The list has been prepared by the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and includes the following 12 countries: the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand; former Yugoslavian states: Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia (FYROM); Ukraine and two Asian states: Japan and South Korea. Vietnam was surprisingly omitted, despite the fact that the Vietnamese community is the Czech Republic’s third largest minority with som

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