Austria presently is facing acute skill shortage. The solution for this situation has been sought by looking for required skills outside the country. Austria has come up with the work permit called “red white red” for attracting non-EU workers in to the Austria job market.

This work permit is on the same lines to the work permit designations in other countries like Canada, UK, Denmark and Australia. To be eligible for the Austrian work permit one has to qualify under certain criteria like age, education, work experience and your language skills.

The skills scarcity will become more prominent in the coming years, and importing the right skilled workers is the key strategy according to Rudolf Hundstorfer the Social Affairs Minister Austria.

The employment of non-EU workers in Austria is very difficult presently. The introduction of the “red white red” work permit has marked an important turning point in the transformation of the Austrian immigration policy.

The entire European Union is facing shrinkage in the labor market that is because many people retire every year from the post and other factors. The EU is looking forward to non-EU skilled professionals migrating and filling up this void. The EU Commission is in fact pressurizing for an EU Blue Card visa.

This EU Blue Card visa will confer citizenship to non-EU skilled professional. With this immense opportunity visa one could work anywhere in the EU as long as you have a job offer in hand. This visa would also enable the non-EU citizen to tag along his/her family. Depending upon the job or the needs one could relocate to any country in the EU.