Yes, IT professionals can apply for an EU Blue Card. The individual must have academic or post-secondary educational qualifications in IT to be eligible. Higher professional qualifications with duration of at least three years (diploma, certificate, etc.) of a post-secondary education program will be accepted by any of the EU countries offering a Blue card. The EU member state country needs to recognize your educational qualifications as an IT professional. Some EU member states also allow IT professionals with no qualifications to apply for an EU Blue card, provided they have at least 3-5 years of professional work experience. To acquire an EU Blue card, an IT professional must also have a valid employment offer from the EU state country they wish to work in.
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List of EU Countries that accept higher professional experience if educational qualifications for IT are not met
Educational qualifications are a criterion for applying for an EU Blue Card. However, certain EU countries consider a higher level of professional experience if the individual does not have educational qualifications.
Given below is the list of EU member state countries that accept IT professionals with no educational qualifications:
- Germany
- Estonia
- Greece
- Spain
- France
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Poland
- Portugal
- Sweden
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How do you apply for an EU Blue Card as an IT professional with no qualifications?
Some EU member state countries allow IT professionals with no qualifications to apply for the EU Blue Card. However, they must have relevant professional experience to qualify in such special cases.
For example, Germany allows IT specialists to register for an EU Blue card without formal qualifications.
In such cases, the following criteria given below must be fulfilled:
- Show evidence that you have an employment offer as an IT specialist in Germany. The employment duration must be at least six months.
- The job offered in the country must be a minimum of €41,041.80
- You must have professional experience of at least three years as an IT specialist. The experience can be gained at a university level.
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