The right-wing parties like Dansk Folkeparti have recently begun talking about a reform in which new immigrants wouldn't be eligible for social welfare for the first one or two years. I am strongly against such legislation because it makes potential high-caliber immigrants feel like milk cattle. When you're a newly arrived immigrant in the highest tax bracket, you deserve at least the same basic level of social welfare as everyone else in the country, from day one. From a marketing perspective, Denmark's social system is one of its greatest strengths. Were you to listen to Danish politicians, you'd think the country had a monopoly on creativity and innovation. The reality is that Denmark is solid in those areas but not enough of a stand-out to make it a unique selling point. If the country wants to draw more highly skilled immigrants, it needs to make them feel welcomed.
No immigrant anywhere expects access to the social welfare system immediately. As an expat Dane I am not elligible to use the health system either for the first 6 months I'm in the country.
I doubt very much if any of the must immigrant friendly countries like Canada and Australia would be pushing a bunch of social services on their immigrants and they are considerably more popular with highly qualified people than Denmark.
When I went back to Denmark (I left again thank you very much) with my foreign wife, we had to go through the most ridiculous deceitful process of immigration I have ever seen.
Then they wanted my wife to take that start hjælp money and press her into a cleaning job. I told them to stick their integration process and starthjælp up where it belongs and not bother us anymore as we were not there permanently and were specifically not interested in integrating in a bull shit society.
Supposing I were a topskat-paying immigrant, newly arrived in Denmark, you better believe I'd expect the usual level of healthcare and childcare services. Unemployment benefits and the like are a different matter. The expectation is that you came to Denmark to work and you know what you're doing, so restrictions there make perfect sense.
As for how it works in other countries, here's an example. When I worked in Korea, I paid the mandatory government healthcare tax (it was a few percent) and thereby received the same level of treatment as everyone else. It went into effect as soon as I arrived. That's all I'm talking about. Fair is fair. If you try to turn the system into a one-way street, even if only for the first year or two, you risk pushing away the most attractive would-be entrepreneurs and workers looking to immigrate to the country, exactly the kind of people who have no shortage of options elsewhere.
I'm sorry you had to go through that shit. My fiancee and I visited my parents in Denmark for Christmas. The amount of paperwork to get her a simple two-week sponsored visitor's visa was staggering.
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The right-wing parties like Dansk Folkeparti have recently begun talking about a reform in which new immigrants wouldn't be eligible for social welfare for the first one or two years. I am strongly against such legislation because it makes potential high-caliber immigrants feel like milk cattle. When you're a newly arrived immigrant in the highest tax bracket, you deserve at least the same basic level of social welfare as everyone else in the country, from day one. From a marketing perspective, Denmark's social system is one of its greatest strengths. Were you to listen to Danish politicians, you'd think the country had a monopoly on creativity and innovation. The reality is that Denmark is solid in those areas but not enough of a stand-out to make it a unique selling point. If the country wants to draw more highly skilled immigrants, it needs to make them feel welcomed.
No immigrant anywhere expects access to the social welfare system immediately. As an expat Dane I am not elligible to use the health system either for the first 6 months I'm in the country.
I doubt very much if any of the must immigrant friendly countries like Canada and Australia would be pushing a bunch of social services on their immigrants and they are considerably more popular with highly qualified people than Denmark.
When I went back to Denmark (I left again thank you very much) with my foreign wife, we had to go through the most ridiculous deceitful process of immigration I have ever seen.
Then they wanted my wife to take that start hjælp money and press her into a cleaning job. I told them to stick their integration process and starthjælp up where it belongs and not bother us anymore as we were not there permanently and were specifically not interested in integrating in a bull shit society.
Supposing I were a topskat-paying immigrant, newly arrived in Denmark, you better believe I'd expect the usual level of healthcare and childcare services. Unemployment benefits and the like are a different matter. The expectation is that you came to Denmark to work and you know what you're doing, so restrictions there make perfect sense.
As for how it works in other countries, here's an example. When I worked in Korea, I paid the mandatory government healthcare tax (it was a few percent) and thereby received the same level of treatment as everyone else. It went into effect as soon as I arrived. That's all I'm talking about. Fair is fair. If you try to turn the system into a one-way street, even if only for the first year or two, you risk pushing away the most attractive would-be entrepreneurs and workers looking to immigrate to the country, exactly the kind of people who have no shortage of options elsewhere.
I'm sorry you had to go through that shit. My fiancee and I visited my parents in Denmark for Christmas. The amount of paperwork to get her a simple two-week sponsored visitor's visa was staggering.