EU Immigration Portal

Valeria SETTIEuropean Commission

DG Home AffairsUnit B1: Immigration and Integration

15th Meeting of the FP7 NCPs for the

People Programme

•What is the EU Immigration Portal?

•Objectives of the EU Immigration Portal

•2013 and beyond

•Key figures

•Focus on researchers

What is the EU Immigration Portal?

• A website for nationals from outside the EU interested in moving to the EU

• Up-to-date, practical information on EU and national immigration procedures and policies

– More than 600 pages of text on EU legislation, immigration policies and procedures of the 28 MS

– Reference to further information on official external websites

• Vast contact directory of governmental and non-governmental organisations for migrants

Objectives of the EU Immigration Portal

• Inform prospective migrants, migrants already in the EU and other stakeholders (governments and NGOs) about a variety of topics related to immigration

• Demonstrate that legal migration is possible and even attractive for specific categories of immigrants that are needed in the EU

• Describe the risks related to irregular migration, such as trafficking and smuggling

• Help prospective migrants to comply with national immigration rules

November 2011: English and FrenchCurrently around 18.000 visits/month

2013 and beyond

• January 2013: Portal de Inmigración de la UE (ES)

• October 2013: بوابة الهجرة لالتحاد األوروبي (AR)

• Soon to be launched: Portuguese version (PT)

• Mandarin? Russian? … ?

Visitors per month since launch

Where do visitors come from?

Updated: 18/11/2013

United StatesChinaJordanIndia RussiaAlgeriaEgyptCanada

Information on EU-wide rules

• Conditions to meet

• Documents

• Length of permit

• Refusal/withdrawal

• Rights

• …

Information on national procedures

Recent & upcoming developments

1) Proposal for recast of students & researchers Directive (main changes):

Procedural guarantees (60-day limit)

Intra-EU mobility

Access to labour market

Recent & upcoming developments

2) Visa Code (2010)

evaluation of implementation and impact assessment

intention to propose amendements to ensure it fosters economic growth and cultural exchanges, by facilitating the travel to the EU of legitimate travellers (including researchers)

EU Immigration Portalhttp://ec.europa.eu/immigration

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

EU Immigration Portalhttp://ec.europa.eu/immigration