Not to get too political here, nor rain on anybody`s parade, but there is a new proposal (or maybe the law has already passed?) which restricts the number of asylum seekers radically. The background is that there really has been no control regarding this, so foreigners have come, done a few weeks in an asylum camp, and then simply disappeared. The government has no idea as to their whereabouts, nor their true background
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But that is for asylum seekers. You might just get a different opinion if you`re arriving as an educated person with a background that checks out. But a work permit would be your best bet still.