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\u00bbI understand that countries have to regulate immigration. I have tried to follow all the rules, but now I can do nothing but wait. It is frustrating,\u00ab says American Master\u2019s student Amy Clotworthy.<\/p>\n

Read the article ‘Visa restrictions are scaring off the talent’ here. <\/a><\/p>\n

At the moment, she is putting the finishing touches on her Master\u2019s dissertation in Applied Cultural Analysis.
\nAs an academic who now speaks fluent Danish, Amy seems to be the kind of immigrant that the Danish labour market is crying out for. <\/p>\n

According to figures from the Danish think tank Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE), Denmark will need 100,000 extra people with a higher education in 2019. But ever-tighter rules and tortuous bureaucracy make staying here an endless tale of paperwork, uncertainty and waiting. <\/p>\n

Five months on, and not a word<\/h2>\n

Amy has studied at the University of Copenhagen for the past two years on a student visa. Her visa ran out on 15 September, but as she will hand in her dissertation on 2 December, she needed a visa extension. <\/p>\n

\u00bbI knew that I had to apply for a student extension. I could do that 3 months before my visa ran out at the earliest, so I sent my application on 15 June,\u00ab she explains. \u00bbThey said it would take 3 months.\u00ab <\/p>\n

But five months on, she is still waiting for her application to be approved. <\/p>\n

\u00bbI am here legally while they are processing my case, but there is still an element of uncertainty. If I am denied the extension, I can appeal. But that is like falling into a void of paperwork.\u00ab<\/p>\n

See the article ‘Apply for visa on time or you’re out’ here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Disheartening<\/h2>\n

\u00bbEven if I get approved, it still only lasts until March. And what then? It is endless,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n

Even if the extension is granted, Amy is faced with the prospect of starting the whole process again to apply for a 3-year green card work permit. And that means more visits to the Immigration Service office, which is time-consuming, she says. <\/p>\n

\u00bbYou have to plan to spend an entire day there. It takes a good 3 or 4 hours. I am willing to go through all this, but the delays are just so disheartening,\u00ab she explains. <\/p>\n

Hopes employers are not put off<\/h2>\n

For Amy, the new regulations have made an already frustrating process even more confusing.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI have already dealt with this system for 3 years \u2013 figuring out the specifics of what the government wants and trying to live up to them. I pay my taxes and I paid for my own language lessons. Now the goalposts moved again. I have to figure out where I fit in,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n

\u00bbBecause the government wants to keep some people out, they have made the process even more difficult for everyone. It is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater,\u00ab she says. \u00bbAcademics ought to get a free pass.\u00ab<\/p>\n

luci@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

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Her visa ran out on 15 September, but as she will hand in her dissertation on 2 December, she needed a visa extension. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI knew that I had to apply for a student extension. I could do that 3 months before my visa ran out at the earliest, so I sent my application on 15 June,\u00ab she explains. \u00bbThey said it would take 3 months.\u00ab <\/p>\n<p>But five months on, she is still waiting for her application to be approved. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI am here legally while they are processing my case, but there is still an element of uncertainty. If I am denied the extension, I can appeal. But that is like falling into a void of paperwork.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Node\/8256\" target=\"_blank\">See the article ‘Apply for visa on time or you’re out’ here. <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Disheartening<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbEven if I get approved, it still only lasts until March. And what then? It is endless,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the extension is granted, Amy is faced with the prospect of starting the whole process again to apply for a 3-year green card work permit. And that means more visits to the Immigration Service office, which is time-consuming, she says. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYou have to plan to spend an entire day there. It takes a good 3 or 4 hours. I am willing to go through all this, but the delays are just so disheartening,\u00ab she explains. <\/p>\n<h2>Hopes employers are not put off<\/h2>\n<p>For Amy, the new regulations have made an already frustrating process even more confusing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI have already dealt with this system for 3 years \u2013 figuring out the specifics of what the government wants and trying to live up to them. I pay my taxes and I paid for my own language lessons. Now the goalposts moved again. I have to figure out where I fit in,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBecause the government wants to keep some people out, they have made the process even more difficult for everyone. It is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater,\u00ab she says. \u00bbAcademics ought to get a free pass.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>luci@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1036,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11492,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Forside_teaser_-_the_bureaucratic_abyss-1280x998.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37974,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21495\/revisions\/37974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}