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Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

aforarnold wrote: post #68

I am not sure what would be the "best" next step, but I want to leave Syria asap. Planning to move to Iraq first then I will go for the next destination. As far as discussed seems I dont need asylum because I do have some skill set that can be fit into a job market. But will I be able to live there for couple of years? This is getting crazy here and I dont know how long I will have the internet connection and other t…

I would advise against the asylum route for all the reasons that others have already mentioned.

What you could do right now is to travel to Turkey and apply for a German tourist visa there. Once you are in Germany and out of harm's way you can think about your next steps.

This page says that the German embassy in Ankara or the Istanbul consulate will process your visa application while the Damascus office remains closed: http://www.ankara.diplo.de/Vertretung/ankara/de/06__Visa/Vis...

Here are the tourist visa guidelines in arabic: http://www.beirut.diplo.de/contentblob/3951508/Daten/3401582...

I wish you the best of luck!

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by fab1an »

antocv wrote: post #26

Skip Germany and go to Sweden or England, where people are more than happy to speak English, and there is already many Syrians in Sweden, especially in Sodertalje. Sweden will accept you based on your skills far more easily than Germany, all you need is to find a job, and right now the market is open for a guy of your skills - programmers are in high demand. Look around on various Sweden/Stockholm job posting sites,…

Seeking asylum in Germany is terrible, agreed, but it is so much easier to get a work permit visa here when you do have a job offer - good luck trying to get the work permit in the UK. In OP's case the best scenario would be to get a job offer from a Berlin based company and have the company apply for te work permit - it's a streamlined process that takes around 4 weeks.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by JonnieCache »

jusben1369 wrote: post #128
JonnieCache wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The English Defence League's stature within society can be easily understood by the fact that their homepage is outranked on google by the English Disco Lovers, a group set up specifically to steal their acronym.

Although in all fairness that could say a great deal about the passion the English have for disco that was previously untapped until this group was formed (is it wrong to joke about such a serious topic?)

Making jokes at the expensive of fascists is a proud tradition. Long may it continue. It guards against their language and mythos being taken seriously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by level09 »

mkl wrote: post #93
level09 wrote: post #86

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Not really, if you are a woman that would triple your chances of finding Jobs and great life. The amount of respect and importance women get in Dubai is incomparable to any other country.

Rape victims can be jailed for over a year for "extramarital sex". That is not respect. http://www.ibtimes.com/dubai-safe-female-travelers-norwegian...

People like to generalize a lot.

for someone who lived in Dubai for 5+ years, I find those stories really strange. the city is really different than what you get from Media.

the government give a lot of privileges to western residents that's why the local population is nearly 18% of the total population.

Dubai has a lot of problems with its social system, but these sex/rape stories are definitely not the major ones, and its totally uncommon to read such stories.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by kleiba »

Tichy wrote: post #137
kleiba wrote: post #136

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- software development is an in-demand job ("Mangelberuf") - €39,192/year [...] is above the standard salary that you'd find for development positions at Berlin startups Are you sure about that? Somehow these two statement don't sound like they can go together, I think. Wouldn't that be a ridiculously low salary for a European capital, even for startups?

I think he probably made a typo and meant to write "below" instead of "above".

Oh, I see. Thanks, I didn't get that.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by DrinkWater »

wheels wrote: post #110

There's a lot of bad information here on Berlin. For context, I'm a non-EU software developer that lives in Berlin and now has permanent residence, as is my girlfriend. Germany is actually one of the easiest countries to get an immigrant work visa for. I would recommend skipping seeking asylum. There's a large enough job market in Berlin for developers that the work visa route will almost certainly be the fastest and…

This route is very unlikely, considering that virtually everybody knows about the current situation in Syria. It may make him look suspicious, at best.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by gnaffle »

level09 wrote: post #120
gnaffle wrote: post #118

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Did they give a reason (that she was Syrian)?

Yes, they would initially say all is okay. once she pulls the Syrian passport they say: Sorry, we can't open the account. if any one is in berlin and can guide me to a bank that won't mind opening an account for a Syrian citizen, I would really appreciate it. Sadly, this was not the only case we encounter, you can read about a similar story happened to my family here : http://nidalalhariri.com/post/55999109847/airbnb…

I'm not German, but I know from experience how many will not call you back if you just have a foreign sounding name. I really thought banks would be different though, I guess there must be many Syrian people in Germany and they all need bank accounts. I would guess that there are some organization for immigrants or even some for Syrian immigrants in Germany, and they could probably help you out with some recommendations.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Post by realrocker »

illumen wrote: post #32

German immigration lawyers who specialise in software developers. I can recommend them. http://www.vpmk.de/ Berlin is very welcoming to qualified software devs. Best of luck!

Is it really? Would love to work in Berlin for a while.
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