EU policy to non-EU workers. Curtailing bureaucracy and corruption.

Defensor del Pueblo Europeo no tenía la información solicitada.

Dear European Ombudsman,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

Guideslines for member states policy regarding the issuing of work permits to non-EU citizens. If a non-EU applicant fulfills all criteria for receiving a temporary residence and work permit in a EU member state, what processing time is acceptable for the bureaucracy to issue work and residence permit?

Background: I learned that in one EU country applications are processed in a few moths or even less, in others applicants have to wait up to a year and are even expected to pay bribes (!) in order to speed up the process.

Are there any measures in place for harmonizing the approach
towards non-EU workers, and avoiding corruption by labor office / migrant office employees?

Yours faithfully,

Tobias Weihmann

BONNOR Peter, Defensor del Pueblo Europeo

Dear M Weihmann,
 
In response to your request of 17 September 2012, please be informed that
the European Ombudsman does not possess the documents, or the kind of
documents, referred to in your e-mail. For this reason, your request
cannot be handled as an application for public access to documents under
Regulation 1049/2001.
 
I would like to advise you to contact the European Union's central
information service if you wish to pursue your search for the said
documents: [1]http://europa.eu/europedirect/index_en.htm
 
Kind regards,
 
Peter Bonnor 
Head of Registry 

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