TheCityDweller 

If I had only a #US passport I could not get a #permanentresidence in #Germany unless marrying someone with a passport with a #citizenship of the #EuropeanUnion

Hätte ich nur eine #USA Staatsbürgerschaft würde ich keine permanente Aufenthaltsberechtigung für Deutschland erhalten ohne Heirat eines Menschen mit #EU-Pass.
Warum? Why? Kein #Hochschulabschluss - no #degree.
The #US accepted me without degree.

The #EU only wants graduates. #Formal papers are everything in #Europe. #Immigration

Jan 28, 2023 at 12:21amWeb
Show threadTheCityDweller Jan 28, 2023
In #Europe you do not study because the field fascinates you. You study to get the paper saying you have a Bachelor or Master to nourish the family. And you have strong unions always pushing away people without that paper so that "your graduate paper is preferred".
Show threadTheCityDweller Jan 28, 2023

I had a guy at the University of Konstanz who bluntly told me that he was not interested at all about what he did for the Master and what he does now - he explained to me that he did all the studies for bachelor and then master "to nourish the family and to afford a house". And he is still not interested in the work he does.

Because he knew in #Germany in the public service sector the salary is dependent on your #degree, not on your work.

How can people live like this?