The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties will discuss, on the 1st of December, the report by Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA, German) on the revision of the directive concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast).
In his report, published on Monday 14 November and sent to journalists, the MEP wants to promote free movement in the EU of third-country nationals with long-term resident status and to encourage the maintenance of rights if they change Member State or company.
The MEP introduced “a number of changes aiming to achieve a level playing field in terms of rights, procedures and advantages between national and EU long-term residence permits”, he explained in a statement.
And while the directive defines the conditions under which third-country nationals who have resided legally and continuously in a Member State for at least five years can obtain “EU long-term resident status“, the MEP suggests reducing the required residence periods from five to three years.
Another amendment would allow “third-country nationals under temporary contracts (e.g. seasonal workers or au pairs), as well as beneficiaries of temporary protection (e.g. Ukrainians) to apply for the status, as long as they fulfil the conditions set in the law”.
Family members of a long-term resident in the EU should also be able to take up jobs immediately. “I propose that their children get their residence permit automatically by birth”, adds the MEP, who foresees that these children do not need to be born in the EU to obtain this automatic permit.
Link to the report: https://aeur.eu/f/41x (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)