Posted on 01/10/2006 10:51:10 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
Increasing numbers of foreign women are being dumped by their Norwegian husbands before they become eligible for permanent residency. That often means the women get sent out of the country, or have already left and can't return. In Pakistan, the situation has become so dramatic that the Norwegian embassy in Islamabad has sent a warning to Norwegian authorities back home. The warning noted that embassy officials have been contacted by more and more women who view themselves as being dumped in Pakistan, after having married an ethnic Pakistani man with Norwegian residence. Newspaper VG referred to parts of the warning in Tuesday's edition. Exploiting a three-year requirement In practice, that means foreigners arriving in Norway with a Norwegian spouse can be granted temporary residence permission (oppholdstillatelse) and even working permission (arbeidstillatelse) almost automatically. But permanent residency permission, also known as a settlement permit (bosettningstillatelse), won't be granted unless the foreigner continues to satisfy requirements after three years. If, for example, the Norwegian spouse ends the marriage within three years, the foreign spouse can be denied permanent residency, because the Norwegian authorities can insist the applicant no longer has a reason to be in Norway. The Norwegian spouse can, in a way, get the authorities to literally get rid of the former foreign spouse. Tove Smaadahl of a Norwegian crisis center group (Krisesentersekretariatet) said the exploitation of women is a global problem, and that it shouldn't be only associated with non-ethnic Norwegians who dump wives back in Pakistan, for example. "Both Norwegian and foreign men dump women before the three years are up," she said. "These women must receive residence permission, and help."
The men with Norwegian citizenship or permanent Norwegian residency are able to take advantage of Norway's immigration rules. They require that foreigners, both men and women alike, be legally resident in Norway for a minimum of three years before permanent residency (the equivalency of a "green card" in the US) can be granted.
A trade in program, cool.
No, they're doing the same thing that Pakis do to American women. They marry them to get their residency or citizenship here then dump them either here or in Pakistan. It's not a real popular issue because it involves American women and Islamofacists taking advantage of them. Or in this case Norweigen women.
If I were an American woman, the last thing I would want to do would be to marry a Muslim man. But hey - call me crazy.
Call me crazy too.
Seems to me that this is some scheme to get a new, fresh, young wife every 3 years.
Could this have been worded better?
Seems more like a way to get an endless string of trophy wives with little worries regarding alimony.
I guess that makes three of us....
The more foreigners who are dumped by the Norwegians, the better. This is excellent news! Why anyone would marry someone from Pakistan is beyond my comprehension.
How does it not make sense? They get married, stay here or 3 years while in school or whatever, then aftery they get their citizenship they skip back to the home country without the wife, and usually with a child or two.
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