Work permit
EU citizens
People from another EU country (except for Bulgaria and Romania, see below!) do not need a work permit to be able to work in the UK. This includes people from a European Economic Area country and Switzerland.
EU/EEA countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and UK.
BUT: if you are from one of the countries below, you will have to register under the Worker Registration Scheme if you wish to work for an employer in the United Kingdom for more than one month
For more information about this and registration forms, please visit: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/wrs/workers/
Citizens of Bulgaria and Romania.
Citizens of are not able to work in the UK free of restrictions. In most cases their employer has to apply for a work permit. For more information, see below "Non EU-citizens". Not all categories of employment will require the employer to apply for a work permit. In certain categories citizens of Bulgaria and Romania will only have to apply for an accession worker card. These categories are:
For more information please check http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/bulgariaromania/liveworkuk/
Non EU-citizens
If you are not an EEA citizen, you will need a work permit to be able to work in the UK, unless you have an EEA partner.
The Home Office has announced changes to tier 1 of the points based system for immigration. Tier 1 applicants will now need to hold a Masters degree and earn at least £20 000.
Those affected will still be able to work in the UK under tier 2; requirements under this tier include the job being advertised in the UK first and their employer being registered with the Home Office as a sponsor. As tier 1 applicants do not need a sponsoring company this change could affect members who supply tier 1 workers on a temporary basis. It is not possible to sponsor migrants for temporary jobs. The change is due to take effect on 1st April 2009.
Partnership agreement:
Your partner must be living and working in the UK and be willing to sponsor you. That essentially means that they agree to be financially responsible for you while you are looking for a job or if you happen to lose one. The two of you must prove that you are in a relationship and that you live together. If the relationship should end or one of you should move out, the permit will no longer be valid.
Work permit:
Work permits are issued for a specific individual to work in a specific job. The UK Border Agency only issues work permits for certain types of work and normally only when the employer has been unable to recruit a suitable employee from within the EEA.
There are six kinds of UK work permit arrangements. In addition, there is a Highly Skilled Migrant Program.
Business and Commercial arrangements allow employers in this country to recruit people from outside the EEA to fill a vacancy that may otherwise be filled by a "resident worker."
Training and Work Experience Scheme arrangements enable people from outside the EEA to undertake work-based training for a professional or specialist qualification, or a period of work experience.
Sports and Entertainments arrangements allow employers in this country to employ established sportspeople, entertainers, cultural artists, and some technical or support people from outside the EEA.
Internship arrangements allow students from outside the EEA enrolled in first or higher degree courses overseas to undertake an internship with an employer in this country.
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) arrangements allow employees of companies based outside the European Union to work in the UK on a service contract awarded to their employer by a UK-based organization. This is a special arrangement within the normal work permit rules made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
Sectors Based Scheme (SBS) allows employers in this country to recruit people from outside the EEA to fill vacancies that they are unable to fill with "resident workers." SBS is sector based and currently operates in the hospitality and food manufacturing sectors. SBS only covers those posts within a given sector that are recognized as hard to fill by work permits, and are specified in the "Sectors Based Scheme Guidance Notes." The posts specified in the guidance notes are at a level that would not meet the skills criteria of the Business and Commercial arrangements, but which have been identified as hard to fill within the UK SBS is quota based.
The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) has been replaced by Tier 1 (General), a sub-category of the first tier in the UK's new five-tier points based system. If you are highly skilled and would like to live and work in the UK or you are looking to extend your leave to remain with your current HSMP visa, you will be required to qualify under the new Tier 1 (General) rules.
The Home Office has announced changes to tier 1 of the points based system for immigration. Tier 1 applicants will now need to hold a Masters degree and earn at least £20 000.
Those affected will still be able to work in the UK under tier 2; requirements under this tier include the job being advertised in the UK. As tier 1 applicants do not need a sponsoring company this change could affect members who supply tier 1 workers on a temporary basis. It is not possible to sponsor migrants for temporary jobs. The change is due to take effect on 1st April 2009.
Self-employed general practitioners qualified to practice in the UK may also apply under the Highly Skilled Migrant Program.
You are given permission to stay in the UK for a year to seek work or self-employment opportunities. After a year you can apply to stay for longer but you must be economically active.
For more information on working in the UK please visit http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Please note that Undutchables Recruitment is not in a position to give you any documentation or sponsorship, which will enable you to get a work permit.
Please find below information for EU citizens, non-EU citizens, and highly skilled migrants.
EU citizens
People from another EU country (except for Bulgaria and Romania, see below!) do not need a work permit to be able to work in the UK. This includes people from a European Economic Area country and Switzerland.
EU/EEA countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and UK.
BUT: if you are from one of the countries below, you will have to register under the Worker Registration Scheme if you wish to work for an employer in the United Kingdom for more than one month
- Czech Republic;
- Estonia;
- Hungary;
- Latvia;
- Lithuania;
- Poland;
- Slovakia; or
- Slovenia.
For more information about this and registration forms, please visit: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/wrs/workers/
Citizens of Bulgaria and Romania.
Citizens of are not able to work in the UK free of restrictions. In most cases their employer has to apply for a work permit. For more information, see below "Non EU-citizens". Not all categories of employment will require the employer to apply for a work permit. In certain categories citizens of Bulgaria and Romania will only have to apply for an accession worker card. These categories are:
- airport based operational ground staff of an overseas airline; and
- au pair placements; and
- domestic workers in a private household; and
- ministers of religion, missionaries or members of a religious order; and
- overseas government employment; and
- postgraduate doctors, dentists and trainee general practitioners; and
- private servants in a diplomatic household; and
- representatives of an overseas newspaper; news agency or broadcasting agency; and
- sole representatives; and
- teachers or language assistants on an approved exchange scheme; and
- overseas qualified nurses coming for a period of supervised practice
For more information please check http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/bulgariaromania/liveworkuk/
Non EU-citizens
If you are not an EEA citizen, you will need a work permit to be able to work in the UK, unless you have an EEA partner.
The Home Office has announced changes to tier 1 of the points based system for immigration. Tier 1 applicants will now need to hold a Masters degree and earn at least £20 000.
Those affected will still be able to work in the UK under tier 2; requirements under this tier include the job being advertised in the UK first and their employer being registered with the Home Office as a sponsor. As tier 1 applicants do not need a sponsoring company this change could affect members who supply tier 1 workers on a temporary basis. It is not possible to sponsor migrants for temporary jobs. The change is due to take effect on 1st April 2009.
Partnership agreement:
Your partner must be living and working in the UK and be willing to sponsor you. That essentially means that they agree to be financially responsible for you while you are looking for a job or if you happen to lose one. The two of you must prove that you are in a relationship and that you live together. If the relationship should end or one of you should move out, the permit will no longer be valid.
Work permit:
Work permits are issued for a specific individual to work in a specific job. The UK Border Agency only issues work permits for certain types of work and normally only when the employer has been unable to recruit a suitable employee from within the EEA.
There are six kinds of UK work permit arrangements. In addition, there is a Highly Skilled Migrant Program.
Business and Commercial arrangements allow employers in this country to recruit people from outside the EEA to fill a vacancy that may otherwise be filled by a "resident worker."
Training and Work Experience Scheme arrangements enable people from outside the EEA to undertake work-based training for a professional or specialist qualification, or a period of work experience.
Sports and Entertainments arrangements allow employers in this country to employ established sportspeople, entertainers, cultural artists, and some technical or support people from outside the EEA.
Internship arrangements allow students from outside the EEA enrolled in first or higher degree courses overseas to undertake an internship with an employer in this country.
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) arrangements allow employees of companies based outside the European Union to work in the UK on a service contract awarded to their employer by a UK-based organization. This is a special arrangement within the normal work permit rules made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
Sectors Based Scheme (SBS) allows employers in this country to recruit people from outside the EEA to fill vacancies that they are unable to fill with "resident workers." SBS is sector based and currently operates in the hospitality and food manufacturing sectors. SBS only covers those posts within a given sector that are recognized as hard to fill by work permits, and are specified in the "Sectors Based Scheme Guidance Notes." The posts specified in the guidance notes are at a level that would not meet the skills criteria of the Business and Commercial arrangements, but which have been identified as hard to fill within the UK SBS is quota based.
The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) has been replaced by Tier 1 (General), a sub-category of the first tier in the UK's new five-tier points based system. If you are highly skilled and would like to live and work in the UK or you are looking to extend your leave to remain with your current HSMP visa, you will be required to qualify under the new Tier 1 (General) rules.
The Home Office has announced changes to tier 1 of the points based system for immigration. Tier 1 applicants will now need to hold a Masters degree and earn at least £20 000.
Those affected will still be able to work in the UK under tier 2; requirements under this tier include the job being advertised in the UK. As tier 1 applicants do not need a sponsoring company this change could affect members who supply tier 1 workers on a temporary basis. It is not possible to sponsor migrants for temporary jobs. The change is due to take effect on 1st April 2009.
Self-employed general practitioners qualified to practice in the UK may also apply under the Highly Skilled Migrant Program.
You are given permission to stay in the UK for a year to seek work or self-employment opportunities. After a year you can apply to stay for longer but you must be economically active.
For more information on working in the UK please visit http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Please note that Undutchables Recruitment is not in a position to give you any documentation or sponsorship, which will enable you to get a work permit.
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