Work Permits

A Work Permit will be required for applicants from outside the EEA. An employer will not be able to get a work permit for an applicant if the post can be filled by a UK or EEA resident and therefore are unlikely to consider applicants resident outside the EEA area if the post can be filled from within. NHS employers will indicate in their advertisements whether applicants from outside the UK will be considered.

Do I need a Work Permit?

The following people do not need work permits:

• European Economic Area (EEA) nationals (member countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom).

• People born in Gibraltar.

• Commonwealth citizens who were allowed to enter or to remain in the UK on the basis that a grandparent was born here.

• Husbands, wives and dependent children under 18 of people who hold work permits, or who qualify under any of the above categories or those listed in paragraph 133 as long as the endorsement in their passport places no restriction on their employment here.

• Those who do not have any conditions attached to their stay in the UK.