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For EU nationals wishing to work in other EU countries

If you are a national of an EU member state that was a part of the EU before May 1, 2004 (these are: Luxemburg, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, France, Sweden, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, UK, Iceland) you should normally be allowed to live and work in any other of these countries. You will need a valid identity card or passport.

At present, the newest Eastern European EU member states (these are: Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) have the right to live and work in Sweden, the UK and Ireland. The remaining old EU countries have kept restrictions in place that prevent new EU member state workers from easily working there. However, Spain, Portugal and Finland announced that they, too, will allow new EU member state workers starting in spring 2006.

There are no restrictions on workers from the other two newest EU member states, Cyprus and Malta.

EU nationals from old member states wishing to work in new EU member states will have to check with each country regarding their ability to work there. Some new Member States have chosen to impose equivalent restrictions on the nationals of Member States that have themselves imposed restrictions.

The rest of this guide pertains only to workers from EU countries who have the right to work and live freely in other EU countries!


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