Working in the EU
At present the European Commission are currently putting together a proposal for a "Blue Card" system, in order to attract skilled workers from outside of the EU, especially in the IT and Engineering fields. Over the next two decades the EC projects that the EU will require 20 million skilled workers. However, this proposal reportedly met objection from certain members of the EU (ref: www.bbc.co.uk) and at the time of writing, there is no such thing as an EU Visa. The individual countries of the EU all have the autonomy over their respective immigration policies.
However, if you have been employed by Lesters for at least one year, we can look at applying for a Van Der Elst Visa which allows us to second you to the relative country in the EU to work at a client site on a project based assignment. However there are time restrictions with how long you can work in the EU country of question before you are considered a tax resident.
If you are an EU national, it is often advisable to remain tax resident of the UK (where possible and practical) because our personal income tax and national insurance rates are lower than many other countries in the EU
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