Australian Passport - work in Nethelands

[Rammmmstein]

Anyone with any info on the current status for someone with an Australian Passport with indefinite leave to remain being eligible to work on a contract in the Netherlands?

[Freddy3000]

I'm pretty sure you'd need to apply for a work permit. I've no idea what that entails though. There are various agreements with the USA, Ausralia & New Zealand though, so there might not be too much red tape.

[Jumile]

Even with the "Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode" in my Strine passport I would have had to obtain a work visa to work anywhere in the EU outside the UK. Or wait 5 years until I'd been here long enough to qualify for a pretty maroon passport ( 'course Liebour changing the laws so that children of British mothers are eligible for a British passport made that happen much sooner than expected). I should think that this is the situation you're in.

Try checking with the website of the Dutch Embassy in Oz. And this page outlines the work permit requirements.

[mailmannz]

So if you have indefinate leave to remain in Blighty why have you not applied for a Blighty passport?

Once you have one of those you can work anywhere in the EU :rollin

Mailman

[Jumile]

Having indefinite leave to remain does not automagically qualify one for a British passport. Certain other criteria has to be met first. Length of time in the country is usually the first hurdle.

It's all there on the IND website - just don't try to call them unless you absolutely have to: their idea of a short hold queue is four hours. Took me 3 weeks of daily calling to get one piece of information sorted out.

[mailmannz]

Whats the URL for IND?

Mailman

[Jumile]

It's www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk - but be warned that it appears to be served over a 56K modem line. :\

[Insight14]

Surely you would be allowed to be in the Netherlands "conducting business on behalf of" a UK registered Limited company?

[JP]

The structure you are working through (i.e Ltd Co.) is not directly relevant to visa requirements.

You defo need a work permit to work in Holland, and if you are there for 3 months+ you will also need a temp residents permit. Normally you need a Dutch company to sponsor the work-permit, although I am not sure if non-Dutch companies are able to do this.