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Work Visa for Gibraltar

Working Permits for Gibraltar

The rules governing who can, and can not, work in Gibraltar have changed recently with the allocation of a number of other EU states that are now included.

Nationals from non member states can apply for a work permit for Gibraltar, or work visa for Gibraltar, by application through the Employment Training Board (ETB), if they can get a company to agree to take them on, but they will only be issued if the employer can prove that no Gibraltarian or EU citizen is able, or willing, to do the job. The local authorities can cometimes have a lenient attitude to some nationals due to their need within the local online gaming companies and so obtaining a work visa for Gibraltar can prove easier if applying for work in one of these types of company.

Various conditions will need to be met by the employer before approval may be granted for the issue of a work permit.  A work permit is issued for a period not exceeding 12 months.

The employment of a worker for whom a work permit is required without the employer having first obtained such a permit is an offence and a fixed penalty notice of £1500 may be issued to the employer.

Members of the EEA are - AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, GREECE, IRELAND, ITALY, LICHTENSTEIN, LUXEMBURG, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, CYPRUS, LITHUANIA, MALTA

Under present legislation, nationals of the following EEA member states require a work visa for employment in Gibraltar until 30th April 2009: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Nationals of the 'New' EEA member states, Bulgaria and Romania, will require a work permit for employment in Gibraltar until 31 December 2011.

However, when a citizen of any of the above countries has worked in Gibraltar with a work permit for an uninterrupted period of 12 months or longer, they shall no longer require a work permit in order to secure employment in Gibraltar.

Swiss nationals do not require a work permit for employment in Gibraltar.

Surprisingly, marriage to a Gibraltarian does not automatically grant the right to a residence permit for Gibraltar. Under current law a non-Gibraltarian man married to a woman from Gibraltar receives a residence permit as part of the package. Non-Gibraltarian women marrying local men will have to apply for a permit. But this is theory, in practice a wife receives permission to remain on The Rock as long as her husband is living there.

 

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