WorkPermit for Two EU Countries-Please Share your views/exp

[mzaoudi]

Hii friends,

I am new to this forum. I am a non EU national and want to know if one can apply for workpermit for two different EU country at a same time.If one has job offer from two different EU countries and want to apply for work permit of both the countries (incase to keep as back up), can one apply? During the application process, can the work permit application for two different EU countries tracked based on centralized database, can that be a risk? If one keeps a small time gap between the two work permit application so in case if one gets rejected in first, one always has the second option open.If his first application gets accepted, then one can cancel the second work permit request application. Can you guys share your valuable views and experiences.

Your comments are highly appreciated.

thanks in advance.

Simo

[sakura]

Immigration matters are left to each country to manage. There is no central database of any sort and you can apply to two different countries if you wish. Which two countries are you referring to?

[mzaoudi]

Thanks Sakura but are you pretty sure about that?
thanks . Simo

[sakura]

Did you edit your reply? I am sure I read you were applying to France and Netherlands?

Anyway, there is no central database. As mentioned before, each country's immigration policies are their own matters, they have their own application forms and the country's own immigration department deals with it.

[Christophe]

Did you edit your reply? I am sure I read you were applying to France and Netherlands?

Anyway, there is no central database. As mentioned before, each country's immigration policies are their own matters, they have their own application forms and the country's own immigration department deals with it.

Central database or not, I don't think that there is any reason why you shouldn't or may not apply to more than one country. What is probably true is that you couldn't take up/act on both of the permits at the same time, but that is a completely different point.

And, in any case, Sakura is right — each EU country administers its own work permits and residence permits. Tourist and short-term stays in the Schengen area come under the one "umbrella" and are administered according to a common policy (in theory at least), but not work permits.

[mzaoudi]

Hii Christophe,

thanks for the reply. Can you please clarify me more on :
What is probably true is that you couldn't take up/act on both of the permits at the same time, but that is a completely different point.

thanks in advance

simo

[Christophe]

Hii Christophe,

thanks for the reply. Can you please clarify me more on :
What is probably true is that you couldn't take up/act on both of the permits at the same time, but that is a completely different point.

thanks in advance

simo

Well, what I really meant is that would probably be physically impossible, not that it would be legally impossible. How could one do it? The idea of having, at the same time, two jobs with two homes in two different countries is very far-fetched in most ordinary circumstances that I can think of...

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

Eu citizens can certainly do this. A Uk citizen can take one part time job in Germany and another part time job in Austria. If he is lucky, it would only be a 10 minute bus trip from one job to another.

[mzaoudi]

thanks christophe and Directive.
Is there any risk if one wants to apply for two work permit?
Are there any chances of the work permit application being tracked?
The only intention is to secure the work permit in case there is rejection in one.
thanks for your reply.
Regards
Simo

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

This is weird.

Why are you so worried about rejection? Why are you worried about the two applications being "detected"?

Why not just focus on getting one job going? You might find it a little easier...

[Christophe]

I think Directive's advice is good. However, I don't think that there is any prohibition on applying for the two, so I don't think that either would be rejected on the basis that another application was being made concurrently in any case — someone can correct me if I'm wrong.