Do I need a work permit and a visa for the UK ?

[bufa]

Hello!
I´m an argentinian trying to find out if I do o don´t need to request a work permit anda a visa to work in the UK.
I have my German Passport updated and ready to use. I´ve been accesing web pages and I obviously haven´t cleared my mind just yet.
Can anyone tell me if I do or i don´t need those things?

I´ve established contact with a couple of british rugby clubs who would expect me for the coming season, for which I have to sort out this problem of mine.
Thank you and hope to receive an answer when anyone can!

Regards!

P.S.: I´m new in this forum.

[Xzibit1]

If you have a German Passport then I suggest you just buy an air ticket and come over to the UK. No need to get visa or work permit as you are an EU national.

[Wanderer]

If you have a German Passport and therefore German citizenship you'll have no issues, no WP/visa required.

As a matter of interest how did you obtain German citizenship? I understand there is a language test but i don't know if thats required if you obtained it via parentage. I'm interested to know!

[bufa]

Oh my!!! You just made my day!!!
Actually, I just hunged up with the british embasy here in Argentina and checked the website...and it seems like you are right.
My doubt is mainly with the citizenship. I just have the passport...is that also a citiizenship? That is mainly were my doubt stands.

I got the passport from my mothers family. She made shure that we had this valuable document since we were very young. God bless her! right?

[Wanderer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law

[Xzibit1]

How do I obtain German citizenship ?

- by birth to a German parent
Laws regarding citizenship have been changed several times over the last decades. Whether or not a person has acquired German citizenship may therefore depend on the person's date of birth:

If you were born before January 1, 1975:- If your parents were married at the time of your birth you acquired German citizenship if your father was German; you did not acquire German citizenship if only your mother was German (unless you would otherwise have been stateless).
- If your parents were not married at the time of your birth you acquired German citizenship if your mother was German; you did not acquire German citizenship if only your father was German.

If you were born on or after January 1, 1975:
If your parents were married at the time of your birth you acquired German citizenship if at least one parent was German.
If your parents were not married at the time of your birth you acquired German citizenship if your mother was German; you did not acquire German citizenship if only your father was German. However: a person born out of wedlock on or after July 1, 1993 can acquire German citizenship if only the father is German and if the father acknowledges paternity.

-by birth in Germany
If you were born after December 31, 1999 to foreign parents in Germany.
One of the parents must have been a legal resident in Germany for at least eight years at the time of your birth.
In addition, at least one parent must have an unlimited residence permit ("unbefristete Aufenthaltserlaubnis") or a residence entitlement ("Aufenthaltsberechtigung") at the time of your birth
If you obtain another citizenship by birth, you have to give up one citizenship between ages 18 and 23.

- by adoption
If you were adopted by at least one German citizen on or after January 1, 1977, you are a German citizen. If the adoption happened outside Germany, it has to meet certain requirements. (please call the competent German Mission in the US for further information).
The competent German Mission in the US

- by naturalization
Naturalizations of people with permanent residence outside Germany are rare. Applicants have to meet a host of requirements; you typically have to give up your present citizenship(s) in order to become a German citizen, fluency in the German language is another precondition.

[Christophe]

Oh my!!! You just made my day!!!
My doubt is mainly with the citysenship. I just have the passport...is that also a citysenship? That is mainly were my doubt stands.

I got the passport from my mothers family. She made shure that we had this valuable document since we were very young. God bless her! right?

Is your passport a current passport? If not, obviously you will need to get a new one.

In broad terms, a passport is issued to people who are citizens. So having a passport doesn't make you a citizen, rather, you are entitled to a passport because you are a citizen. Equally, not having a passport doesn't generally make you a non-citizen.

[John]

bufa, as a German citizen you have every right, under EU/EEA law, to live and work in any EU/EEA country. And that of course includes the UK.

When you arrive at the airport you need to proceed through the EEA/Swiss channel. Your German passport will only be given a very quick examination, and then handed back to you, to proceed.

Good luck getting fixed up with a Rugby club.