Work permit in EU

What is a work permit?
A work permit is a permission to take a job within a foreign country. It may also be a permit given to minors allowing them to work legally under child labour laws. Within an industry, a work permit may be required to execute certain functions within a factory outside normal operational tasks - in some places they might be called Permit to Work.

The Proposed Directive would allow some flexibility by the EU Members when transposing the directive into national law to determine whether the employer or the third-country national must file the application. Third-country nationals could be admitted to a Member State if they presented:

• a valid work contract or a binding job offer to work as a seasonal worker addressing working conditions, including the rate of pay and weekly or monthly working hours;
• a travel document issued pursuant to national law and valid at least for the same duration as the residence permit;
• proof of, or of having applied for, medical insurance; and
• proof of having adequate accommodations (if the seasonal worker must pay rent, it must not be disproportionate to his earnings).

In addition to the above criteria, the proposal would require EU Members to determine that seasonal workers had enough resources to ensure that they did not become dependent on the social assistance system of the Member State concerned. Moreover, EU Members would have the right to deny admission to anyone deemed a threat to their public security or public health.