As an EU national you generally don't need a work permit to work anywhere in the EU.

Work permits are never required for self-employed people in the EU.

Working in Switzerland

Most EU citizens don't need a permit to work in Switzerland. Find out more about working in Switzerland as an EU citizen.

Under the EU-Switzerland agreement on the free movement of persons, Swiss nationals are free to live and work in the EU.

More information

Before you try working in another EU country, you should seek information on the applicable procedures.

Work permits for non-EU nationals

As a non-EU national, you may have the right to work in the EU and to be treated equally with EU nationals about work conditions. These rights depend on your nationality or on your status as family members of EU nationals.

Nationals of Türkiye

As a national of Türkiye, your rights to live and work in an EU country depend entirely on the national rules of that country. When employed legally in the EU, you enjoy the same working conditions as the nationals of that country and you have the following rights:

after one year's legal employment you are entitled to a renewal of your work permit for the same employer if a job is available

after three years' legal employment you may change employers and respond to any other employment offer within the same professional qualifications

after four years' legal employment you enjoy full access to any paid employment in that EU country.

Nationals of other countries that have an agreement with the EU

You enjoy the same working conditions as nationals of your host EU country if you are a national of:

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

Russia

Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Ukraine

Andorra, San Marino

or one of the 79 countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.

Nationals of countries with no agreement with the EU

If you are a national of a country that has no agreement with the EU, your right to work in an EU country depends on the national laws of that country.

If you are in a family relationship with an EU citizen, you do not need a work permit to work

have the right to equal treatment, including access to all social and tax advantages.

For more information check the EU immigration portal.