File EU 492/2011 · 22

Working in another country

A recruiter demanding a “work permit”, a corridor rumour about “foreigner quotas”, an allowance reserved for locals. Three walls, zero foundations: the free movement of workers is a regulation, and it applies word for word in the twenty-seven.

Item no. 1

The attachment that does not exist

A logistics coordinator post in Rotterdam, a successful video interview, and this email from the human resources department, polite and perfectly sure of itself.

Email from the HR departmentSubject: next steps of your application

Your profile has caught our full attention. To finalise the file, please send us: a copy of your identity document, your diplomas, and your valid Dutch work permit.

Without this last document we will unfortunately not be able to draw up the contract.

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File EU 492/2011

The items in this file

Every item has its own page. The situation is played here; what you keep, what you send and what you re-read live next door.

The sheet to printThe reflexes to keep, each with its official text Official redressThe real steps, with the links to the bodies The written walkthroughThe whole situation item by item, answers included The rights, one by oneEvery right taught on this site, with its source The next situationAn internship or summer job abroad