Vander Elst visa

The Vander Elst visa is a type of visa or work permit available to non-EEA/EFTA citizens employed by and working for a company in an EU/EEA/EFTA country, that allows them to work for that company in another EEA/EFTA member state, subject to meeting certain eligibility conditions.^[1]

The name comes from a legal case where the Belgian entrepreneur Raymond Vander Elst appealed his case to the European Court of Justice and won in 1994.^[2] He had won a contract in France, but got bureaucratic trouble with his Moroccan employees.

However, it seems to vary how this is implemented, and often non-EEA-citizens need a normal work visa or work permit when working in another member country regardless of employer^[3]

See also

• Visa policy of the Schengen Area (but Vander Elst visas apply also to non-Schengen countries in the EU/EEA)

References

1. Employment (Van der Elst)
2. 61993J0043 Judgment of the Court of 9 August 1994. - Raymond Vander Elst v Office des Migrations Internationales. - Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal administratif de Châlons-sur-Marne - France. - Freedom to provide services - Nationals of a non-member country. - Case C-43/93.
3. "Ad-Hoc Query on interpretation of a judgment of the European Court in the case C-43/93" (PDF). European Migration Network. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2020.