ILR : working in an EU country etc.

[Zebrudaya]

Dear friends

Please I need your help. After I must have acquired ILR after 14 years stay, I plan to travel to an EU country and work/train for about a year. I have checked with the "search" facility but I couldn`t find any similar question. My question is this: am I allowed to move/work freely in the EU like anyone else if I have ILR?

Please the Gurus, moderators and other experienced people should help us here. Thank you.

[litu1]

Dear friends

Please I need your help. After I must have acquired ILR after 14 years stay, I plan to travel to an EU country and work/train for about a year. I have checked with the "search" facility but I couldn`t find any similar question. My question is this: am I allowed to move/work freely in the EU like anyone else if I have ILR?

Please the Gurus, moderators and other experienced people should help us here. Thank you.

I think No. For that u need British PassPort

[Markie]

ILR only applies in the UK. if you're a visa national to Schengen states then you'll still require a visa to work/visit these states as the UK is not a signatory to the Schengen treaty.

Dear friends

Please I need your help. After I must have acquired ILR after 14 years stay, I plan to travel to an EU country and work/train for about a year. I have checked with the "search" facility but I couldn`t find any similar question. My question is this: am I allowed to move/work freely in the EU like anyone else if I have ILR?

Please the Gurus, moderators and other experienced people should help us here. Thank you.

[Zebrudaya]

Dear litu1 and Markie

Thank you for your replies. I was of the opinion that ILR confers a state of "virtual citizenship" to someone. The person is free to get social benefits etc. In the same vein, I expected the person to be free to travel and work in other EU countries. The UK is expected to explain this ILR state to any EU country that doesn`t understand its implication viz: that its recipients are treated as UK citizens in almost every aspect except that they don`t carry the UK passport until much later.

[86ti]

Sorry to say but that's just wishful thinking. It is the UK who wants to stay outside of Schengen.

[jager]

Sorry to say but that's just wishful thinking. It is the UK who wants to stay outside of Schengen.

Just to be clear: does this mean that long-term residents of countries that implemented 2003/109/EG do not enjoy extra rights in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and long-term residents of the UK, Ireland and Denmark do not enjoy extra rights in countries that have ratified the agreement? Does it work both ways?

[86ti]

Just to be clear: does this mean that long-term residents of countries that implemented 2003/109/EG do not enjoy extra rights in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and long-term residents of the UK, Ireland and Denmark do not enjoy extra rights in countries that have ratified the agreement? Does it work both ways?

Yes, that is it doesn't work in either direction.