You will have an excellent opportunity to work in the UK under this scheme if you are Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Slovenian, Slovakian, Hungarian or from the Czech Republic. The Scheme was setup to ensure your rights and grant you the opportunity to apply for residence in the future.
Do’s and Don’t
Do’s :
Must register if you are a national of one of the new Member States (apart from Malta and Cyprus) subject to the Worker Registration Scheme; and
You start a new job on or after 1 May 2004; or
You have been working in the UK before 1 May without permission;
You will not be subject to the worker registration and therefore do not need to register if one or more of the following applies:
You are self-employed;
you have been working legally in the UK for 12 months or more in the job you hold on 1 May 2004;
You have been working legally in the UK and you stay in the same job after 1 May 2004;
You were issued with leave to enter the UK before 1 May as a seasonal agricultural worker and took up employment on the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme on or after 1 May;
You are providing services in the UK on behalf of an employer who is not established in the UK;
You are also a citizen of the UK, another EEA State (other than one of the 8 new Member States) or Switzerland;
you are the family member of a Swiss or EEA national (other than one of the 8 new Member States) who is working in the UK;
You are the family member of a Swiss or EEA national who is living in the UK as a student, or a retired or self sufficient person.
If you do not apply within one month of starting a job, your employment will be illegal after that date. It will be illegal until you are issued with a registration certificate and you may have to stop working.
