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ii Worker Registration Scheme
Extract from Home Office Website http://www.workingintheuk.gov.uk
From May 1 2004, most nationals of the new member states (except Cyprus and Malta) who wish to work for more than one month for an employer in the UK need to register under the Worker Registration Scheme.
Once you have been working legally in the UK for 12 months without a break you will have full rights of free movement and will no longer need to register on the Worker Registration scheme. You can then get a residence permit confirming your right to live and work in the UK.
You will need to register with the Home Office 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 held on 1 May 2004;
- you have been working legally in the UK and have stayed in the same job after 1 May 2004;
- 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.
You should apply to register with the Worker Registration Scheme as soon as you start a new job. 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.
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