Vander Elst visa explained

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Employment+Van+der+Elst Employment (Van der Elst)
2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?isOldUri=true&uri=CELEX:61993CJ0043 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. Web site: Ad-Hoc Query on interpretation of a judgment of the European Court in the case C-43/93 . European Migration Network . 22 December 2010 . 26 August 2020 .