Working abroad

Livanto

If you have UK passport, are you entitled to work freely in any other non-EU country?

elsien

Non EU country? No of course not, why would they?

TELLIT01

No. In the same way that people from non EU countries can't just come to the UK and work - not work legally anyway. Countries such as Australia and Canada work on points systems and in general it's only possible to work there if there is a need which can't be filled by people already in the country.

agrinnall

Actually UK citizens can work in any EEA country plus Switzerland, so that's all of the EU and Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein and the aforementioned Switzerland.

https://www.gov.uk/working-abroad

Whether there are any other countries outside of the above where UK citizens have a right to work I can't say, but I'd suspect they will be few and far between if there are any.

Livanto

I was thinking places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Australia etc that are part of the commonwealth union

TELLIT01

Hong Kong part of the Commonwealth? I thought it reverted to China in the late 1990's.

DCFC79

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Hong Kong part of the Commonwealth? I thought it reverted to China in the late 1990's.

It did, I think a certain someone needs to brush up on history of the commonwealth.

Savvy_Sue

Malaysia definitely not: the employer needs to apply for some kind of permit.

unforeseen

elsien wrote: »

Non EU country? No of course not, why would they?

Because you are British.

Didn't you know that foreign country's rules and laws don't apply to British passport holders? Look at the number of people who think they should not be imprisoned for breaking other countries' drug laws.

agrinnall

Livanto wrote: »

I was thinking places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Australia etc that are part of the commonwealth union

You won't be allowed to take a job in any of those countries simply by having a UK passport, and I doubt if there is any Commonwealth country that would allow it.

TELLIT01

agrinnall wrote: »

You won't be allowed to take a job in any of those countries simply by having a UK passport, and I doubt if there is any Commonwealth country that would allow it.

If you need further confirmation of that try watching any of the 'Border Security' series that run on various Freeview channels. About half of most programmes seem to be showing people being denied entry, or removed after entry, for trying to flout the employment laws of those countries.