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EEA/EU/Swiss Nationals
What rights do I have in the UK?
European Community law gives EEA nationals and Swiss Nationals a right to live and work in the United Kingdom. This is known as a right of residence and you have a right of residence if you are exercising Treaty rights in the United Kingdom. Treaty rights include: employment, self-employment, study or economic self-sufficiency, i.e. you have sufficient funds to support yourself without recourse to public funds (including Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council Tax benefit).
You can:-
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You do not need a work permit. You should not be discriminated against by your employer because of your nationality in terms of conditions of employment, pay or working conditions.
You can live in the UK as a student, as a retired person or if you are not working as long as you have enough money to support yourself during your stay without recourse to public funds.
Accept offers of work
-Work (whether as an employee or in self-employment)
-Set up a business
-Manage a company or
-Set up a local branch of a company.
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