Form EEA4 - UK Border Agency - the Home Office
Form EEA4 - UK Border Agency - the Home Office
Form EEA4 - UK Border Agency - the Home Office
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The following nationals may exercise Treaty rights in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong>:Austria Iceland Belgium Irish Republic Romania**Bulgaria** Italy Cyprus* Latvia*** Slovakia***Croatia**** Liechtenstein Denmark Lithuania*** Slovenia***Czech Republic*** Luxembourg Finland Malta SpainEstonia*** Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands Germany Norway SwedenFranceGreecePoland*** Hungary*** Portugal Switzerland (but see part 1of <strong>the</strong>se notes)* A document issued by <strong>the</strong> Turkish Republic of Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Cyprus does not establish that <strong>the</strong>person is an EEA national. Only a document issued by <strong>the</strong> Republic of Cyprus stating that <strong>the</strong>holder is a national of <strong>the</strong> Republic of Cyprus establishes that <strong>the</strong> person is an EEA nationaland accordingly entitled to free movement within <strong>the</strong> European Union (EU).** Bulgaria and Romania joined <strong>the</strong> EU on 1 January 2007. Nationals of Bulgaria and Romaniawho wished to work in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> before 1 January 2014 were required to hold an accessionworker authorisation document, unless exempt.If you are applying for a permanent residence card and your continuous 5-year period ofresidence in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> in accordance with <strong>the</strong> regulations includes a period when your EEAnational family member was required to hold a valid accession worker authorisation document,you must provide evidence of this as stated in section 11. If you do not, you will not be issuedwith a permanent residence card.*** From 1 May 2004 until 30 April 2011 nationals of Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (known as A8 countries) who wished toexercise <strong>the</strong>ir Treaty rights in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> as a worker were required to register <strong>the</strong>ir employmentunder <strong>the</strong> Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) for a period of 12 months unless <strong>the</strong>y wereexempt.If you are applying for a permanent residence card and your continuous 5-year period of residencein <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> in accordance with <strong>the</strong> regulations includes a period when your EEA nationalfamily member was required to be registered on WRS <strong>the</strong>n you must provide evidence of thisas stated in section 11. If you cannot show that <strong>the</strong>y were registered as required <strong>the</strong>n you willnot be issued a permanent residence card.Alien passports are issued to persons of Russian origin who moved to <strong>the</strong> Baltic States,Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, when <strong>the</strong>y were part of <strong>the</strong> former Soviet Union. They are notregarded as being citizens and <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>the</strong> Estonian, Lithuanian, and Latvian authoritiesissue <strong>the</strong>m with alien passports.Although <strong>the</strong>y look very similar, alien passports are not proof of EEA nationality.**** Croatia joined <strong>the</strong> EU on 1 July 2013. Guidance and application forms for Croatian nationalscan be found at: https://www.gov.uk/croatian-national.13. O<strong>the</strong>r EEA <strong>Form</strong>sThe o<strong>the</strong>r EEA forms are:EEA1 for registration certificate applications by EEA nationals and <strong>the</strong>ir EEA national familymembers.<strong>EEA4</strong> Permanent Residence Card Version 06/2014 - page 9 of 38