Forms and Guidance
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EEA and Swiss nationals
Home Office guidance
European Casework InstructionsHome Office forms
EEA1 - apply on this form for a registration certificate if you are an EEA or Swiss national, and you are not subject to the Worker Registration Scheme or the Worker Authorisation Scheme.
EEA2 - apply on this form for a residence card if you are not an EEA or Swiss national, but you are the family member of an EEA or Swiss national who is in the UK, and who is not subject to the Worker Registration Scheme or the Worker Authorisation Scheme.
Worker Registration Scheme
Home Office guidance
Worker Registration Scheme. You can find here information for employers and for employees in Czech, English, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovakian and Slovenian.
Home Office forms
WRS form - apply on this form for a worker registration card and/or certificate
Form FMRS - apply on this form for a family member residence stamp if you are not an EEA or Swiss national, but you are the family member of a person who has to register under the Worker Registration Scheme.
Worker Authorisation Scheme
Home Office guidance
Employing a Bulgarian or Romanian national in the UK
Home Office forms
There are seven different forms for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals who want to work in the UK. You can find them all here.
BR1 - use this form to apply for a registration certificate if you are exempt from worker authorisation, or the EEA family member of a Bulgarian or Romanian national who is exempt. Also use this form to apply for a registration certificate if you are a student or self-employed person.
BR2 - use this form to apply for a registration certificate if you are a highly skilled person, or the EEA family member of a highly skilled person.
BR3 - use this form to apply for a worker accession card.
BR4 - use this form to apply for a worker accession card if you are a Bulgarian or Romanian national and you are the family member of a Bulgarian or Romanian student, self-employed person, or person with an accession worker card. You cannot use this form if you are applying as the family member of someone who holds an accession worker document as an au pair, seasonal agricultural worker or under the sectors based scheme. Instead, you should use form BR3.
BR5 - use this form to apply for a residence card if you are not an EEA or Swiss national, but you are the family member of a Bulgarian or Romanian national who is exempt from worker authorisation, a student, self-employed person or highly skilled person.
BR6 - apply on this form for a family member residence stamp if you are not an EEA or Swiss national, but you are the family member of a Bulgarian or Romanian national who has a worker authorisation document.
BR7 - apply on this form for a registration certificate if you are a Bulgarian or Romanian national and you are the family member of a Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovakian or Slovenian national who holds a worker registration card.