Please visit the ' Living and working in the UK' section of the British Embassy Vienna's website. The pdf document 'Living and working in the UK', in particular, provides a lot of useful information on the subject.

The Adviceguide website contains also relevant information for Austrians who would like to relocate to the UK.

If you live and work in the UK for six months or longer within a tax year period, you are required to pay tax. If you are already living in the UK, your nearest Inland Revenue Office can help you. The Inland Revenue's website is also a good source of information.

The postal address is:

Board of Inland Revenue
EU Unit (Room S 20)
Somerset House, Strand
London WC2R 1LB

T +44 7438 6622

The website of the British Embassy in Vienna is also a useful resource.

Yes, you are. If you are a citizen of the European Union or European Economic Area and you are working or looking for work in Britain, you are entitled to free medical treatment provided by the National Health Service (NHS). The British Embassy in Vienna produces an informative document about what you need to know if you plan on living and working in the UK for longer than six months.

There are several ways of looking for a job in the UK. One possibility is to contact your Austrian job centre (Arbeitsamt). The Arbeitsamt has a database of international jobs, including those in the UK. Most British cities also have jobcentres you can contact for employment and career services. The Jobcentre Plus website includes the contact details of all the jobcentres in the UK, a job bank as well as a wealth of advice about finding a job.

You might also want to consult our gateway getconnected which includes a collection of web links relating to careers and jobs.

The option of working as a Foreign Language Assistant in the UK is now open to all students with sufficient knowledge of English - and not only to 'Anglistik' students, as it was previously. Foreign Language Assistants are paid to assist teachers for approximately 12-15 hours per week, usually for a school year of nine months. The majority of placements are at secondary schools.

For more information contact our partners at the Österreich-Kooperation.