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Research a proposed remote-work move using the person’s physical location, actual activity and employer arrangement. Prepare separate immigration, employer-policy and tax questions before treating a laptop job as location-independent.
What the official guidance establishes
GOV.UK’s working-in-an-EU-country guidance directs UK citizens to destination work-permit and embassy information. Brazil separately publishes a named digital-nomad residence framework; neither source establishes a universal remote-work permission. Read GOV.UK: working in an EU country for the original scope and current instructions.
Describe the arrangement before asking for approval
Record the worker’s location, intended dates, employer or clients, duties and where the work is delivered. Distinguish a short business visit from an intended period of living and working abroad as facts to explain, not categories you choose to avoid a requirement.
Give the employer a usable proposal
Ask about its approval process, payroll responsibilities, equipment, data access and insurance for the real location. Keep employer approval separate from an immigration answer. Ask the relevant authority what route covers the proposed activity and take tax questions to a professional responsible for the relevant jurisdictions.
Connect answers to commitments
Track who answered each question, the facts they relied on and any condition or review date. If the length, work arrangement or country changes, reopen the affected enquiry. Do not present a general remote-work policy as an answer about every destination.
Your working sheet
This is an optional IMMIGEUROPE planning worksheet, not an official application form or a new document requirement.
| Record | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Location/activity | Where the person works and what they do |
| Arrangement | Employer or genuine clients and intended dates |
| Questions | Immigration, employer, payroll and tax assigned separately |
| Decision record | Answer, conditions and facts used |
Worked planning example
A fictional employee receives permission to work from home in their existing country and considers moving overseas. Their proposal asks about the new country explicitly. The old home-working approval is retained as background, not relabelled as international-work approval.
Resolve the arrangement before paying for a move based on an assumed permission. Keep the next action in the moving planner and use the guide library for the next part of your move.