Countries in the EU and EEA - GOV.UK

The European Economic Area ( EEA ) ... The EEA includes EU countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It allows them to be part of the EU 's single ... Skiptomaincontent CookiesonGOV.UK Weusesomeessentialcookiestomakethiswebsitework. We’dliketosetadditionalcookiestounderstandhowyouuseGOV.UK,rememberyoursettingsandimprovegovernmentservices. Wealsousecookiessetbyothersitestohelpusdelivercontentfromtheirservices. Acceptadditionalcookies Rejectadditionalcookies Viewcookies Youcanchangeyourcookiesettingsatanytime. Hidethismessage Coronavirus(COVID-19) Latestupdatesandguidance Home Visasandimmigration EU,EEAandSwisscitizens CountriesintheEUandEEA TheEuropeanUnion(EU)isaneconomicandpoliticalunionof27countries.Itoperatesaninternal(orsingle)marketwhichallowsfreemovementofgoods,capital,servicesandpeoplebetweenmemberstates. EUcountries TheEUcountriesare: Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,RepublicofCyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,SpainandSweden. TheEuropeanEconomicArea(EEA) TheEEAincludesEUcountriesandalsoIceland,LiechtensteinandNorway.ItallowsthemtobepartoftheEU’ssinglemarket. SwitzerlandisnotanEUorEEAmemberbutispartofthesinglemarket.ThismeansSwissnationalshavethesamerightstoliveandworkintheUKasotherEEAnationals. Citizens’residencerightsaftertheUKleavestheEU IfyouorafamilymemberareacitizenofanEUorEEAcountrywhostartedlivingintheUKby31December2020,youmaybeabletoapplytothefreeEUSettlementScheme. Thedeadlinetoapplywas30June2021formostpeople.Youcanstillapplyifeither: youhavealaterdeadline-forexample,you’rejoiningafamilymemberintheUKwhowaslivingintheUKby31December2020 youhave‘reasonablegrounds’forbeingunabletoapplyby30June2021-forexample,youhadanillnessorwerethevictimofdomesticabuse CheckifyoucanstillapplytotheEUSettlementScheme. Ifyoucannotapply,checkwhattypeofvisayou’llneedtocometotheUK. Relatedcontent WorkinanEUcountry Explorethetopic EU,EEAandSwisscitizens Isthispageuseful? Maybe Yesthispageisuseful Nothispageisnotuseful Thankyouforyourfeedback Reportaproblemwiththispage Close HelpusimproveGOV.UK Don’tincludepersonalorfinancialinformationlikeyourNationalInsurancenumberorcreditcarddetails. Thisfieldisforrobotsonly.Pleaseleaveblank Whatwereyoudoing? Whatwentwrong? Send Close HelpusimproveGOV.UK TohelpusimproveGOV.UK,we’dliketoknowmoreaboutyourvisittoday.We’llsendyoualinktoafeedbackform.Itwilltakeonly2minutestofillin.Don’tworrywewon’tsendyouspamorshareyouremailaddresswithanyone. Emailaddress Sendmethesurvey