I have one year Polish work permit visa, valid for one year.
Can I go to other European countries (such as Germany, Belgium, Portugal, France) because of the work permit visa issued by Poland?
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1what kind of permit is it? is it the national visa with permission to work or a residence permit?– Oleksandr KravchukCommented May 23, 2018 at 13:34
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1"Work permit visa" doesn't sound like official terminology, so it is a bit unclear exactly what it is you have. Can you post a picture of it with your personal information blotted out?– hmakholm left over MonicaCommented May 23, 2018 at 13:54
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@ThisIsMyName it shouldn't matter. National visas and residence permits have the same effect infer the Schengen codes.– phoogCommented May 23, 2018 at 18:44
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@phoog tell this to an Indian friend of mine who was employed at Polish university as a researcher and couldn't leave Poland, coz his visa was just a national Polish visa with a permission to work.– Oleksandr KravchukCommented May 23, 2018 at 19:51
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@ThisIsMyName who told your friend he couldn't leave Poland? (My previous comment should have said "under" rather than "infer.")– phoogCommented May 24, 2018 at 2:26
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If you have a valid resident permit for a Schengen country you are free to travel to other Schengen countries.
If your visa is from a "Schengen area" country, it automatically allows you to travel to the other Schengen countries as well.
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3However, I think some member states issue "work permits" separately from "residence permits", and in that case a work permit itself does not count as a residence permit. Commented May 23, 2018 at 13:52
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@HenningMakholm Would the quote from europa.eu still include work permits as they will have needed a visa to get the work permit? Commented May 23, 2018 at 14:02
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The problem would be someone with a work permit whose presence is authorized by a short-stay visa or under the Annex II exemption, because they would be more likely to run afoul of the 90/180 rule. @HenningMakholm is that what you were thinking of, or was it something else?– phoogCommented May 23, 2018 at 18:47