Work permits
Residence and work permits — B, C, G, L and others — must be held per person with their type and validity date; once a permit expires the person may not keep working, and the responsibility lies with the employer.
Definition
The permit type simultaneously decides other things: the C settlement permit ends liability for withholding tax, the G cross-border permit brings the question of state of residence and working days, the L short-stay permit is limited and not extendable at will.
In practice two things are needed: the deadline on the employee record and a warning that arrives early enough to start a renewal. An expiry that is only noticed on the day itself is a problem that can no longer be solved in time.
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What the software must be able to do
Check whether permit type and expiry date are held per person, whether there is an advance warning with an adjustable lead time, and whether the permit type drives withholding tax and social insurance in the payroll run.
Checked Aug 2026
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