Employees travelling for Work in another country are entitled to accompany their spouses, partners and children under 18 with them. Note that different criteria are applicable depending on the country of travel on age restrictions.
Dependent will need to provide evidence of their relationship to primary applicant for example a marriage or civil partnership certificate, or a birth certificate of child.
Accompanying partners encounter multiple challenges. Whereas employees usually transfer within their company as part of their career plan, partners often have to leave their job at a time they themselves have not chosen. As well as language barriers and cultural differences, they often face the loss of their business network and salary levels can vary across the world. They may even find that their qualifications are not recognised in the host country or that their skill set is not relevant in that part of the world.
