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We have read 3163 live job postings.5 mention visa sponsorship.1054 ask for a right to work you already hold.

The remaining 2104 say nothing about it either way. That is the real shape of the European job market for someone who needs a permit, and no amount of filtering changes it — so this page shows you the counts first, the few postings that do mention sponsorship second, and the official rules last.

Counted fresh from the database, every night. We never charge job seekers.

Why European adverts rarely say it

There is no one European rule for an advert to quote. What a non-EU citizen needs is set country by country, and the official pages differ on something as basic as who files the application:

Three countries, three answers — one where the employer starts it, one where only a recognised employer may, one where you file it yourself. What they share is that the process follows the job: Sweden asks for “an employment agreement signed by you and your employer” before the application, and the EU Blue Card for “a valid work contract or a binding job offer for highly qualified employment for at least 6 months” — both quoted in full, with their sources, below.

So the silence in 2104 of our 3163 postings is not a refusal. On these rules the question is settled after an employer decides to hire someone, which is later than the advert. The postings that do say something are the ones below, and we quote them rather than summarise them.

The 1054 that ask for an existing right to work are the other side of the same coin: they have thought about it and told you the answer. We label those too, because a clear no saves you an application. How we read each posting.

1 posting states that sponsorship is available

The employer’s own sentence is under each one. The posting is the authority, not our label.

4 more hedge

These mention sponsorship with a qualifier — “where applicable”, “for eligible candidates”. Worth asking about before you spend an evening on the application.

The other 2104 postings

Unlabelled, because they say nothing. They are not filtered out of the site and they are not hidden from you. Browse all 3163 listings, or hide the 1054 that require an existing right to work.

Where the rules are actually written down

We are not an immigration adviser and this is not advice about your case. These are the official pages, quoted and linked, for the three countries most of our listings are in and for the EU-wide route. Everything is quoted exactly as the page words it, including the parts that cut against the general rule.

Sweden

  • If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you will in most cases need a permit to work in Sweden.
  • Before you apply for a work permit, you need to have an employment agreement signed by you and your employer.
  • If you are applying for a work permit for the first time, you must do so from outside Sweden, otherwise your application may be rejected.

The same page lists situations in which you can apply while you are in Sweden.

Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) — Apply for a work permit in Sweden

Germany

  • To work as an employee in Germany, you must first obtain a visa to enter Germany.
  • You do not need a visa if you are from Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea or the USA.
  • Once in Germany, you must obtain a residence permit allowing you to work.
  • You must first apply for a visa at the embassy or consulate in your country of origin.

European Commission, EU Immigration Portal — Employed worker in Germany · Make it in Germany, the German portal the Commission's own page links to

The Netherlands

  • To work in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, you need a residence permit. Only an employer recognised by the IND can apply for your permit.

That is the highly skilled migrant route specifically, not every job in the Netherlands.

Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) — Highly skilled migrant · the public register of recognised sponsors, which lists the employers who hold that recognition

The EU Blue Card

  • An EU Blue Card gives highly-qualified workers from outside the EU the opportunity to live and work in an EU Member State, provided they hold the necessary higher professional qualifications, or, where appropriate, higher professional skills, and an employment contract or a binding job offer for at least six months.
  • The EU Blue Card applies in 25 of the 27 EU Member States. It does not apply in Denmark and Ireland.

European Commission, EU Immigration Portal — EU Blue Card

Read and quoted on 16 October 2026. Official pages move; if one of these links is dead, tell us.

By country, in English

The same counts per country, for the listings advertised in English — including how many of them ask for an existing right to work. The number beside each is how many there are.