Business trip vs send someone to work abroad
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When Social Security is enabled, Start a case and Social Security → Start an application offer two cross-border journeys in addition to standalone A1 / S1 certificates.
Business trip
Use Business trip when the person is abroad for meetings, conferences, or training and will not perform productive work for a local host.
What Dimmi typically does:
- Records the trip on the person’s travel timeline (even if they were not already in the workforce list)
- Shows an obligations preview based on nationality and host country
- Starts a short-term / visiting visa application when entry permission is needed
- Does not start host labour notification or an A1 certificate by default
You must confirm there is no local productive work before the journey starts. Add the person’s nationality so visa needs are accurate.
Send someone to work abroad
Use Send someone to work abroad when they will perform work in the host country (project visit, posting, secondment, or similar).
What Dimmi typically does:
- Starts an A1 certificate path so home social security cover stays in place
- Sends the applicant one invite for the whole work-abroad journey (not a separate invite for each linked case)
- Auto-starts a host labour notification case when the host country has that filing in the catalogue (employer/advisor work — not an applicant checklist)
- Starts a work / residence immigration case when free movement does not apply (for example a third-country national), using nationality and host country
- Notes extra host rules if the stay may exceed 12 months
- Emails again when an A1 certificate (or other permit) is issued
Changing course
If a trip that started as a business trip becomes real work abroad, ask your Dimmi advisor to reclassify the journey so the right obligations are opened.