diff --git a/Classes/Service/TcaItemsProcessor.php b/Classes/Service/TcaItemsProcessor.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ea5e99da0bf32567e9b637addc6fd40ab508cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Service/TcaItemsProcessor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+namespace SGalinski\SgJobs\Service;
+
+/***************************************************************
+ *  Copyright notice
+ *
+ *  (c) sgalinski Internet Services (https://www.sgalinski.de)
+ *
+ *  All rights reserved
+ *
+ *  This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 project is
+ *  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  The GNU General Public License can be found at
+ *  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+ *
+ *  This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
+ ***************************************************************/
+
+use SJBR\StaticInfoTables\Domain\Model\Country;
+use SJBR\StaticInfoTables\Domain\Repository\CountryRepository;
+use SJBR\StaticInfoTables\Hook\Backend\Form\FormDataProvider\TcaSelectItemsProcessor;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Form\FormDataProvider\TcaSelectItems;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager;
+
+/**
+ * Class TcaItemsProcessor
+ *
+ * @package SGalinski\SgJobs\Service
+ */
+class TcaItemsProcessor extends TcaSelectItemsProcessor {
+
+	/**
+	 * returns the country options from static info tables
+	 *
+	 * @param array $PA
+	 * @param TcaSelectItems $fObj
+	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function getCountryOptions(array $PA, TcaSelectItems $fObj) {
+		$items = $PA['items'];
+		$objectManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ObjectManager::class);
+		/** @var CountryRepository $countryRepository */
+		$countryRepository = $objectManager->get(CountryRepository::class);
+		$objects = $countryRepository->findAllOrderedBy('shortNameEn')->toArray();
+		if (!empty($objects)) {
+			// Index rows by uid
+			$uidIndexedObjects = [];
+			/** @var Country $object */
+			foreach ($objects as $object) {
+				$uidIndexedObjects[$object->getUid()] = $object;
+				$items[] = [$object->getShortNameEn(), $object->getUid()];
+			}
+		}
+
+		$items = $this->translateSelectorItems($items, 'static_countries');
+
+		if(count($items) > 1) {
+			foreach ($items as $key => $item) {
+				$object = NULL;
+				if ($item[1] && $object = $uidIndexedObjects[$item[1]]) {
+					$items[$key][1] = $object->getIsoCodeA3();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$PA['items'] = $items;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php
index 40cdb3abc60b40d54bb7f8af5d8ff53fc986f515..7849ba6ac844a8a0874ff9612be1c2a3d118be43 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
-return [
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility;
+
+$tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application = [
 	'ctrl' => [
 		'title' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_jobs/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application',
 		'label' => 'first_name, last_name',
@@ -27,14 +29,14 @@ return [
 	],
 	'interface' => [
 		'showRecordFieldList' => 'sys_language_uid, l10n_parent, l10n_diffsource, hidden, pid, job_id, area, job_function, start_date, alternative_start_date,
-		 company, task, qualification, description, contact',
+			 company, task, qualification, description, contact',
 	],
 	'types' => [
 		'1' => [
 			'showitem' => '--palette--;;sysLanguageAndHidden,job_id, gender, first_name, last_name, street, city, zip, 
-				country, nationality, education, birth_date, phone, mobile, email, message, cover_letter, cv, certificates,
-			 	div;;richtext[*]:rte_transform[mode=ts],
-				--div--;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:tabs.access, starttime, endtime',
+					country, nationality, education, birth_date, phone, mobile, email, message, cover_letter, cv, certificates,
+				 	div;;richtext[*]:rte_transform[mode=ts],
+					--div--;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:tabs.access, starttime, endtime',
 		],
 	],
 	'palettes' => [
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ return [
 			],
 		],
 		'country' => [
-			'exclude' => 0,
+			'exclude' => TRUE,
 			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_jobs/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.country',
 			'config' => [
 				'type' => 'input',
@@ -305,4 +307,35 @@ return [
 			],
 		]
 	],
-];
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+];
+if (ExtensionManagementUtility::isLoaded('static_info_tables')) {
+	$tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application['columns']['country'] = [
+		'exclude' => TRUE,
+		'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_jobs/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.country',
+		'config' => [
+			'type' => 'select',
+			'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
+			'items' => [['', '']],
+			'itemsProcFunc' => 'SGalinski\SgJobs\Service\TcaItemsProcessor->getCountryOptions',
+			'size' => 1,
+			'minitems' => 0,
+			'maxitems' => 1,
+		],
+	];
+
+	$tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application['columns']['nationality'] = [
+		'exclude' => TRUE,
+		'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_jobs/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.nationality',
+		'config' => [
+			'type' => 'select',
+			'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
+			'items' => [['', '']],
+			'itemsProcFunc' => 'SGalinski\SgJobs\Service\TcaItemsProcessor->getCountryOptions',
+			'size' => 1,
+			'minitems' => 0,
+			'maxitems' => 1,
+		],
+	];
+}
+
+return $tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application;
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