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The Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
University of Aarhus, 2nd April
2014
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Agenda The new agency
Biometric residence card
Greencard Scheme
Pay Limit Scheme
If you change job in Denmark
Wait to defend-‐permit
Accompanying family members
Lapse of residence permit
Extension of residence permit
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The Agency • The Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment – a new
agency from 1st January 2014
• Two divisions handling applications for residence permit – Labour Immigration Service – Student Immigration Service
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Biometric residence cards • You must appear in person to have your biometric features (a facial
photo, fingerprints and electronic signature) recorded every time you submit an application
• Where? - your local police station or at our Citizen Centre in Njalsgade 72 C, 2300 Copenhagen
• Biometrics must be recorded by the latest 14 days after applying for a permit
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The Greencard Scheme
• GR1 form – current fee is DKK 6.485 • The applicant must obtain at least 100 points • Points are given for: educational level, language skills, work
experience, adaptability and age • Most points are awarded for educational level: for a PhD you get 80
points and for a master degree you get 60 points
The residence permit is issued for 3 years for the purpose of seeking work, and subsequently working, in Denmark
Based on an individual assessment using a grading system
designed to assess the likelihood that the applicant will be able to find qualified work in Denmark
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Greencard Conditions: Self support • You must be able to support yourself during your first year in
Denmark • Documentation can be a bank statement showing your name,
recent date, currency and the required amount • The amounts can be found at www.newtodenmark.dk • If you apply for an accompanying family member you must also
show that you can support this person
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Greencard Educational Documents • A basic requirement is that you as a minimum have the equivalent of
a Danish bachelor’s degree or a corresponding medium length degree
• We ask The Danish Agency for Higher Education for an assessment of your educational level if you have a foreign degree. This is done as academic degrees vary from country to country, even if they are called the same
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Greencard Educational Documents
• If you have obtained your degree in Denmark your educational documents will not be assessed by The Danish Agency for Higher Education. This shortens the processing time considerably (30 days)
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Greencard Extension of your residence permit • If you have worked for 12 consecutive months for a minimum of ten
hours per week at the time the decision to extend is reached or • If you become involuntarily unemployed no more than 3 months
before applying for an extension and prior to this have worked for 12 consecutive months for a minimum of ten hours per week
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The Pay Limit Scheme Conditions • A gross annual pay of no less than DKK 375.000
• This amount is an absolute minimum which must be met even if you take unpaid holiday during your employment
Duration • Corresponds to the employment period + six months job seekers permit • A maximum duration, however, of 4 years the first time you apply • During the job seekers period, you are not allowed to work. If you
however find a new job, you can begin your new job as soon as you have applied for a new residence and work permit
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If you change job • New permit or extension? • When are you allowed to start working before you have been
granted the residence permit?
– Paylimit scheme/positive list/reseacher
– Greencard scheme/student permit / accompanying family members
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Wait to defend • If you are an employed PhD, you can apply for a residence permit
covering the time period from handing in your dissertation until defending it (max. 4 months). Use application form XG1
• Not entitled to work à documentation of self support
• Documentation of when you are defending your dissertation • Accompanying family members must apply for a new residence
permit
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Accompanying family member • A residence permit as an accompanying family member:
– Gives you the right to work and study in Denmark – You must live at a joint address with the main applicant (i.e. your
spouse or parent)
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Family member • When holding a residence permit as an accompanying family
member: – You are not allowed to receive public assistance under the terms
of the Active Social Policy Act (fx “kontanthjælp”) – If your sponsor is here as a research trainee or on a “wait to
defend”-permit he or she must document that they can support you (DKK 2.100 per month per person)
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Family member • Children born in Denmark or outside Denmark
Ø An application (FA8) must be submitted regardless of where the child is born
Ø A copy of the child’s passport and birth certificate must be enclosed
Ø A fee of DKK 2.095 (2014 level) must be paid and the receipt of the paid fee must be enclosed the application
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Family member Biometric features – As the child is living with his or her parents, the child is
exempted for carrying proof of the residence permit. – Should the child need proof of his or her right to reside in
Denmark in connection with travel, biometric features must be obtained in order to issue a residence card for the child.
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Family member • For children born in Denmark of parents holding permanent
residence permits:
– You can chose to apply for a permit as an accompanying family member through our Agency
• You must pay a fee
– Or you can chose to apply for family reunification through the Danish Immigration Service. The application form FA7 must be used.
• You do not have to pay a fee
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Lapse of residence permit
• Your permit lapses automatically if you give up your residence in Denmark:
- sell your house,
- deregister your address with the CPR-registry.
• Your permit lapses automatically if you stay outside of Denmark for more than 6/12 months
If you leave Denmark for an extended period of Fme, or if you no longer maintain a residence in Denmark, your residence permit
can lapse
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Lapse of residence permit You can apply for dispensation to prevent your permit from lapsing, if your stay outside Denmark is with a specific purpose:
- work - education - maternity/paternity leave - taking care of ill family
• Duration: maximum 3 years • Family members can also apply • Use application form BF1
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Extension of residence permit • An application for extension of your residence permit must always
be submitted before your current residence permit expires and earliest two months before
• Right to continue to work og study while we process the application
(service goal of three months) • If you have to travel, you can apply for a re-entry permit at the police
station
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Contact
• Labour Immigration Division
– Hotline: +45 33 96 36 16
– E-mail: [email protected]
• Student Immigration Division
– Hotline: +45 33 96 36 28
– E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.star.dk and www.newtodenmark.dk