Fast-Track residence and work for a person offered a full-time job by an employer approved by the Government of Greenland.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 9
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
North America · Immigration
Greenland
Greenland sits in North America. Its immigration system runs 15 distinct routes — led by study, family and work, each set out in official law. All 15 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 15across 8 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 15 of 15cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Study4 of the 15 routes — see them under Study below
- Region
- North America
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Population
- 56,831
- Official language
- Greenlandic
- Currency
- DKK
- Time zone
- 4 zones
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 15 routes, grouped by purpose — 15 of 15 cite an official government source directly.
Work
2 routes
Residence and work for a foreign national with an employment agreement from a Greenland-registered company.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 9
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Study
4 routes
Residence for an approved basic or youth study programme at an approved Greenlandic institution.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 7
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for full-time higher education at a publicly accredited Greenlandic institution in an approved programme.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 5
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for a full-degree or visiting PhD student linked to a Greenlandic educational institution.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 5
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for an internship professionally connected to an educational programme in the applicant's home country or country of legal residence.
Eligibility: 3Process & costs: 4Report facts: 7
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Family
3 routes
Residence for the spouse, cohabiting partner or minor child of a Greenland religious-worker permit holder.
Can bring: spouse, children, partner, de facto partner
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for the spouse, registered or cohabiting partner, or child under eighteen of a Greenland residence and work permit holder.
Can bring: spouse, children, partner, de facto partner
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 7
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for a qualifying close family member of a person with the required Greenlandic status.
Can bring: spouse, children, parents, partner…
Process & costs: 2Report facts: 12
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence-based status
1 route
Permanent residence after the qualifying period on substantially the same residence basis, while the underlying conditions continue to be met.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 9
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Free movement
1 route
Permit-free residence and work for citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Report facts: 6
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Cultural, religious & volunteer
2 routes
Cultural-exchange residence for a person aged eighteen to twenty-nine living with a qualifying Greenlandic host family.
Can bring: children, partner, de facto partner
Eligibility: 3Report facts: 11
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for a religious worker, missionary, nun or monk serving a recognised or approved religious community in Greenland.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 8
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Short stay & visit
1 route
Greenland-specific visa for a visa-required national making a visit of up to ninety days.
Documents: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Ancestry & return
1 route
Residence on the basis of previous Danish citizenship or Greenlandic or Danish descent.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 4
Official government source: nyidanmark.dk · checked 2026-07-26
Official sources
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