Educational Attachment

You can apply for a resident permit under the Educational Attachment scheme if you are currently active or enrolled at an educational institution that can lead to you getting a job, which could eventually become grounds for a residence permit under either the Positive Lists for Skilled Work or the Positive Lists for People with a Higher Education.

It is a requirement that you were enrolled in a educational programme in Denmark at the time your residence permit was refused extension or revoked. The same applies if your right of residence under EU rules was found to have expired.

If you have a valid residence permit granted under the Special Law for persons displaced from Ukraine, you must, at the time of submitting your application for a residence permit on the basis of educational attachment, document that you are enrolled in a programme.

The educational institution must be publically accredited. Therefore, you cannot get a residence permit to study at a private educational institution.

It is also a condition that the programme you are studying at or have been admitted to can lead to you being able to perform a job function that can form the basis for a residence permit according to the Positive List for Skilled Work or the Positive List for People with a Higher Education.

As a general rule, you cannot get a residence permit to study part-time. If you are following a full-time programme on reduced hours because you are also on partial sick leave, and this is documented, you will be considered a full-time student. The same applies if you are following the programme at reduced hours due to a disability, for example. Single subjects are not considered to be a full-time programme.

You must be able to speak and understand the language of instruction at a level that allows you to actively participate in the courses you are attending.

In addition to your residence permit as a student, you will be granted a limited work permit.

90 hours per month during the normal period of study from September to May, and full-time through June, July and August.

However, the permit does not allow you to work in other Schengen countries.

A residence and work permit on the basis of educational attachment or change of education does not allow your family to obtain a residence permit as an accompanying family.

However, family members will be able to obtain a residence permit on the basis of family reunification, provided they meet the conditions.

You can stay in Denmark for the standard (nominal) duration of your educational programme, provided that you are actively participating in the programme.

If you wish to complete your educational programme, you must apply for an extension of your permit 4 months before it expires, at the earliest.

If you have completed an entire higher educational programme in Denmark, you can be granted, under the Educational Attachment scheme, a 6-month residence pemit to look for employment in Denmark.

If you receive a job offer during your job seeking period, you can choose to apply for a new residence and work permit, based on the job you have been offered.