Fast-Track Scheme — Educational Track

If you are a highly qualified foreign national with significant work experience within a certain professional field, the educational track is of relevance to you, provided that:

the purpose of your stay in Denmark is to receive highly qualified training in the certified company, or

the purpose is that you will be training other employees in the certified company at a highly qualified level.

It is a requirement that your employer is certified by the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI).

An application for a residence and work permit under the Fast-Track Scheme must be submitted online by your employer.

You must grant your employer power of attorney to handle the application on your behalf.

If you are applying for a permit via this track, your employer must describe the educational purpose of your stay.

If you are a highly qualified foreign national with significant work experience within a certain professional field, the educational track is of relevance to you, provided that:

As a trainee, you are not able to obtain a permit using the educational track. A trainee stay does not imply education on a sufficiently high level to meet the requirement of this track.

The salary that you have been offered must not be less than the standard within the professional field in which you are going to work.

Your terms of employment, such as your holiday entitlements, terms of notice, etc. must not be inferior to the standards within the professional field in which you are going to work.

It is a condition that you work full time. As a rule, this mean 37-40 working hours a week.

You are only allowed to work in the job and in the company that you have been granted a permit to work in.

With a permit under the Fast-Track Scheme, your job content can change within the same university or company without you having to apply for a new work permit. For example, this applies if you are promoted or if your place of work changes. Salary and employment conditions must still correspond to the Danish standards.

If you wish to take a sideline job, you have to obtain a separate permit.

A permit can be granted to your spouse, registered or cohabiting partner as well as children under the age of 18 living at home.

If you apply under the pay limit track or the educational track

If your employment is 4 years or more, you will normally be granted a residence and work permit for 4 years. If you are employed for a shorter period than 4 years, your residence and work permit will normally be valid for the period of your employment.

In addition, you will automatically be granted a 6 month job seeking permit allowing you to look for a new job in Denmark.

It is very important that you apply for an extension before your permit expires. You can apply for an extension of your permit at the earliest 3 months before your permit expires.