Internship — Green Sector

You can be granted a residence permit as an intern in Denmark if you meet two conditions: You are enrolled in an educational programme in your home country or in a country where you have been a legal resident, and there are specific educational reasons for your internship in Denmark.

You cannot be granted a residence permit as an intern within the green sector if you are not currently enrolled as an active student in an educational programme.

The content of the internship must be related to the educational programme which you have begun in your home country or in another country where you reside legally.

The green sector (agriculture, agronomy, veterinary, forestry or horticulture)

Your place of internship must be approved to host interns. A copy of the approval of the place of internship must be submitted along with the application.

The green sector (agriculture, agronomy, veterinary, forestry or horticulture)

Your place of internship must be approved to host interns. A copy of the approval of the place of internship must be submitted along with the application.

You must be at least 18 years old but cannot have turned 30 at the time of applying.

You must have passed a language test in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English or German at A2-level or higher according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and which appears on the list published by the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE), or in accordance with the language tests set out in Annex 1 to the Executive Order regulating internships (bekendtgørelse nr. 1039 af 20. juni 2022).

You can only work in the position and in the place of internship that you have been granted a permit to work in.

If you are offered a new internship, you must apply for a new permit. This also applies if you are offered a new position, e.g. as a herdsman, in the same workplace.

A Danish residence and work permit does not allow you to work in other Schengen countries.

Normally, you are not allowed to bring your family with you to Denmark with a residence permit as an intern.

If you are an intern within the green sector, you can be granted a residence and work permit valid for up to 18 months – however, the validity period cannot exceed the contract period.

If you attend a Danish agricultural school or technical school for a period of 6 to 8 months as a supplement to your internship, you can be granted a residence permit for up to 24 months in total.