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Work Permit for Accompanying Family Members

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

An accompanying family member who holds or applies for residence as the family member of someone working in Denmark needs this work permit to take a job with the sponsor's employer or a closely related company.

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  • Work Permit for Accompanying Family Members; captured character offset 524
    You must apply for a work permit if you hold or apply for a residence permit as an accompanying family member to a person with a residence permit under one of the schemes mentioned below (i.e your sponsor) and wish to take up employment at the same company as your sponsor or with a company closely related to it.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The sponsor must hold a residence permit under one of the listed Danish work schemes; the work-permit condition applies only when it is stated in the sponsor's SIRI decision letter.

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  • Work Permit for Accompanying Family Members; captured character offset 839
    The Fast-Track Scheme's pay limit track, supplementary pay limit track, educational track and short-term track The Pay Limit Scheme The Supplementary Pay Limit Scheme The Positive List for People with a Higher Education The Positive List for Skilled Work Trainees Special individual qualifications Employees on drilling vessels or the like Herdsmen and farm managers Labour market attachment Change of job within the same industry which formed the grounds for the original residence permit due to labour market attachment
  • Work Permit for Accompanying Family Members; captured character offset 1372
    The condition about work permit were implemented as of 1 January 2021. You are only comprised by the condition if it is stated in your decision letter from SIRI.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The job offer or contract must show at least 30 working hours per week and salary and terms no worse than Danish standards in the relevant professional field.

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What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permit authorises work only in the approved position and company; a new job with the sponsor's employer or a closely related company needs a new permit before work begins.

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How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The work permit is valid for the period of employment but cannot exceed the residence permit, and may expire before it. If the sponsor gets a new permit to work for the family member’s employer or a closely related company, the family member must apply for a work permit within 14 days; applying within 14 days of the sponsor starting the new job allows working while SIRI assesses.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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