Faroe IslandsWork
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The Fast Track Faroe Islands pathway is designed for a person who has been offered employment by a company approved by the Faroese Immigration Office for the Fast Track scheme.
You have been offered employment at a company that is approved for Fast Track by the Immigration Office
The applicant needs an employment offer from an employer approved for Fast Track by the Immigration Office; approval means an employment agreement with that company meets Faroese salary and employment-term standards. The employer needs Fast Track approval even if already pre-approved for the EU scheme.
You can only apply for a residence and work permit in accordance with the Fast Track scheme, if your employer has been Fast Track approved by the Immigration Office.
When a company has been approved by the Immigration Office, it means that an employment agreement made with the company in question, meets the requirements for salary and terms of employment that must correspond to the Faroese standards.
Please note that your employer must apply for an approval for Fast Track, even if the company has already been given a prior pre-approval for the special EU scheme.
Salary, holiday entitlement and notice terms must not be inferior to Faroese standards in the field; the job must be full time (40 hours/week); the scheme is suspended if unemployment exceeds 3.5% for an extended period; some jobs (e.g. health professionals) need a Danish or Faroese authorisation.
Your salary, holiday entitlements, terms of notice etc. must not be inferior to the standards within the professional field in the Faroe Islands, in which you are going to work.
You must work full time, which corresponds to 40 hours per week.
The Fast Track Agreement will be suspended if the unemployment rate exceeds 3,5 pct. for an extended period of time.
In certain cases, you are required to have a Danish or Faroese authorisation. This applies, for example, if you are a health professional.
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the work allowed, any tie to employer or sector and family accompaniment.
The permit is granted for a maximum of 1 year at a time; to continue working after it expires, the holder must apply for an extension. Work-permit holders can apply for permanent residence after holding the temporary permit on essentially the same grounds for seven years; a specific form exists for Fast Track permit holders.
A residence and work permit in the Faroe Islands can only be granted for a maximum of 1 year at a time.
If you wish to continue to work at your job after your permit has expired, you must remember to apply for an extension of your residence and work permit.
If you have been granted a residence permit on the Faroe Islands on the grounds of work/study or as an accompanying family member to a foreign national who has a residence permit on the Faroe Islands on the grounds of work/study, you can apply for a permanent residence permit once you have held the temporary residence permit on essentially the same grounds for seven years.
Form to use if you hold a work permit under the Fast Track scheme:
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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