Denmark opens a new work permit to sixteen countries… but not Morocco

The Danish Parliament adopted, on Thursday, September 3, the law creating a new pathway to residency and employment for foreign workers. The scheme targets companies covered by a collective agreement and previously certified by the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration.

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To be eligible, the employee must hold a full-time job, earn at least 322,000 Danish kroner per year — approximately 43,000 euros — and receive their salary in a Danish bank account, Dansk Industri specifies.

The employer must notably have at least ten full-time employees, have been operating for two years and comply with Danish rules on wages, working conditions and safety.

Sixteen nationalities selected

The new permit will be reserved for citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, China — including Hong Kong —, Japan, Australia, Canada, India, Brazil, Malaysia, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova. Morocco is absent from this list included in the proceedings of the Danish Parliament.

The countries were selected according to three criteria: their weight in investments made with Denmark, their status as candidates for the European Union engaged in accession negotiations, or the existence of a bilateral mobility agreement. Morocco falls into none of the categories selected for this initial list.

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Beneficiaries will be able to start working quickly after submitting a complete application, paying the fees and registering their biometric data, without waiting for the final decision. The permit may be issued for three years, then extended for periods of up to four years.