How to apply for a residence permit

Working in Denmark

Denmark offers interesting opportunities within a different range of sectors. This site will help you navigate the Danish labour market.

Denmark is a long established member of the EU and has a unique and internationally renowned labour market. A labour market where employers and trade unions cooperate to ensure the interest of both parties and where legislators do not have to intervene to ensure attractive working conditions and interesting remuneration schemes.

Foreign employees are given the same rights and privileges as Danish employees, meaning that, for instance, you are entitled to use the Danish health care system and thus visit doctors and hospitals free of charge, after only 3 months of working in Denmark.

The Danish labour market is open for foreigners and on the website www.workindenmark.dk you can consult the opportunities and get advice on working and residence issues.

 

Residence Permit

If you wish to work/study and/or reside in Denmark, please take the necessary steps and apply for the requested permits as mentioned on this website: www.newtodenmark.dk.

When you apply for a residence and/or work/study permit, you should choose the location where you wish to submit your application. 

Remember to pay both fees when applying: the fee to either The Danish Immigration Service or The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and the fee to the Danish embassy (using the link https://dys.um.dk/permit/).

After you have completed all the steps, please make an appointment with the Danish Embassy in Brussels to hand in your documents, both payment receipts and record your biometrics.

 

 

Mandatory Documents

  • Your national passport: a colour copy of all pages of your national passport (including blank ones)
  • Your Belgian/Schengen residence card ( + colour copy of both sides, original Belgian/Schengen residence card must be shown)
  • The proof of payment to the Danish Integration Service in Copenhagen (with a ref.no that we will need in order to open for the biometrics programme)
  • The proof of payment to this Embassy (again with a specific ref.no) - you can read more here on how to pay : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark - (um.dk)
  • A print of all pages of your online application

 

The Danish Embassy in Brussels welcomes any questions you might have in this connection.

  

Contact details:

Questions can be sent to [email protected]