Denmark– New Positive List Published
March 11, 2019
The Danish immigration authorities have published a new positive list, effective March 1, 2019 and valid until June 30, 2019.
What is the Positive List?
The Positive List is Denmark’s list of occupations which are currently experiencing a shortage of qualified professional resident workers. Foreign nationals who have been offered a job which is on the list and have an educational background that qualifies them for the job, can apply for a work and residence permit under the scheme.
What has changed?
Professions added
- Finance Director
- Deputy/Assistant Manager, sales
- District manager
- After School Club Manager
- Nursing home administrator
- Deputy head teacher
- Restaurant manager
- Environmental Engineer
- Landscape architect
- Land surveyor
- Health and wellness counsellor
- Midwife
- Food Service Manager
- Occupational Therapist
- Research Assistant, Humanities
- Senior Research, natural and technical science
- Professor, health and wellness
- Associate/assistant professor, University College
- Upper secondary school teacher
- Web developer
- Civil Economist
- Psychologist
- Psychotherapist
- Laboratory dental technician
Professions Removed
- Sales manager
- Production manager
- Statistician
- Actuary
- Civil engineer
- Engineer, design and innovation
- Hospital doctor
- Teacher at a public primary and lower secondary school teacher
- Teacher at independent boarding school for lower secondary school student
- Speech-hearing therapist
- Attorney
- Assistant attorney
- Assistant Judge
- Assistant prosecutor
- National economist / socio-economist
Employers who may be affected are encouraged to contact their immigration specialist for case-specific advice.