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Interns

As a foreign national, you can be granted a residence and work permit as an intern in Denmark.

You can be granted a residence and work permit if you wish to work in Denmark as an intern for a limited period of time. The work must be part of an educational programme which you have begun or completed in your country of origin.

If you are a Nordic citizen, you do not need a residence permit in order to stay in Denmark as an au pair. If you are an EU/EEA citizen or Swiss citizen, you must apply for a certificate of registration at the Regional State Administration. If you are a citizen of one of the new EU countries, you must apply to the Immigration Service for a work permit.

If you already hold a Danish residence permit based on family reunification or asylum, or hold a residence permit on humanitarian grounds, you do not need a work permit in order to work in Denmark.

It is your own responsibility to obtain a work permit if you are required to. If you work illegally in Denmark, you risk deportation, and you and your employer risk fine or imprisonment.

Conditions

In order to be granted a residence and work permit as an intern, you must meet the following conditions:

• You must be between the ages of 18 and 34 at the time of application (both years included).
• The internship must have as its objective to supplement an educational programme which you have begun or completed in your country of origin. You must include in your application an authorised translation of documentation of your on-going or finished education, including a list of the courses you have taken.
• The internship must have a natural relation to your on-going or completed education in your country of origin.
• The place of internship must be able to provide adequate and relevant training. You must include a copy of a current approval of the place of internship with your application. The number of residence and work permits issued cannot exceed the total number of interns which the place of internship is approved to host. If the number of interns is not specified on the approval, the place of internship will be permitted to host a maximum of two interns.
• Salary and employment conditions must correspond to Danish standards for interns.
• Your application must include a description of your responsibilities and the objectives of your internship. This does not apply to interns in the agricultural, forestry, or horticultural fields.
• Your application must also include a description of how the internship will supplement the educational programme which you have begun or completed in your country of origin. This does not apply to interns in the agricultural, forestry, or horticultural fields.

 

Special condition for healthcare interns

In addition to the general conditions, interns in the healthcare sector must also meet some additional conditions:

Your education must be approved by the Danish National Board of Health, and you must attach documentation for this approval.

The supervising physician must submit a written statement attesting to your capabilities, and accepting responsibility for your supervision and for the work you carry out during your internship.

If your intership is unpaid, you must document that you can support yourself during your stay. This means that you must have at your disposal the equivalent of DKK 4,200 per month. Documentation can be a bank statement in your name or documentation for student grant or scholarship.

All Danish public hospitals are approved to host interns.

Duration

You may be granted a residence and work permit for up to 18 months, but no longer than the duration of your internship contract. Normally, your permit cannot be extended beyond this period. However, it can be extended up to 24 months in total if the internship contract includes a full-time study programme (comprising a maximum of eight months).

If you apply for an extension, you may continue to work as an intern while the Immigration Service is processing your application, provided that you are at the same place of internship and that the conditions for your stay remain unchanged.

If you wish to begin at a new place of internship, you may not do so before you have been granted a new residence and work permit.

Family members

If you are a citizen of one of the new EU countries (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia), you may bring your family members under the EU regulations on free movement. Your family members must submit their application to the Immigration Service.

You must meet the following conditions in order to bring family members:

You must be able to document that you have adequate accommodation at your disposal.

For family members other than your spouse/registered partner/ cohabiting partner and children under 21, you must document that you financially supported them in your country of origin, and that you can continue to do so in Denmark.

If you are a non-EU citizen, you cannot normally bring your family. Only in very special cases will the Immigration Service grant a residence permit to your spouse/registered partner/cohabiting partner, or any children under the age of 18 who are living at home with you. In this case, your family members must be able to support themselves and you must live together in Denmark at the same address.

Your spouse/partner is allowed to work full-time for the entire period his or her permit is valid.