Denmark Green Card Scheme

       Denmark is a Scandinavian nation; located in the northernmost part of Europe. It has a long and absolutely spectacular coastline and a temperate climate with plenty of beaches, which attracts towards it a lot many immigrants each year.

The Green Card Scheme is a fairly recent innovation of the Danish government, aimed at providing easy immigration to those seeking jobs or work in Denmark. Under this scheme, it is not required to obtain a separate work permit for paid or unpaid work. However, self employment is not covered under this provision.

Eligibility under the Green Card Scheme:

A point based system is followed for the objective evaluation and comparison of the applications received for processing. The areas taken into consideration for assessment are: Education, Language Skills, Work Experience, Adaptability, and Age.

·         Education: This area is assessed upon the level of qualification possessed by an individual at the time of making an application. Bachelors’ degrees earn 30 points, a one year masters’ degree in combination earns 50 points, a two year masters’ degree earns 60 points, whereas a doctorate earns 80 points.

·         Additional points may be awarded based on ranking in the top 100(15 points), 200(10 points) or 400(5 points) of the institution attended by the candidate. Further bonus of 10 points may be earned by the possession of a qualification in the positive list.

·         Language Proficiency: This is graded on the basis of proficiency in any Scandinavian language and English or German. Points are awarded on the basis of levels of proficiency attained: Level 1: 5points, Level 2: 10 points, Level 3: 15 points. A study test in Danish as a second language provides the maximum score in this section with 20 points.

·         Work Experience: Since Denmark is highly focussed on education and research, points are awarded for experience in the research field as 15 points for 3-5 years of experience and 10 points for 1-2 years. Work experience in all other fields is given 5 points for 3-5 years of experience.

·         Adaptability: Points may be claimed on the basis of work experience or education experience (but not both) under the European Union/European Economic Area. Completion of a year of higher education or one year of work experience and residence in EU/EEA awards 5 points whereas education of 3 years or more  or work experience and residence of 2 years or more awards 15 points under this factor.

·         Age: Applicants younger than 34 years of age are awarded 15 points, while those between 35 and 40 years are awarded 10 points. No points are awarded beyond this threshold.

Benefits:

The green card scheme has the following benefits:

• When a VISA is granted to a person under green card scheme, his or her spouse is also eligible for a residence permit, holding which they are free to work in Denmark.
•  VISA is also granted to dependent children under 18 years of age.
• The green card scheme does not require an existing job offer, though the candidate must himself look for employment after migrating to Denmark.

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