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If you work or study here, want to stay here permanently, and want your spouse to join you here too, the visa rules just got tighter. See whether you would qualify as a ‘worthy’ foreigner under the new point system
It seems a bit like a game show. The Danish government’s new ‘Immigration Pact’ has internationals and their spouses gathering points to earn the right to a permanent visa.
Those under the age of 24 will require 120 points and those over 24 need 60 points.
See how you – or you partner – measure up here:
1. Education:
PhD or Masters degree from Denmark or a top 20 university – 120 points
PhD or Masters degree from another university abroad – 80 points
Bachelor degree from Denmark or a top 20 university – 70 points
Bachelor degree from another university abroad – 50
Business school or professional Bachelor degree in Denmark – 50 points
Business school or professional Bachelor degree from abroad – 40 points
2. Work experience
2 years of qualified work in Denmark – 80 points
2.5 years of qualified work in the last 3 years – 60 points
Other work experience for 2.5 of the last 3 years – 40 points
3. Language qualifications
Danish, Swedish and Norwegian level C1 (on a common European grading system, where C2 is the highest, followed by C1, B2, B1, A2 and A1) – 50 points
English, German, French or Spanish level C1 – 40 points
4. Other (Note: A maximum of 20 points in this category)
Danish at level B1 or B2 – 20 points
English, German, French or Spanish at level B1 or B2, or the equivalent – 20 points
Not living in a ghetto area – 20 points
Active participation in a global humanitarian organisation – 10 points
Self-supporting financially – 10 points
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