Relocation to Denmark

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Permalink Reply by Skip Bowman on November 8, 2008 at 10:22am

There are a number of issues here. I can give you some advice. If you obtain residency in Denmark, you are covered by the Danish health system. I think your chances for otaining a residency permit are good. Though your wife's citizenship may be a problem, if she doesn't have a concrete job. As a Swedish citizen, the process is relatively straight forward. For scientists, there are a number of good visa options including a special low-tax visa for research scientists. I think you should give it a go. There is no doubt that if you can obtain residency for you and your wife, you can look forward to good health care and a great place for families. Skip Bowman

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Permalink Reply by Naveed Abbasi on March 13, 2009 at 12:55pm

Dear Sir, I am married, also have a 3 year kid, sir I am kashmiri and want to apply for work visa for Denmark is possible pleas advise regarding process. GIS Assistant.
Working as GIS Assistant with Pakistan Wetlands Programme a project of Ministry of Environment at National Council for Conservation of Wildlife (NCCW) since 13th February, 2006 to date. The basic responsibilities include to Perform survey of assigned areas record the spatial (GPS data collection) and other related information (Environmental data) of the area, to Digitize the given data, to Generate GIS-maps for any assigned area, Data processing and GIS-based Analysis, Image processing and Classification of Satellite Images. And digitized many TOPO GRAPHIC SHEETS and make a Map of different area of Pakistan.

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Permalink Reply by Eva Hollbaum on November 8, 2008 at 12:05pm

Hi Sushi,

You could go through the application and knowledge gathering process yourselves, but there are a couple of other options as well:

Athough it's not common for employers to be incredibly excited about employing pregnant women, it does happen in rare instances when the woman in question possesses skills which are in high demand. In that case, your wife's employer could apply for a resident and work permit for her.

Also, your employer could apply on behalf of the whole family.

You should ask your employer's HR people to check whether your family is entitled to benefits such as health care immediately after arriving here, or if you'll have to wait six weeks for those. Additional company health care plans are becoming very common, and I'm pretty sure you could negotiate something in this respect - at least on a temporary basis, if needed.

If your job is in the Copenhagen area, and you find the immigration process too difficult to deal with, you could consider living in Malmø. The commute is fast and easy nowadays - although the cost obviously adds up.

Denmark is, however, very eager to have more qualified science oriented people work and live here, so you should have good prospects in this country.

Kind regards,
Eva

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Permalink Reply by Relocation Expert | Annemette Krogh on November 8, 2008 at 11:08pm

Dear Sushi,

Thank you for posting your question with Live in Denmark.

Once you have secured the Work and Residence Permit for your wife,
you need to find a property here. Once the two are in place, you can register
all of you with the local municipality, here you get the CPR Number, which
is key to life in Denmark.

When you have registered, you are automatically included in the free
health care which also includes post and prenatal assistance as well as
access to child birth free of charge.

I hope this answers your concerns, you can find more information via
workindenmark.dk and newtodenmark.dk

Best regards, Annemette Krogh, Destination Services Director
All Denmark Relocation A/S

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Permalink Reply by Sushi on November 9, 2008 at 8:38am

Thanks a lot Eva, Skip, and Annemette!!
These are all very helpful advice. We are all very excited and curious about moving to Denmark.
Kind regards

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Permalink Reply by John Callaway on February 22, 2009 at 8:12pm

Yes, 100% covered. Also as a Swedish citisen, you probably know your residence status in DK would be governed, first, by the Nordic pact, second, by EU law and third danish law. Don't let them put you on the family reunification track that is intended for non-EU citisens.

Regards,

Mac

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Permalink Reply by Naveed Abbasi on April 4, 2009 at 11:20am

hi dear brother Mr. scientist navid here form Azad Kashmir can you permission me to join Danish company.

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