Labour Market Attachment
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Arbejdsmarkedstilknytning as of 2026-08-22[2] Heading of the Danish-language edition of this route's own page on nyidanmark.dk, transcribed as published. The Aliens Act enumerates the grounds by section number and gives the permits no names of their own, so the authority's published Danish heading is the local name. |
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| Official name (English) | Labour Market Attachment as of 2026-01-01[2] |
| Legal basis | Udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act), LBK nr 1183 of 25 September 2025, section 9 a(2)(11) and (12); filing deadline section 9 a(6); job-seeking period section 9 a(24); application of item 11 to Afghanistan and Ukraine permit expiries section 9 a(30) as of 2026-01-01[2][4] SIRI's scheme page cites no statutory section anywhere in its text. The identification is made from the consolidated Aliens Act's own wording: section 9 a(2) enumerates the employment and self-employment grounds as numbered items, and item 11 and 12 is item 11 an alien whose permit under sections 7-9, 9 b-9 e or 9 m, or under the Afghanistan or Ukraine special acts, is refused extension or revoked, or whose EU right of residence has ceased, when in fixed employment of at least two years; item 12 a holder of a permit under item 11 or 12 with a job offer on the same or better terms in the same sector – which is this scheme's distinguishing condition as SIRI states it. Both sources are Tier-1 and describe the same rule; nothing is inferred from silence. SIRI's page describes exactly that population and exactly that two-year employment condition, and separately names the Job Change within the same Professional Field Scheme, which is item 12. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-01-01[2] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-01-06[2][3] Up to 2 years at a time, and capped at the contract length where the contract is shorter than 2 years. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-01-06[2][3] |
| Renewal duration | up to 4 years as of 2026-01-01[2] After the first 2 years, up to 4 years at a time. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-01-01[2] Only the permitted job. A different job requires a permit under a different scheme and revokes this one, and this is the only scheme SIRI's overview table records as not covered by the job change rule – the holder may not begin working before the new permit is granted. Within the same professional field the Job Change within the same Professional Field Scheme gives the same rights and duration. Sideline employment needs a specific work permit. Self-employment cannot found the permit. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-07-07[2][4][5] Permanent residence requires eight years' uninterrupted legal residence held throughout on a permit under Aliens Act sections 7-9 f, 9 i-9 n, 9 p or 9 q (1) or (2), which the Immigration Service enumerates on its permanent-residence page. This route's permit is granted under section 9 a, which falls inside that range, so time on it counts. Whether the holder also meets the separate employment and supplementary conditions is a question about the individual, not about the route. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-01-01[2] Existing employment rather than a new offer: the applicant must already be in the job that founds the permit. |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-01-01[2][4] None. |
| Qualification requirement | none as of 2026-01-01[2] No qualification condition. What is required instead is at least two years of legal, continuous and unsupported employment with the same employer at the time of application, as a rule full time – normally 37 hours a week, with the caveat that fewer hours may count as full time in certain industries. Apprenticeships and non-subsidised IGU count; employment carrying a state or municipal wage subsidy does not. A valid Danish authorisation is required where the job requires one. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-01-01[2] AR1 or AR6, with the employer's participation. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-01-06[2][3] Not a job-search route. It carries a job-seeking entitlement of 3 months rather than the usual 6, granted automatically from termination where the holder becomes unemployed through no fault of their own; Aliens Act section 9 a(24) grants the same 3 months without application where an item 11 or 12 permit is refused extension or revoked for involuntary unemployment. |
Process
| Where to apply from | in-country only as of 2026-01-01[2][4] The scheme exists to rescue a permit already held in Denmark. Aliens Act section 9 a(6) requires a lawful stay and sets a 7-day deadline running from the final decision refusing or revoking the earlier permit; SIRI states the same 7-day deadline and adds that the holder may keep working while awaiting the decision. |
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| Observed processing time | 1 to 1 months as of 2026-01-01[2] |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 6 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-01-01[2] SIRI states the standard Danish lapse rule for this permit: the holder must not give up their Danish address or stay abroad for more than 6 successive months, and a breach makes the permit lapse. A dispensation can be applied for in advance. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-07-23[1][2] |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child as of 2026-07-23[1][2] Spouse, registered or cohabiting partner, and children under 18 living at home. SIRI's accompanying-family page adds the conditions the scheme page does not state: the family member must live at the same address as the sponsor, a cohabiting partner needs 1.5-2 years of documented cohabitation, and one case order ID, one fee and one application form are required per family member. |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2026-07-23[1] |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 5 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 5 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-01-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Accompanying family member to an employee
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-23 · Accessed 2026-08-20 · Archived copy - [2] Labour Market Attachment
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-01-01 · Accessed 2026-08-20 - [3] Work schemes in SIRI – an overview
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-01-06 · Accessed 2026-08-20 - [4] Bekendtgoerelse af udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act, consolidated), LBK nr 1183 af 25/09/2025
Udlaendinge- og Integrationsministeriet / Retsinformation · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-09-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [5] Apply for a permanent residence permit
The Danish Immigration Service · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-07 · Accessed 2026-08-19