Mobile workplaces at sea
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Flytbare arbejdspladser til søs as of 2026-08-22[3] 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) | Mobile workplaces at sea as of 2026-06-29[3] SIRI's scheme-overview table calls the same scheme 'Employee on a mobile workplace at sea'. |
| Legal basis | Udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act), LBK nr 1183 of 25 September 2025, section 9 a(2)(8) as of 2026-06-29[3][5] 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 8 is employment on a drilling platform, drilling ship or comparable movable workplace that enters Danish territory briefly – 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 the same instrument in the same terms – a mobile drilling rig, drillship or other vessel entering Danish territory for a short time – and names pipelaying and windmill construction as examples. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-29[3] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 6 months as of 2026-06-29[3][4] A maximum of 6 months at a time, granted for the period the holder will be working at the mobile workplace in Denmark. Rotational interruptions are permitted as long as the work tasks and working conditions stay the same. The permit tracks the vessel's presence in Danish waters rather than a fixed term. |
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| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source[3] |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-06-29[3] Only the named position, company and specific vessel; a different vessel in the same company needs a new application. Sideline employment requires a separate permit per SIRI's overview table. No right to work in other Schengen states. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-07-07[3][5][6] 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 2026-06-29[3] Typically under contract with a company in Denmark. |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-06-29[3][5] None. |
| Qualification requirement | equivalent experience as of 2026-06-29[3] The condition is prior service: before the stay the applicant must have held a similar position on the mobile vessel, or a similar position in the foreign company in charge of it. Documentation of education relevant to the employment, and of an authorisation where the job requires one, is also listed. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-06-29[3] AR1 or AR6. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-06-29[2][3] Not a job-search route; no job-seeking entitlement. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-06-29[3][5] Aliens Act section 9 a(5). For vessels with large crews SIRI can issue a single group case order ID and organise a collective process. |
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| Observed processing time | 1 to 2 months as of 2026-06-29[3] |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 6 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-01-06[4] |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-01-06 |
| 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] Job seeking permit
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-18 · Accessed 2026-08-20 - [3] Mobile workplaces at sea
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-29 · Accessed 2026-08-20 - [4] 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 - [5] 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 - [6] Apply for a permanent residence permit
The Danish Immigration Service · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-07 · Accessed 2026-08-19