Effective September 1, 2024, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) now assesses differently the work permit exemption for professional athletes, coaches and associated personnel.
According to section 24(2)(8) of the Executive Order on Aliens’ Access to Denmark, professional athletes and coaches, and associated personnel, may be exempt from the work permit requirement for a period of 90 days from the date of entry for the practice and training of sports, including test training. In practice, ‘associated personnel’ includes personnel accompanying athletes and coaches during their stay in Denmark, e.g. a masseur, a team leader, a chef, etc.
Key Changes
- In the assessment of ‘associated personnel’, SIRI will now take into account the special needs of the individual sporting event to a greater extent.
- SIRI will in the future expand the interpretation of “associated personnel” so that personnel who perform tasks at a specialized level of knowledge to support the sporting event as a whole will also be exempt from the work permit requirement.
With this change, new types of sporting events, such as e-sports events, are taken into account, so that these can be carried out on the same terms as other sporting events in Denmark.
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