The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has announced that, effective February 14, 2024, it will make a new printable application form available which is tailored to those who wish to apply for a work permit for ‘sideline employment,’ or for a work permit as an accompanying family member because they have been offered a job within the same company as their sponsor.
Key Information
- The new form is called AR8. This form will replace the application forms AR1, AR3 and AR6/7, which have previously been used for these two categories.
- Applicants must now use the new application form AR8 when applying for a work permit (but not a residence permit) in Denmark if:
- they have a residence and work permit based on a job with a certain employer, and they would like to take up an additional job as ‘sideline employment’, or if
- they already have (or are currently applying for) a residence permit as an accompanying family member to a person who either works or is about to work in Denmark, and they need a work permit because they have been offered a job by the same company that their family member (the sponsor) works for, or at a company that has a close connection to the company where their sponsor works.
Current holders of a work permit based on either of these two schemes can use the new AR8 form to apply for an extension of their work permit.
Please note that commuters cannot use the AR8 form. A commuter is a person who works in Denmark, but lives abroad. Commuters must continue to use the application forms AR1, AR3 or AR6/7.
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