Change in terms of employment with the same employer

Which changes can happen without a new permit?

• Your job content can change within the same company or university, e.g. if you are promoted or if your research project is changing.

• You receive a salary increase.

• Your current employment has been temporary and you are offered permanent employment.

• Your place of work changes within the same company (this does not apply to the researcher scheme).

• You change your department within the same company (with the same CVR.no.).

• You enter into a new contract in accordance with the collective agreement with the same employer.

• You get a new title.

• The designation or name for your type of position changes in general within the company.

• Business transfer. The entire company or the part of the company in which you are employed is transferred to a new owner. The business transfer is regulated by the Danish law on business transfers.

Your salary and employment conditions must still correspond to Danish standards. If you hold a permit under the Pay Limit Scheme, the Fast Track Pay Limit track or the Fast Track supplementary pay limit track, your salary must also continue to meet the pay limit requirement.

If your salary or other employment terms change for the worse, you must inform SIRI. We will then assess whether you still meet the requirements for your permit.

What is a significant change that requires a new permit?

• You want to work for a new employer.

• You are given managerial responsibility or managerial responsibility is being taken away from you.

• You hold a permit under the Pay Limit Scheme and wish to reduce your working hours to no less than 30 hours/week. Your salary must still meet the pay limit requirement, even if the number of working hours has been reduced.

Please note that you and your employer may be subject to penalties if you work in breach of the conditions of your work permit.

Your work permit is limited to the employment that is the basis for your permit.  You are not allowed to work in other positions than the one stated in your permit. This also applies if you are offered a new position in the same company. If you are offered a new position either in another company or in the same company you must apply for a new residence and work permit.

You must also apply for a new residence and work permit if you are given manager responsibility or manager responsibility is taken away from you. 

If you find a new job, while you are employed, you can start your new job before you have been granted a new residence and work permit.  You just have to submit your application for a new permit no later than on the same day as you start your new job.

Read more about the job changing rule and when it applies here.

Which changes can happen without a new permit?

Here you can see some examples of situations where you do not need a new permit:

• You receive a salary increase.
• Your current employment has been temporary, but you are offered permanent employment.
• You change your department within the same company (with the same CVR no.), but your position does not change.
• You enter into a new contract in accordance with the collective agreement with the same employer, but your position and the content of your job do not change.
• The designation or name for your type of position changes in general within the company.
• You are an engineer and are promoted to senior engineer without any further changes to you job tasks.
• Business transfer. The entire company or the part of the company in which you are employed is transferred to a new owner. The business transfer is regulated by the Danish law on business transfers.
• The company changes its status from a one-man business to a limited company, public or private, or to a limited liability company - the CVR no. does not change.

In all these situations it is, however, important that you remember to apply for an extension in due time, if relevant.