Denmark: Positive Lists for Graduates, Skilled Workers Updated

Effective January 1, 2024, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration has updated the Positive Lists for both graduates and skilled workers. The new Positive List for People with a Higher Education includes 72 job titles, while the Positive List for Skilled Work includes 38. 

Notable additions to the Higher Education Positive List include: military officers, heads of logistics management, heads of products management, biologists, mechanical engineers, environmental engineers, quality engineers, business intelligence managers, specialist consultants, marketing professionals, information technology programmers and system developers, web developers, system administrators, legal counsel, and communication consultants. Notable additions to the Skilled Work Positive List include: plumbers, technical designers, sales consultants, human resources assistants, bricklayers, welders, bodywork metal workers, shipbuilders, service technicians with iron and metal, and industrial mechanics. Notable removals from this list include: blacksmiths, automatic technical technicians, electronics technicians, and telecommunications technicians. The Positive Lists – which are updated twice a year – designate shortage occupations eligible for a Positive List Program residence and work authorization in Denmark. These changes do not affect current Positive List permit holders, who can renew their permits provided they continue to meet general renewal conditions, even if their job title was removed from the Positive List.