Updated Positive Skills List

Key Points  

• Denmark updated the positive list for foreign nationals holding higher education degrees and for skilled workers on 1 January 2023  

Overview  

The government of Denmark introduced a new Positive List for individuals with higher education and a Positive List for Skilled Work on 1 January 2023. The positive lists will remain in effect until 30 June 2023.  

The Positive List contains professions currently experiencing labor shortages in Denmark. It provides a work and residence permit path for foreign nationals from countries outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area.  

The positive list for people with a higher education contains a total of 40 job titles and the positive list for skilled work contains 36 job titles.