immigration.fo Apply For Extending Work & Residence Permit Faroe Islands : Faroese Immigration Office

Organization : Faroese Immigration Office
Type of Facility : Apply For Extending Work & Residence Permit
Country: Faroe Islands

Website : http://www.immigration.fo/work-permits/work/extensions/

Apply For Extending Work & Residence Permit :

Applicants who wish to extend their work and residence permit can submit the application application form in english FO/AR2 (danish version FO/AR2) to the local police in the Faroe Islands. The employer confirm his continued job-offer by filling out the relevant form (FO/AR2, Part 2).

Related : Faroese Immigration Office Work & Residence Permit Faroe Islands : www.statusin.org/9693.html

Main conditions for extension of work permit :
** Application must be submitted before the permit expires.
** The employer must throughout the last period have paid the employee’s salary regularly, at least once per month, and in accordance with the wage stated in the contract.

** The employee must have fulfilled the conditions set in the work contract including having worked consecutively through the year except for normal holidays according to the Faroese Holiday Act.

Documents to be included:
1) copy of the applicant´s passport,
2) copy of the applicant´s authorization (if the job in question requires authorization).
3) copy of a contract with the employer if the job-conditions have changed or the previous contract was limited in time
4) certification from ALS, see page 11/11 if the applicant has been in the same job for less than 2 years.

Permanent residence:
Work- and residence permits are temporary permits, generally valid for one year or less. After holding a work-permit for 7 years in succession, a foreign citizen can apply for a permanent residence permit, based on the intention to live here permanently.

Please use the application form FO/AR2 (danish version FO/AR2) with an extra comment about your wish to be granted a permanent residence permit.

When applying for permanent residence, the conditions regarding work and income must be fulfilled up to the date of being granted a permanent residence permit. When applying, a new offer of work for the next year should also be attached.

Please note that permanent residence permits are not granted without conditions. Therefore, please read more about other requirements regarding permanent residence here.

Applications :
** Applications can be sent to the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration.

Working in the Faroe Islands :
** The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration is responsible for processing applications for residence permits in the Faroe Islands based on work or studies.

If you need to apply for a residence permit in the Faroe Islands as an :
** employee
** student
** au pair
** intern
** you must therefore submit you application to the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration.

Address :
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration
Njalsgade 72C
P.O. Box 2000
2300 Copenhagen S
Tel.no.  :+45 72142000
E-mail : star AT star.dk

Applications for extended permits can also be submitted to the police.
Police Headquarters
Yviri við Strond 17
P.O.Box 3018
FO-110 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
Tel.: +298 35 14 48