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

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

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

Apply For Work & Residence Permit :

Applications For A Work And Residence Permit From First Time Applicants :
First time applicants are to apply from their home country or from another country in which the applicant has been staying legally for the last 3 months. This is a principal rule.

Related : Faroese Immigration Office Apply For Extending Work & Residence Permit Faroe Islands : www.statusin.org/9691.html

Applications (application form in english FO/AR1, danish version FO/AR1) should be submitted to the Danish Embassy or Consulate in the relevant country or sent to the Danish Immigration Service.

Documents to be included:
1) A job offer of minimum 40 hours per week, documented in a signed contract between the employer and the employee. The contract must also certify other job conditions in accordance with Løgtingslóg nr. 20 frá 08.05.2008
2) copy of the applicant´s passport,
3) copy of the applicant´s authorization (if the job in question requires authorization).

The main rule is that first time applicants cannot hand in their applications in the Faroe Islands while staying here with a travel visa. However, applicants may under certain circumstances submit applications to the local police who forward the papers to the Danish Immigration Service. The Danish Immigration Service will subsequently decide whether the case can be accepted or should be refused.

Applications:
The Danish Immigration Service and local police stations in the Faroe Islands provide guidance for applicants.

Work and residence permits :
Applications for work and residence permits are considered according to the Aliens Act in force for the Faroe Islands.

Special agreements exist between the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry for Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs regarding work and residence permits for athletes and doctors, and for extensions of work and residence permits for non EU citizens.

Procedure :
** Since January 2010 the case handling of work- & residence permits – both first time applications and extensions

Ffollow these guidelines :
1) Applications for work- and residence permits from EU-citizens can be considered according to the special rules for EU-citizens. If and when the government makes these special rules inactive, applications from EU-citizens will be treated equal to other applications, meaning they must meet the requirements in the Aliens Act valid for the Faroe Islands.

2) One main criteria in the Aliens Act for the Faroe Islands is that cases should be considered in relation to the current employment situation in the Faroes as a whole, see § 9, 2, no. 3, of the Aliens Act (see link above).

3) Applications for changing job are considered on the same basis as first time applications. However, there are exceptions, see below (no. 4).

4) If the applicant for the last two succeeding years has worked legally in the Faroes in the same job or same kind of job, his/her application for an extended permit can be processed without considering the current employment situation. However, standard requirements still apply, meaning a written job offer of at least 40 hour per week is still required, also employment conditions and salaries must meet Faroese standards in that particular field.

** Applicants, who have formerly been granted job-changes according to the “2008-agreement” or the special EU-rules that were in force 2008/09, can also be granted extensions despite the employment situation, but only if they for the last two succeeding years have worked legally in the Faroes in the same kind of job.

Applications can be sent to:
Danish Immigration Service
Ryesgade 53
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark

Tel.: +45 35 36 66 00
Fax: +45 35 30 84 60

Determined by certain special circumstances first time applicants staying in the Faroes can submit applications to:
Police Headquarters
Yviri við Strond 17
P.O.Box 3018
FO-110 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands

Tel.: +298 35 14 48
Fax: +298 35 14 49