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The rights of aliens to participate in volunteer work in Denmark
Volunteer work is defined as work performed voluntary and unpaid for a formally organized association, union or similar. The unpaid work must notreplace paid work and it is a requirement that the work in question is performed without pay and voluntary.
Basis for residence

Aliens Act § 4 concerning visa

Right to perform
unpaid, voluntary
work?
NoRemarks

Aliens, who have taken up residence in Denmark on a visa,
do not have the right to partake in paid or unpaid
employment. This requires a work permit.

Aliens Act § 7, paragraph 1‐3, concerning convention status,protection status and temporary protection status.

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 8 concerning mandate refugees

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 concerning family reunification

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 a, paragraph 2 concerning e

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 a, paragraph 3 concerning participation in European
Spallation Source in Sweden.

NoNo right to work in Denmark, neither paid or unpaid andvoluntary.

Aliens Act § 9 b concerning humanitarian residence permit

yesNo restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 c, paragraph 1, concerning fairly special grounds

Yes

Only applies when the residence permit is issued in
immediate extension of a residence permit on the basis ofa humanitarian residence permit (§ 9 b), or when thepermit has been granted as a result of a family connection
to a person with Danish residency.

Aliens Act § 9 d concerning residence permit to aliens who
previously have had the right to Danish naturalization

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 e concerning residence permit to certain Bosnian
citizens and citizens of Kosovo

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 f concerning religious preachers

NoReligious preachers only have the right to work in Denmarkin the position and at the work place where to the right toresidence is attached.

Aliens Act § 9 i, paragraph 1, concerning students

LimitedAlien students at higher education institutions have theright to work up to 20 hours a week. However, they havethe right to full time employment in the months of June,
July and August. Within the 20 hour‐limit there are nolimitations on how many respective hours they spend on
paid and unpaid employment.

Aliens Act § 9 i, paragraph 2, concerning PhD students

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 j concerning au pair persons

Yes

The limits are wide for the unpaid, voluntary work an aupair individual can perform as long as the unpaid, voluntary
work does not replace paid labour, and as long as theunpaid, voluntary work in question is usually performed in
an unpaid and voluntary manner

Aliens Act § 9 k concerning trainees, interns and voluntary workers

NoTrainees, interns and voluntary workers only have the rightto work in certain labour relations which have served as
the basis for the residence permit.

Aliens Act § 9 l concerning residence on the basis of a working
holiday agreement

Yes

Aliens who are eligible for a long‐term holiday stay inDenmark are also entitled to work on a closer definedscale, which is defined through the working holiday
agreement between Denmark and the country in question.

Aliens Act § 9 m and § 9 n concerning accompanying family of
employees and respective students.

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 p concerning aliens who according to Denmark’s
international obligations are entitled to work in this country

NoAs a rule, aliens who according to Denmark’s international
obligations are entitled to work in this country only havethe right to work in Denmark in the position and at thework place to which the work permit is attached. It is
possible to apply for a work permit for a sideline
occupation if the alien wish to perform work, including
voluntary/unpaid work, at another employer. It is aprerequisite that the sideline occupation is connected to
the work which is the main basis for the alien’s residencepermit.

Aliens Act § 9 q, paragraph 1, concerning residence permit forearlier persons employed at international organisations present inthis country when they reach retirementYes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 q, paragraph 2 concerning spouses and life partners
to persons covered by § 9 q, paragraph 1.

Yes

No restrictions.

Aliens Act § 9 q, paragraph 3 concerning children of persons
covered by § 9 q, paragraph 1.

Yes

No restrictions.

European Union Law (EU‐retten)

Yes

No restrictions.

Tolerated stay (Tålt ophold)No

Aliens on tolerated stay do not have residence and work
permits, therefore, they do not have the right to work,neither paid, nor unpaid or voluntary.

Process‐based stay amidst submission of first time applicationNoAliens with process‐based stay do not have residence andwork permits, therefore, they do not have the right towork, neither paid, nor unpaid or voluntary.

Process‐based stay in connection to a complaint regarding arefusal to extend or a complaint about a withdrawal of a residencepermit

Yes

It is a prerequisite that the complaint is lodged within 7days after the verdict on refusal to extent or withdrawal ofresidence permit.

Residence after informed deadline to leave the country after final
ratification of refusal to extent or withdrawal of residence permit.

NoNo right to work in Denmark, neither paid. nor unpaid orvoluntary.