Europe
Visa Watch! Europe: week of 7 September 2026
Covers the week of 7 September 2026
This article covers the week shown above. Rules may have changed since then, so check the linked official source on each item before applying, paying or relying on a deadline.
Denmark
Law
Working in Denmark is about to get easier: a lower-salary route opens 1 January 2027
Denmark’s parliament passed a law on 3 September 2026 that creates a new work permit route. It opens on 1 January 2027, so nobody can apply under it yet. Employers certified by SIRI, the Danish agency that handles work permits, and covered by a collective agreement will be able to hire people from a set list of countries outside the EU. The minimum salary will be DKK 322,000 a year at 2026 rates, lower than Denmark’s main salary-based work route requires.
Effective from 1 January 2027.
Official source: L 16: Forslag til lov om ændring af udlændingeloven (Ny overenskomstbaseret beløbsordning for certificerede virksomheder)
Also checked this week, with nothing to report: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
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