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Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?
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Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?
#132You'll need to get residency first. They don't use work visas per say, it's the EU which regulates it all. I'd apply for residency first, even without a job. You can ask for residency based on you living with your girlfriend (EU laws are a lot more relaxed). If you were in Sweden I could help out more, but unfortunately I'm just across the water from CPH.
Denmark also has a central job site (run by the govt), and LinkedIn has a lot of jobs there as well.
Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?
#133Good luck. Welcome to being a visa requiring foreigner ;-) I have no idea about the Danish system, hopefully it's easier than in the UK. In the UK an employer needs to apply for a sponsorship license first, then they can sponsor you, it costs money and takes many months, and subjected to a monthly quota. Seems like Denmark is a lot easier. Their points based system still let you in without a work permit (but only wit…
hahaha 375k dkk is about 62k USD right now...I wish it was 80k
Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?
#134It looks like a ton of people have helped you but I still thought I would put in my 2 cents as I may be the person closest to where you are...I went to DK on a student visa, met a girl, finished school in the US(where I am from) and moved back with the need of a visa.
You will have 3 options I would say, one, get a job that pays you enough/is on the positive list(this is what I did), but you will pay out your ass in tax and not have the right to stay if you lose the job. Two, get enough points on the Danish immigration system to stay(unlikely I would guess, but I haven't looked in a little while). Three, what I would suggest, keep freelancing but pay tax in the US, spend 3/6 months in DK. You will spend less in plane tickets by a ton then the difference in tax.
I can't really push this tax bit enough, the difference in cost of living combined with the high tax will change your lifestyle most likely. Unless you find someone who will pay you 2X what you make now you will end up with less in the bank and not be entitled to a lot of what the Danish welfare system offers. Just a warning. All the best in CPH!
Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?
#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
I remember Danmark had issues with skilled human resource leakage, (partly) because of high taxes. So maybe they enhanced the immigration laws a bit, for easy "importing" skilled workforce.
We care more about scaring away muslism than keeping qualified workers.
I didn't know cartoon industry had so many lobbyists in Danish government :)