News

23.08.2010

New rules regarding residence permits for au pairs

As of 1 September 2010, the rules relating to residence permits for au pairs will be modified. This means that the conditions for au pair residence permits will be changed so that an au pair may no longer have children back in their country of origin.

Also, with regard to the host family, it will be required that the family’s home – in addition to having a common living room – must include one room for every two people registered at the residence, plus a room for the au-pair.

Furthermore, when assessing whether an application falls within the purpose of the au pair agreement - improving the au pair's language skills and broadening the au pair's cultural horizon - significant attention will be paid to the applicant's familial ties to the host family. The applicant and host family's mutual nationalities may also influence the assessment of an application.

A close family relative is defined as one of the host family parents being the applicant's relation from an ascending line, a sibling, a sibling's relation in a descending line, or one of the parent's siblings' relations in a descending line.

The new conditions will apply to all applications submitted after 1 September 2010. This also includes au pairs who already have a residence permit but who need to reapply after 1 September (for example, if the au pair is changing host families).

Read more about the rules for au pairs.

For additional information please contact the Immigration Service's press contact, Nils Bak, phone +45 41 30 66 80, nbk@us.dk.