According to TV2, the government will push to change the Danish language demands by requiring foreigners to pass the Danish 2 exam rather than the current Danish 1 exam. Foreigners with criminal records will also face a 50 percent longer quarantine for residency than they do now.
Self-reliance and employment requirements will also be sharpened. Whereas today a foreigner needs to have been employed for three of the past five years, the new proposed rules would change that to 2.5 out of the past three years.
On top of that, applicants for permanent residency will have to meet at least two of the following four supplementary requirements:
‘active citizenship’ or the passing of a test on societal values and norms;
a regular full-time job for four of the past 4.5 years,
an annual average income of 300,000 kroner for two years or
the successfully passing the Danish 3 language exam. |