Denmark
New wage statistics for the Positive List for skilled work
The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has published updated wage statistics that apply to the Positive List for skilled work from 20 February 2025.
When SIRI assesses applications on the Positive List for skilled work, it uses special wage statistics compiled by Statistics Denmark to assess whether an offered wage corresponds to Danish standards.
This means that all applications on the Positive List for skilled work submitted on or after 20 February 2025 will be assessed based on the new wage statistics.
Applications submitted before 20 February 2025 will be assessed according to the previous wage statistics.
Finland
Automated messages sent by mistake to employers from Enter Finland for Employers
Those who use the online service Enter Finland for Employers may have received an automated email message on Tuesday 4 February 2025 with a subject line ‘We have made a decision on application’. The message, which was sent by mistake, states that a decision has been made on the employee’s residence permit application.
These messages were sent unintentionally between 00.00 and 10.05. There have been problems with the sending function for automated messages that have now been fixed.
There is currently a high demand for employer guidance services. If the employee’s residence permit process is completed and the employee is not waiting for a decision on his or her application or has appealed against a decision, the message received has most likely been sent by mistake. In this case, no action is required from the employer or their employee.
Those who suspect that the message was sent deliberately should check with their employee whether he or she has received a decision on his or her application. Unintentional messages have been sent only to employers.
Iceland
Longer processing time for expedited processing of residence permit applications based on work
The Directorate of Immigration has noted that the processing time for work permit applications in the expedited procedure at the Directorate of Labour is now seven weeks. Information on the processing time is published on the website of the Directorate of Labour.
As a result, the Directorate of Immigration cannot process applications in an expedited procedure in less than 8 to 10 weeks.
It takes a considerably longer time to process applications for residence permits based on work, for which no service fee for expedited processing is paid. The applications currently being processed in the general procedure were received last October.
The service fee for expedited processing of residence permit applications based on work only covers the part of the application process that relates to processing of a residence permit with the Directorate of Immigration.
This fee does not cover the issuance of a work permit by the Directorate of Labour; however such a permit is a condition for the issuance of a residence permit on the basis of work.
