Licensed recruitment of skilled Filipino professionals for Danish employers. Your company is the direct employer — we run selection in Manila, the Danish permit process and the Philippine exit formalities end to end. From 1 worker.
Denmark admits skilled workers through the Positive List for Skilled Work — 63 occupations from 1 July 2026, no labour-market test — on three conditions that decide every Filipino hire: pay that SIRI's wage statistics recognise as Danish, a salary paid to a Danish bank account within 180 days, and an employer that has met its apprentice-training obligation. These guides cover the route and the schemes around it, the metal, automotive, construction and food trades that are listed — and the ones that are not: welders as such (721200), carpenters (711510) and plumbers (712600) are missing from the list in force, so welding and carpentry profiles are filed under a listed title that matches the duties or on the Pay Limit schemes — the care route (SOSU helpers open, third-country nurses closed until 31 December 2026, the Denmark–Philippines agreement), and the Philippine side through MWO London — including why the 2027 Collective Agreement Scheme will not apply to Philippine nationals.
Every Danish project runs on the same backbone: you define the roles, headcount and start date; our own DMW-licensed agency in Manila, Prime Search, sources and trade-tests candidates; you approve the shortlist (on-site or online); and we manage the Danish permit process under your power of attorney while the Philippine side — contract verification, medical, pre-departure orientation and the Overseas Employment Certificate — runs in parallel. The employment contract is signed and verified before departure; your new employee lands, completes local onboarding and clocks in.
The Danish specifics below are the part that makes Denmark different from every other market we serve.
Positive List for Skilled Work / Pay Limit schemes / Fast-track (certified companies). Denmark admits non-EU workers selectively, and three routes matter for Filipino recruitment. The Positive List for Skilled Work (updated 1 January and 1 July; 63 job titles on the list valid from 1 July 2026) covers vocational occupations in shortage — steel construction workers and ship builders, sheet-metal workers, metal workers and tool makers, industrial technicians and CNC operators, vehicle body technicians, car and truck mechanics, electricians, bricklayers, heating and ventilation technicians, house painters, chefs, retail butchers, bakers and social and health care helpers among them (welders as such, carpenters and plumbers are not on the list in force) — with no labour-market test, standard SIRI processing of three months and a permit for the contract period up to four years. The Pay Limit Scheme (DKK 552,000 a year, 2026) and the Supplementary Pay Limit Scheme (DKK 446,000 with a two-week Jobnet/EURES posting) cover higher-paid roles. Companies certified by SIRI under the Fast-track Scheme — 982 of them as of 1 October 2026 — can bring workers on the pay-limit tracks in days rather than months. In every case SIRI checks that pay and terms correspond to Danish standards against wage statistics for the occupation and experience level — a collective agreement's minimum is not enough on its own — and the salary must be paid into a Danish bank account in the worker's name within 180 days. The Collective Agreement Scheme that starts on 1 January 2027 (DKK 322,000 for employers under a DA/FH agreement) applies to sixteen named countries; the Philippines is not one of them, so Filipino hires continue on the routes above.
Labour-market test: None for listed occupations and the Pay Limit schemes; the Supplementary Pay Limit requires a two-week Jobnet/EURES posting. The scheme itself is the filter.
Shortage occupations: The Positive List for Skilled Work is updated twice a year; the 63-title list valid from 1 July 2026 (SIRI page updated 2 September 2026) includes steel construction workers and ship builders (721400), sheet-metal workers and vehicle body technicians (721300), blacksmiths, metal workers and tool makers (722100/722200), industrial technicians and CNC operators (722300), mechanics (cars, trucks, other vehicles, machinery) and ship's fitters, electricians, bricklayers, heating and ventilation technicians, house painters, cabinet makers, landscape gardeners, chefs, retail butchers, craft bakers and social and health care helpers (quota of 1,000 permits). Not on it: welders as such (721200), carpenters (711510), plumbers (712600), truck drivers, vehicle painters, slaughterhouse operatives, industrial bakers — welding and carpentry profiles are filed under a listed title that matches the duties, or on the Pay Limit schemes. The Positive List for People with Higher Education covers graduate occupations and is amended between the main updates — on 1 October 2026 SIRI added midwives, for one regional labour-market council area only.
Deploying a Filipino worker abroad is regulated by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). MWO London (Philippine Embassy in London) has jurisdiction for the Nordic countries — employer accreditation and contract verification; the Philippine Embassy in Copenhagen provides consular services. The verified contract, together with the job order approved by the DMW, allows the worker to obtain the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) — the exit clearance without which no Filipino worker can legally leave for a job abroad. Pre-employment orientation, medical examination at a DOH-accredited medical clinic authorised to examine overseas Filipino workers and pre-departure orientation complete the sequence. Because we operate the licensed agency ourselves, this runs in parallel with the Danish permit rather than after it.
Typical gate-to-gate time for Denmark is 4–6 months from brief to first working day on the Positive List; 1–3 months under Fast-track from signed engagement to the first arrival, driven mainly by the Danish permit and the embassy appointment in Manila. Sourcing and trade testing usually take two to four weeks and are not on the critical path. We give you a written timeline for your specific role before you commit.
Sectors where Danish employers most often hire Filipino workers through us:
Our contractual partner is the employer, and it is the employer we invoice for the service. You receive an individual offer for Denmark covering sourcing, trade testing, documentation, the permit process and arrival support — there is no price list, because volumes, roles and the Danish route differ from project to project. Direct employment means the worker's wage is paid by you under your Danish contract; there is no intermediary employer.
A Danish employer briefs us on roles and headcount. Within two to four weeks we present trade-tested candidates from Manila with video assessments; the employer interviews online and approves. We file the positive list for skilled work / pay limit schemes / fast-track under power of attorney while Prime Search completes the DMW documentation. The employment contracts are signed and MWO-verified before departure; on arrival the workers complete registration and local onboarding and start on the floor — with our team reachable for the first months of integration. Whether the project is one specialist or a full shift, the mechanics are identical.
Not through the standard schemes; Denmark is selective. We tell you immediately if a role does not fit the Positive List or the pay limits.
Social and health care helpers (SOSU-hjælpere) are on the Positive List under a quota of 1,000 permits and need no Danish authorisation. Nurses trained outside the EU/EEA cannot apply for Danish authorisation until 31 December 2026 (quota 0, narrow exceptions), so a Filipino nurse cannot be recruited as a nurse in 2026. A Denmark–Philippines agreement on care workers initialled in December 2025 is expected to let municipalities hire up to 100 a year from the second half of 2027.
SIRI publishes the list of certified companies — 982 as of 1 October 2026. If you are on it, workers on the Pay Limit, Supplementary Pay Limit, researcher, educational or short-term tracks can start within days of submission; if not, the Positive List route works without certification.
Vehicle body technician (721300) and mechanics for cars and vans (723110), trucks (723120), other vehicles (723190) and agricultural and construction machinery are on the list valid from 1 July 2026; vehicle painters are not and need another route.
No. From 1 January 2027 it lowers the threshold to DKK 322,000 for nationals of sixteen named countries; the Philippines is not among them. Filipino hires continue on the Positive List or the Pay Limit schemes.
Not for the permit; workplace English is common in industry and hospitality. Social and health care assistants and nurses need Danish for authorisation; helpers do not.
Against wage statistics for the occupation and experience level — the DA income statistics generally, and a Statistics Denmark file for Positive List for Skilled Work cases filed from 1 August 2026. A collective agreement's minimum rate is not sufficient on its own, and housing or allowances do not count. We check the offered salary against the current figures before the application is filed.