Job Search in Another EEA Country with Benefits from Denmark
You can get Danish unemployment benefits for up to 3 months, when you are looking for jobs in another EEA country.
However, there are some requirements:
- You have to be registered as unemployed at jobnet.dk for at least 4 weeks, before your departure (called the 4-week rule). Call us if you want to know more about the 4-week rule.
- You must have the right to benefits at the time of departure. This means that you must have residence in Denmark, right up until the departure date.
Exemptions for the 4-week rule
You can apply for an exemption of the 4-week rule in the following situations:
- When you move with your spouse or partner, who has started permanent work or is beginning an education of at least 18 months in another EEA country
- When you can prove that you are going for a job interview in another EEA country
- When you have a special connection to the EEA country, where you want to look for work. If you are a citizen of the country you want to travel to, you only have to be registered as unemployed in Denmark for at least 1 week.
Apply for Danish benefits during your travel
You must fill in the PDU2 form via Mit AKA and send it to us to apply for the 3-month period of job search in another EEA country. Upon approval, we will issue a certificate (PDU2) that you must take with you to the country you want to travel to.
Go to the PDU2 form via Mit AKA
Register as unemployed when you arrive at the other EEA country
It is important that you do not cancel your registration as unemployed at jobnet.dk, until the date registered as departure date on your certificate (PDU2). After you have left Denmark, you have 7 days (your departure day counts as day 1) to register as unemployed in the country you have traveled to.
We pay your unemployment benefits while you are away
You will receive Danish benefits in the other EEA country from Akademikernes A-kasse. We will transfer the benefits to your account here in Denmark (NemKonto).
In order to receive the benefits, you must send us a benefit card (ydelseskort) every month via our self-service portal.