In the past five years, 1200 nurses from Iran have been approved to move to Denmark. Unfortunately, due to the language requirements for authorization to work as a nurse, they have to wait a long time before entering the Danish healthcare system. In the Vejle municipality, they found a temporary solution – while they study the language, they work as “vikar” (substitutes) in elderly and people with disabilities centers.
Nurses from outside the European Union can get a 3 year residence permit, during which they can take free Danish language school classes and apply for authorization to work as a nurse in Denmark.
