Religious worker on the Faroe Islands
You want to apply for an extension of your residence permit as a religious worker etc. or as accompanying family member to a religious worker etc. on the Faroe Islands.
Questions and answers
What do you need to know when you want to extend your resident permit as a religious worker etc. on the Faroe Islands?
Who can have their residence permit extended?
When you work as a religious worker, missionary, nun or monk on the Faroe Islands, you can normally get a residence permit for 1 year with the possibility of extension for 1 year at a time for a total of no more than 3 years.
If you are a religious worker etc. with marriage license, you do however have the option of having the residence permit extended without an upper time limit.
If you get marriage license after 3 years of residence permit without marriage license, you must apply for a residence permit as a religious worker etc. on a new basis. This means that your application will be processed according to the rules that apply to applicants applying for a residence permit for the first time.
In addition, your residence permit can only be extended up to 3 months before your passport expires.
What are the requirements?
You must continue to fulfill the requirements for your residence permit.
In order to have your residence permit extended, the basis for your current permit must still be present. This means that the requirements that had to be met when you got your first residence permit must still be met when you apply for an extension.
You can see what requirements were set for your residence permit in the letter that the Danish Immigration Service sent you when you received your residence permit.
What do you need to know when you want to extend your resident permit as an accompanying family member to a religious worker etc. on the Faroe Islands
Who can have their residence permit extended?
You can have your residence permit extended on the Faroe Islands as an accompanying family member if you are:
- spouse,
- cohabiting partner, or
- child
of a foreign national who resides on the Faroe Islands as a religious worker etc.
What are the requirements?
Your residence permit can be extended if the religious worker you came to The Faroe Islands to live with also has his/her residence permit extended.
In order to be granted an extension, you still need to live on the Faroe Islands with your family member.
If you are the child of a religious worker, and your residence permit expires when you turn 18 years old, your residence permit can be extended past your 18th birthday if you still live at home.
In addition, your residence permit can only be extended up to 3 months before your passport expires.
When do you need to apply for an extension of your residence permit?
It is very important to submit your application for an extension before your current residence permit expires. You may not submit your application more than three months before your residence permit is due to expire.
If you submit your application in time, you may remain on the Faroe Islands legally while your application is being processed.
If you do not apply in time
If you do not submit your application in time, you should expect the application to be rejected on the grounds that you would be in Denmark illegally. The application will be rejected regardless of how briefly you are in Denmark illegally.
If your application is rejected because you missed the deadline, you will need to leave Denmark and apply for a new residence permit in your home country. Your application will be considered a new application for a residence permit, and will be processed based on the current rules for first-time applicants. These rules may not be the same as the ones you had to meet when you were granted your residence permit.
If you stay illegally on the Faroe Islands, you also risk being punished for illegal stay and being deported with a ban on entering The Faroe Islands for 1 year.
In very special cases, the application can be allowed to be submitted, even if it is submitted too late. This means that you have a legal residence while we process your application for extension. However you can risk being punished for illegal residence in the period from your residence permit expired and until you submitted your application for extension.
How do you apply for an extension?
Fill in the application
You can apply for an extension by completing and submitting an application form. You can fill in the application form in Word format on the computer before printing it out. The application form is also available as a PDF file that can be printed out and filled in by hand.
Please note that you can use the application form to apply for an extension of your residence permit on the Faroe Islands, even though it appears by the form that it is for application for a residence permit in Denmark. Forms that target applications for a residence permit on the Faroe Islands are currently being prepared.
You do not have to fill in/sign appendix 1-3 in the form, which is reserved for persons applying for a residence permit in Denmark. Your application as a religious worker etc., or accompanying family member of a religious worker etc., is exempt from fee payment.
Form you must use if you want to apply for extension as a religious worker etc.
Form you must use if you want to apply for extension as an accompanying family member of a religious worker ect.
Download form (word)
Download form (pdf)
Enclose documentation
It is vital to the processing of your application that you include the correct documents.
The form contains a thorough description of how you and possibly the religious community must inform you when you apply and which documents you must hand in with your application.
How do you submit the application?
Applications for an extension of a residence permit should be submitted at a Faroese police station or sent to the Danish Immigration Service.