Au Pair Danmark

Insurance for au pairs

As from 1st July 2010 a host family employing an au pair must take out an insurance covering the repatriation of the au pair in case of death, serious illness or injury.

This requirement applies to all applications filed on 1st July 2010 or later.

New rules regarding residence permits for au pairs

√ As of 1 September 2010, the rules relating to residence permits for au pairs will be modified. This means that the conditions for au pair residence permits will be changed so that an au pair may no longer have children back in their country of origin.

√ Also, with regard to the host family, it will be required that the family’s home – in addition to having a common living room – must include one room for every two people registered at the residence, plus a room for the au-pair.

√ Furthermore, when assessing whether an application falls within the purpose of the au pair agreement - improving the au pair's language skills and broadening the au pair's cultural horizon - significant attention will be paid to the applicant's familial ties to the host family. The applicant and host family's mutual nationalities may also influence the assessment of an application.

√ A close family relative is defined as one of the host family parents being the applicant's relation from an ascending line, a sibling, a sibling's relation in a descending line, or one of the parent's siblings' relations in a descending line.

The new conditions will apply to all applications submitted after 1 September 2010. This also includes au pairs who already have a residence permit but who need to reapply after 1 September (for example, if the au pair is changing host families).

Read more about the rules for au pairs.

For additional information please contact the Immigration Service's press contact, Nils Bak, phone +45 41 30 66 80, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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What is an au pair?

The au pair program is one of educational cultural exchange and open for young people seeking international adventure in exchange for light work. The au pairs are expected to benefit from an educational and mutual cultural exchange with their host families. As the term “au pair” indicates, the au pair is to be an equal member of the host family with whom she or he lives. Exactly who is eligible to work as an au pair varies slightly from country to country; there are for instance different rules regarding how old an au pair is allowed to be. The main focus of this topic is the au pairs working in Denmark and out of thus, use the definition set forward by the Danish Immigration Service/Udlændinge Service (US).