Job search outside Denmark

In general you are allowed a 3-month period to search for work within the European Union, if you are a european citizen. You can therefore move abroad and still receive your unemployment benefits.
For more info read below or follow these links:
AAK
Borger.dk
PD U2/E303 form

Dansk
På jobsøgning i et EØS-land

Brug muligheden for at rejse ud på jobsøgning i udlandet med dagpenge i op til 3 måneder.

Du har mulighed for at få danske dagpenge i op til 3 måneder, mens du søger arbejde i et andet EØS-land.

Du skal opfylde følgende betingelser:
Du skal være statsborger i et EØS-land
Du skal opfylde de almindelige betingelser for ret til dagpenge på afrejsetidspunktet
Du skal have bopæl og ophold i Danmark indtil afrejsetidspunktet på din ansøgning
Du skal have været tilmeldt jobcenteret som fuldt ledig i mindst 4 uger
Du skal søge om tilladelsen, før du rejser.

Ansøgning/ansøgningsfrist
Ansøgningsblanketten (ansøgning om attest PD U2/E303) kan fås på jobcenteret og i AAK.

Når du har udfyldt ansøgningen, skal jobcenteret attestere den. Det kan de tidligst gøre 4 uger før afrejsen. Send ansøgningen i god tid til AAK, så vi kan nå at behandle den, inden du rejser.

4-ugers kravet
Du skal have været tilmeldt jobcenteret som fuldt ledig i mindst 4 uger, før du rejser. I de 4 uger skal du som udgangspunkt stå til rådighed for arbejdsmarkedet og have ret til dagpenge.

Det betyder, at du i 4-ugers perioden:
som hovedregel ikke må ikke arbejde. 1-dags arbejde er dog tilladt;
ikke må være syg i mere end sammenlagt 3 dage;
ikke må du holde ferie.

Hvis du siger et job op for at søge arbejde i udlandet, kan du ikke få ret til dagpenge i Danmark, fra du stopper med at arbejde, og indtil du tager afsted til udlandet. En eventuel karantæne for selvforskyldt ledighed kan tidligst afvikles i den periode, hvor du får dagpenge i udlandet.

Undtagelse for 4-ugers kravet

Der kan dispenseres fra 4-ugers kravet, hvis:
du skal flytte, fordi din ægtefælle/samlever har fået arbejde i mere end 5 uger, eller skal påbegynde en uddannelse af mindst 18 måneders varighed;
din ægtefælle/samlever skal starte selvstændig virksomhed i det pågældende land;
du er statsborger i det land, du søger om EØS-dagpenge til. Du skal dog være tilmeldt jobcenteret i Danmark i mindst 1 uge op til afrejsedagen.

Sådan udbetales dagpengene
AAK udbetaler dagpengene til din NemKonto. Du skal udfylde et særligt EØS-dagpengekort, der danner grundlag for udbetalingen.
Du får det samme beløb efter skat, som du ville have fået i Danmark.

I Norge, Island, Schweiz og Liechtenstein udbetales dagpengene af det lokale jobcenter i det land, hvor du søger arbejde.

Dagpenge når du kommer hjem
For igen at kunne få dagpenge i Danmark skal du være vendt tilbage og tilmeldt jobcentret, inden attestperiodens udløb. Du må fx ikke holde ferie i udlandet i forlængelse af attestperioden.

English
About you job search in an EEA country

Use the opportunity to travel abroad for your job search with unemployment benefits for up to 3 months.

You have the opportunity to Danish unemployment benefit for up to 3 months while you seek work in another EEA country.

You must meet the following conditions:
You must be a national of an EEA country
You must meet the general conditions of entitlement to unemployment benefits at the time of departure
You must have residence in Denmark until the departure time of your application
You must have been enrolled jobcentre as fully unemployed for at least 4 weeks
You must seek permission before you travel.

Application / deadline
The application form (Application for certificate PD U2/E303) can be obtained at the job center and AAK. Once you have completed the application, it must approved by the job center. The earliest they can do it is 4 weeks before departure. Send the application in good time to AAK, so we can treat it before you travel.

4-week requirement
You must have been enrolled jobcentre as fully unemployed for at least 4 weeks before you travel. In the 4 weeks you should generally be available for work and entitled to unemployment benefits.

This means that during the 4-week period you:
have generally not worked. 1-day work is allowed;
have not been sick for more than a total of 3 days;
have not taken a holiday.

If you quit a job to seek work abroad, you will not be entitled to unemployment benefits in Denmark, from the moment you stop working until you go abroad. Any quarantine of self-inflicted unemployment may run earlier in the period when you get unemployment benefits abroad.

Exclusion of 4-week requirement

There can be dispenses from the 4-week requirement if:
you need to move because your spouse / partner has been working for more than 5 weeks, or shall commence a course of at least 18 months;
your spouse / partner has started her / his own business in that country;
You are a citizen of the country of your choice and you are applying for its EEA benefits. However, you must be registered with the job center in Denmark for at least 1 week prior to your departure day.

To be paid subsistence allowance
AAK pay unemployment benefits to your NemKonto. You must fill in a special EEA unemployment benefit card that forms the basis for payment.
You get the same amount after tax that you would have received in Denmark.

In Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein the allowances are paid by the local job center in the country where you are looking for work.

Benefits when you get home
Again to qualify for benefits in Denmark, you must be returned and enrolled jobcentre before the certificate expires. You may not, for example spend a holiday abroad in continuation of certification period.