Doing Business in Greenland - Book - Page 8
4.2 Visa
If you are a citizen of certain
countries, you must have a visa to
enter Greenland. A list of visa-free
countries
is
published
at
www.nyidanmark.dk. Foreign nationals who are citizens of a
country with a visa requirement
must also obtain a visa to travel
through Schengen (either Iceland
or Denmark) to Greenland.
4.3 Permission from the local
municipality
Employment of non-Greenlandic
labour for job positions to be filled
by unskilled or skilled labour (at
apprenticeship level, but not above
this educational level), is subject to
the requirements of the Greenlandic Act on intake of foreign
labour. The purpose of the Act is to
ensure that Greenlandic labour has
a first right to jobs in Greenland,
which means that also Nordic
citizens are subject to the conditions of this Act.
A job position covered by the Act
must be posted at the Greenlandic
job portal www.suli.gl for at least
14 days before the hiring may be
made. The employer is also
responsible for obtaining the approval from the local municipality.
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Approvals are granted, if the
employer has not been able to find
suitable Greenlandic labor for the
job in question within 14 days.
4.4 The Large-scale Projects Act
The Large-scale Projects’ Act aims
to promote investments in and performance of large-scale projects of
particular importance to Greenland’s
economic
development,
whilst taking into account the interests of the Greenlandic population,
including to prevent and restrict
unintended negative impacts in
terms of macroeconomics and the
competitiveness of the business
community.
The Act provides for the Government of Greenland to grant a project
company a permit so that the
tenders for construction contracts
and the award of construction
contracts (and not other activities)
may take place on certain terms and
conditions.
