Doing Business in Greenland - Book - Page 7
4.2 Visa
If you are a citizen of certain
countries, you must have a visa in
order to enter Greenland. A list of
visa-free countries is published on
www.nyidanmark.dk.
Foreign
nationals that are citizens of a
country with a visa requirement
must also obtain a visa in order 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 that
Greenlandic labour has a first claim
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.
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
for
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 that the
Government of Greenland can grant
a project company a permit such
that the procurement of bids for
construction contracts and awarding
of orders for construction contracts
(and not for other activities) may
take place on certain terms and
conditions.
