Apply to the job centre in Denmark
If you lose your job, you must apply to the job centre in your municipal authority on the first day of being out of work.
Here, you will be registered as a job applicant. If you are a member of an unemployment fund, you will be given a benefit card which you will need to claim unemployment benefit from your unemployment fund.
If you are not a member of an unemployment fund, you may qualify for cash benefit or start aid. You are entitled to cash benefit if you have resided in Denmark in seven out of the last eight years. If you have not, and are unable to provide for yourself, you will receive start aid. Start aid is less than cash benefit.
