Hi,
It is correct that you have two options as an PhD student regarding Unemployment benefits - to apply as a graduate or as a worker/salaried person.
To be possible to receive unemployment benefits as a salaried person you must have been member of an A-kasse for at least 1 year before applying for benefits and also you must meet the income requirement ("in danish: "Indkomstkravet"), which means that you within the last 3 years must have earned in total DKK 223.428.
I dont know your income, but you at the same tell you are not a member of an A-kasse now, so with this option - if you become member now, you will be able to start receiving benefits from about december 2018.
The other option would be to apply as an graduate, AT LATEST two weeks after your PhD is finished. If you need to oral defend your thesis the finish date will be when your thesis is accepted. If you can get a advance approval of your thesis from the censor(s) the date of the advance approval could be seen as the finish date.
Because you have NOT been free member of an A-kasse during your PhD (or at least for 1 year), you must accept an quarantine period of 3 weeks before you can start to receive unemployment benefits.
When you receive benefits you must be available to take a full time job with 1 days notice. So you can not at the same time continue studies or do work related activities. You can not do a "research trip". On the other hand it is possible to travel to another EU/EEA country to look for job, and at the same time receive benefits from Denmark, but only for maximum 3 months.
Best regards,
Anders, www.a-kasser.dk
It is correct that you have two options as an PhD student regarding Unemployment benefits - to apply as a graduate or as a worker/salaried person.
To be possible to receive unemployment benefits as a salaried person you must have been member of an A-kasse for at least 1 year before applying for benefits and also you must meet the income requirement ("in danish: "Indkomstkravet"), which means that you within the last 3 years must have earned in total DKK 223.428.
I dont know your income, but you at the same tell you are not a member of an A-kasse now, so with this option - if you become member now, you will be able to start receiving benefits from about december 2018.
The other option would be to apply as an graduate, AT LATEST two weeks after your PhD is finished. If you need to oral defend your thesis the finish date will be when your thesis is accepted. If you can get a advance approval of your thesis from the censor(s) the date of the advance approval could be seen as the finish date.
Because you have NOT been free member of an A-kasse during your PhD (or at least for 1 year), you must accept an quarantine period of 3 weeks before you can start to receive unemployment benefits.
When you receive benefits you must be available to take a full time job with 1 days notice. So you can not at the same time continue studies or do work related activities. You can not do a "research trip". On the other hand it is possible to travel to another EU/EEA country to look for job, and at the same time receive benefits from Denmark, but only for maximum 3 months.
Best regards,
Anders, www.a-kasser.dk