Free membership as a student
Your unemployment insurance fund is invaluable for you as a student. While you are a student, on occasion you may be short of funds. Fortunately, your membership of an unemployment insurance fund is free when you are a student. And, you get all the advantages.
When can you become a free member
You can become a free member of A&Til if your education is set to last at least 18 months.
However, there is an upper limit to your income in order for you to hold free membership:
- If your studies qualify for the Danish State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme (SU) your annual income cannot exceed the maximal level of unemployment insurance benefits
- If you are a paid intern you cannot work next to your internship
- If your studies are a combination of SU and paid internship, you have to contact A&Til to hear more about your options.
- If you are no longer eligible for unemployment insurance benefits, you can hold a free membership while you are unemployed. However, you must be registered at jobnet.dk and you cannot receive public benefits (social security or rehabilitation benefits).
When should I, as a student, join an unemployment insurance fund?
If you are a student, you can join A&Til already when you begin your studies. It is free and you can get counselling from A&Til’s job consultants while you study. Otherwise you have to join A&Til no later than 14 days after you have passed your last exam in order to qualify for unemployment insurance benefits.
Are you more than a year away from graduation?
If you are more than a year away from graduation and you join A&Til as a free member, you can secure your eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits from the day you have passed your last exam. You can qualify for unemployment insurance benefits at graduate rate.
If you cannot become a free member it is still a good idea to join an unemployment insurance fund, because you will be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits from the day you have passed your last exam. Otherwise you will have to wait a month before you are eligible for unemployment insurance benefits when you have passed your last exam.
Are you less than a year away from graduation?
If you are less than a year away from graduation you must join an unemployment insurance fund no later than 14 days after you have passed your last exam in order to qualify for unemployment insurance benefits.
You can receive unemployment insurance benefits at the graduate rate after a month.
I have a free membership, but I have received a bill
In A&Til we bill for the membership a quarter in advance. That can mean that you will receive a bill before you have graduated.
For example, if you graduate in the middle of June, you will receive a bill in April for the last half of June where you are no longer a student and therefore cannot continue your free membership.