Active citizen
You obtain 15 points by having shown yourself to be an active citizen in Denmark by serving on a board or through active membership of other organisations for at least 12 months.
You will meet this requirement if you have been a member of, for example, parent-teacher associations, school boards, housing association boards, integration councils or senior citizen councils for at least 12 months.
Your board membership can be documented with a statement by the childcare institution, council childcare administration or after-school centre or club. Membership of a school board or housing association board can be documented by a statement from the school or housing association. Membership of an integration or senior citizen council can be documented by a statement from the local council that has set up the body.
Active citizen activities also include volunteering for a child or youth organisation as a coach, completing a referee or coaching course or similar activity; Folk High School stays; role model programmes; or participation in other forms of organised afterschool programmes for children and teens, such as tutoring.
You can document your participation in such activities with a statement from the organisation for whom you have volunteered, by submitting a certificate that you have completed a refereeing or coaching course (stating length of course) or by submitting proof that you attended a Folk High School.
Finally, active citizen activities include participating in the running of an association or performeing other charitable work. Approved charitable organisations include those that are entitled to Public Enlightenment Act funding. Membership of a charitable organisation can be documented by submitting a statement from the organisation for whom you have volunteered. Organisations will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but in order to qualify, the activities must enhance the individual's democratic development and integration into Danish society. This can normally be documented by submitting a copy of the organisation's articles of association.
You do not need to have participated in an organisation's activities for 12 consecutive months, nor do you need to be an active member at the time of applying for a permanent residence permit. Neither is it a requirement that you have been an active member of the same organisation for a full 12 months. In order to meet the active citizenship requirement, you need to have been an active member of one or more organisations for a combined total of 12 months during your entire period of residence of Denmark.