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Do I need a visa?

If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you must have a visa in order to enter Denmark:

Afghanistan
Albania****
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia*
Bosnia-Herzegovina****
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China**
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cuba
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt*
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
India*
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Macedonia (FYROM) (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt
                               from the visa requirement. Biometric passports 
                               have been issued since April 2007)
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia
Moldovia
Mongolia
Montenegro**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt 
                          from the visa requirement. Biometric passports 
                          have been issued since May 2008. 
                          All new passports are biometric)
Morocco*
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Northern Marianas
Oman
Pakistan*
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Peru****
Philippines*
Qatar
Russia****
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tomé and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from 
                  the visa requirement. This does not apply to persons 
                  with passports issued by the Serbian Coordination 
                  directorate Koordinaciona uprava. Biometric passports 
                  have been issued since July 2008)
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan
Tadjikistan
Tanzania
Thailand*
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunesia****
Turkey***
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine****
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Passports issued by the Palestinian Authority


If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you do not need a visa in order to enter Denmark:

Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Brazil
Brunei Darussalem
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia (FYROM) (Only citizens with biometric passports are
                               exempt from the visa requirement)
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are 
                          exempt from the visa requirement)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Salvador
San Marino
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Serbia**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt 
                  from the visa requirement. This does not apply 
                  to persons with passports issued by the Serbian 
                  Coordination directorate Koordinaciona uprava)
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vatican City State
Venezuela


* Citizens with diplomatic and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement.

** Citizens with a "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" passport, a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport or a "British National Overseas" passport are exempt from the visa requirement.

*** Citizens with diplomatic, special and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement.

**** Citizens with diplomatic passports are exempt from the visa requirement.


Read more about how to apply here.





Last update: 1/11/2010
Published by: The Danish Immigration Service
The Danish Immigration Service - tel: +45 35 36 66 00 - us@us.dk · The Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs - tel: +45 33 92 33 80 - inm@inm.dk