Apply for permanent residence permit in Greenland
If you have been granted a residence permit on the grounds of family reunification, you can normally be granted a permanent residence permit once you have held a temporary residence permit in Greenland for 3 years.
Questions and answers
If you have been granted a residence permit on the grounds of family reunification in order to live in Greenland with a spouse/partner, you can normally apply for a permanent residence permit once you have held a temporary residence permit on the same grounds for three years, and you meet the following requirements.
If the residence permit was initially granted to you as a child, and your parent is a foreign national, he/she must hold a permanent residence permit as well.
In certain cases, you can apply for a permanent residence permit, even though you have resided in Greenland for less than three years.
One example of how you can be issued a permanent residence permit even though you have not resided in Greenland for three years includes:
- if you are a former Danish citizen or have been issued a residence permit according to the terms of Section 9(1)(i)
You can be granted a permanent residence permit in Greenland when you meet the following requirements:
- You must still meet the requirements for your residence permit
- You may not have overdue public debts above DKK 90,000.54 (2024 level)
- You may not have been sentenced to conditional/unconditional incarceration or have been found guilty of another form of crime that can be punishable by incarceration while residing in Greenland
In order to qualify for a permanent residence permit as a former Danish citizen, you must also meet the normal requirements:
- You may not have overdue public debts above DKK 90,000.54 (2024 level)
- You may not have been sentenced to conditional/unconditional incarceration or have been found guilty of another crime that can lead to incarceration
Please note that applications for a permanent residence permit take longer to process than applications for an extension of a residence permit. If you do not qualify for permanent residence, you should apply for an extension. Read more about extension of a residence permit
Fill in the application
You can apply for a permanent residence permit in Greenland by filling in and submitting an application form.
You can choose between 3 application forms depending on the basis of your current residence permit. You can fill in the application form in Word format on your computer before printing it out. The application form is also available as a PDF file that can be printed out and filled in by hand.
Form to use if you are family reunified as a spouse
Form to use if you are family reunified as a child over the age of 18
Form to use if:
- you are a former Danish citizen
- you are a parent at the age of 60 or older to a current resident in Greenland
- you have close family ties or another type of close relationship to a permanent resident in Greenland, or
- you have been granted a residence permit due to special circumstances
The forms can also be obtained at a Greenlandic police station.
Submit the application
Applications for an extension of a residence permit should be submitted at a Greenlandic police station or to the Immigration Service.