Permit - accompanying family
You have been granted a residence permit as an accompanying family member.
SIRI has granted you a permit so you can stay in Denmark. What should you do next?
If you are not already in Denmark when you receive your permit, you might need a visa to enter Denmark.
If you need a visa to enter Denmark
With your permit you have received a visa to enter Denmark. The representation where you applied for a residence permit will inform you of our decision and hand you the letter granting you a permit along with a visa allowing you to enter Denmark.
Your entry visa is a sticker, which the representation will put in your passport.
If you do not need a visa to enter Denmark
The representation where you applied for a residence permit will inform you of our decision and hand you the letter granting you a permit. Since you do not need a visa you can travel to Denmark freely.
When you have been granted a residence permit, you will also receive a residence card as proof of your permit. The residence card contains the biometric data which have been recorded.
Read more about residence cards here
After your entry into Denmark, you must, no later than 5 days after you have moved into your residence in Denmark, ask to be registered in the CPR registry as having entered and taken up residence in Denmark. You must appear in person bringing your residence permit, your passport and documentation of your Danish address, for example, in the form of a rental agreement. If you are a child you have to bring your birth certificate.
Your residence card will then be sent to the address which has been registered in the CPR registry.
You can read more about registering with the CPR registry here
If you have not had your biometric data recorded
If you have not had your biometric data recorded, e.g. since you applied at a Norwegian representation with which Denmark has an agreement, you must have your biometric data recorded no later than 14 days after having entered Denmark.
You can read more about biometrics and how to have your biometrics recorded here
You can have your biometric data recorded in one of SIRIs branch offices.
You will receive your residence card in the mail 2-3 weeks after you have had your biometric data recorded and have registered an address in the CPR registry.
You must make sure to have your name on the mail box or your residence card will be returned to SIRI.
If you are under 18 years old and live with your parents you don't have to have a residence card. But if you want to travel you will need a residence card. if you had your biometric data recorded at the time of your application you will automatically receive a residence card. If you haven't had your biometric data recorded at the time of your application you can always apply for a residence card later.
As an accompanying family member you always have to live at the same address as your family member who is in Denmark to work or study.
This is also the case if you are a child over 18 years of age.
A permit as accompanying famliy member to a person working or studying in Denmark gives you the right to take employment in this country. You don't need to apply for a work permit if you get a job.
You can also run a business if you wish to do so.
If you are under 18 years old there are certain rules as to how much you can work.
You can read more about these rules at the Danish Working Environment Authority.
A permit grants you the right to stay in the Schengen area for up to 90 days within a 180 days period. The permit does not grant you the right to work in other Schengen countries.
You can leave Denmark for up to 6 months withour losing your permit, if you keep your address in Denmark.
If you give up your address in Denmark and leave, your residence permit will lapse.
Your permit will also lapse, if you reside outside of Denmark for more than 6 months.
Read more about how your permit can lapse here
The link above also gives you information about what you should do, if you are going to reside outside of Denmark for more than 6 months or if your permit already has lapsed.
If the sponsor leaves Denmark for a longer period, e.g. to work or study abroad, and you stay in Denmark you can only retain your residence permit for 6 months, as the condition of residing at the same address after 6 months separation no longer is fulfilled.
If you need to travel out of Denmark before you have received your residence card, you must apply for a re-entry permit in order to be able to return to Denmark.
You can read more about re-entry permits here
You do not need a re-entry permit, if you are from a visa free country or if you have a visa, which is valid until the day you return to Denmark, e.g if you received a visa with your permit.
You can read more about calculating your visa free period here.
SIRI can revoke your permit if you do not meet the conditions for the permit. This is the case, for example, if you do not live at the same address as the sponsor.
You can also lose your permit under the rules on how a permit can lapse, if you stay outside Denmark for more than 6 months.
Read more on the rules on how a permit can lapse here
Here you can also find information about what you should do, if you are to stay outside Denmark for more than 6 months.
You can apply for a permanent residence permit, if you have resided in Denmark legally for a number of years and meet certain conditions.
