Published 06-05-2025 - Last updated: 21-05-2025
Standardisation of the registration practice concerning people from Taiwan
The Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration standardises the registration practice for people from Taiwan, across the immigration sector.
The Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration and its related agencies, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) and the Danish Immigration Service, have previously had an inconsistent practice regarding the registration of people from Taiwan. The ministry is now standardising this practice, which means that all information about nationality and place of birth will be registered in the same way, concerning people from Taiwan.
In the future, “Taiwan” or “the Republic of China” will no longer be used in contexts referring to recognized states or nationality (citizenship). Instead, “Taiwan” will now be used in contexts where it refers to the geographical area.
This change will be important to the information that is stated on residence cards, legislations concerning citizenship notices, certificates of citizenship etc. By using this new practice, SIRI and the Danish Immigration Service will register “Taiwan” as place of birth and “China” as nationality (citizenship).
From now on, all first-time applications and applications for extensions will be processed through this new practice. If SIRI or the Danish Immigration Service during the case processing of an application (such as an extension) concludes that the registration of the place of birth or nationality is different than the newly implemented practice, this registration will, as a rule, be changed to the new practice before we make a decision regarding the case.
SIRI and the Danish Immigration Service will not go through previous registrations and make changes regarding nationality or place of birth on their own initiative.
If you are registered in a different way other than the new practice, you can have this changed by contacting the authority that has issued your residence card.
Contact SIRI by using the contact form on newtodenmark.dk
Contact the Danish Immigration Service by using the PE1/US application form