If you are going to have a baby
What happens if you or your spouse get pregnant during your stay in Denmark?
Maternity or parental leave will have no influence on your student residence permit.
During a period of maternity or parental leave it is not demanded that you participate actively in the study programme.
The educational institution must, however, inform SIRI about your leave, and we will then ask you to send us documentation regarding your maternity or parental leave, including
- copy of your or your spouse’s pregnancy chart
- a letter from your educational institution stating the period of your maternity or parental leave.
When the child is born, you must remember to apply for a residence permit for the child. Childbirth in Denmark does not imply that the child is automatically given a residence permit.
Neither the birth certificate nor the health insurance card is sufficient.
If your child is born outside Denmark and you wish to bring it with you back to Denmark you will have to submit an application on behalf of the child from abroad.
Being a student you have to possess sufficient means for your and your familys support. Thus, you are not entitled to receive any childbirth benefit or other public benefit.
Your residence permit will lapse if you give up your Danish residence or if you stay outside Denmark for more than 6 months.
Lapse of residence permit means that you no longer have the right to reside in Denmark.
Thus, if you plan to stay outside Denmark for more than 6 months it is important to apply for a dispensation of lapse before you leave the country.
You can find more information on dispensation of lapse and apply for it here.
