Hiya!
In april me and my fiance are getting married. Im british and my fiance is danish. Im going to go and live in denmark with him.
The only thing that slightly concerns me is living visa's. I know that as im british and part of the EU, im allowed to live in denmark for 3months withut a visa. Im aware that i will have to appply for a residence permit or something like that, but i think as far as i know me and my fiance wont meet the marrital/spouse requirements as i am 23 and he is 25, and danish law states that you have to be 24 (is that right?) to be able to marry. Therefore i dont know what the situation will be for us. We have our own place and he can provide for the both of us. I do intend to work but i want to learn the language first.
Also my fiance wants me to change my british nationality to a danish one...im bit unsure bout this...what are the benefits/disadvantages of doing this?? cant i have dual nationality?
i would really appreciate advice/info from all thanx
2007-02-06 12:42:56 · 7 answers · asked by Jam 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Hi Jam.
The immigration laws in Denmark are really tough - too tough in many people's eyes. But anyway, as an EU citizen you can, as you said, live here for 3 months without any permit. That period is 6 months if you're job-seeking. After that you have to apply for a residence permit. Here's a link where you can find much more information about it:
http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/eu_and_nordic_citizens/eu_eea_citizens.htm
There are different criteria people have to meet, but as an EU citizen you still do have certain rights, which you can read more about here:
http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/
Perhaps the best option for a truly reliable answer would be to have your (future) husband contact Udlændingestyrelsen or Statsamtet in Denmark and ask them these questions.
Denmark does not allow dual citizenship, and even if you wanted to get a Danish citizenship, you'd have to wait a while until you could get it. There is a website about the rules and requirements for obtaining citizenship, but it appears to be only in Danish. I'll give you the link anyway, so that your husband, and in time yourself, can read it:
http://www.nyidanmark.dk/da-dk/Medborgerskab/medborgerskab.htm
There's also generel information about living in Denmark on this page, but that information you can get in English too:
http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/Citizenship/Medborger.htm
There is one advantage to getting citizenship: you will have the same rights as any Dane, but most of those rights you will already have as an EU citizen with a permanent residence permit.
I wish you both the very best of luck and hope you manage to get past all this red tape and all these obstacles without too many problems, and congratulations on the wedding :-)
2007-02-07 23:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Maria 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-21 02:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maria's answer is excellent.
I would just like to add a few things:
You have to live in Denmark for 7 years before you can apply for citizenship and speak danish fluently - so don't worry about that anymore.
The danish citizen has to be over 24, but is only relevant if you had to apply under the family reunification scheme. As a British citizen you will live in Denmark as a EU citizen - not under the family reunification scheme. Which is a good thing - it is very complicated to apply under the family reunifation scheme!
As Maria suggested, contact The Danish Immigration Service and ask them how to go about getting residence permits as a EU-citizen in Denmark.
You can learn danish for free or very little money on the official language schools, once you get your CPR-number (which you can get straight away from the . The two addresses below are for the one in Aarhus and the one in Copenhagen.
It takes a long time to lean danish fluently, I would recommend that you work and learn danish at the same time. Remember you can also study in Denmark, there are several educations in English.
Good luck!
2007-02-10 23:21:39 · answer #3 · answered by southernrightwhale 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know for sure that Denmark does not permit dual nationality.
As for the rest, it's a very complex arena and I'd hate to give advice, particularly as the Government websites seem to give conflicting advice.
My best answer would be speak to the Danish Embassy in London, and try to get all the information you need from them:
(from a UK phone) 020 7333 0200 - is the passport and Visa section number.
2007-02-06 13:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by Neilos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
danish migration laws are tough, so make sure you get legal counceling about this , otherwise youll break the law whithout knowing it.
i dont know if denmark permits the double nationality, but i think they do.
you will have advantages of their social security but bear in mind that taxes for danish people are really high. off course that depends how much your job pays.
about the language..
danish people are nice but they are not friendly and usually they can be a bit rough whith foreigners. if you are not caucasian make sure you learn as much danish as posible , it will be hard at the beggining but everyone will love you.
try to belnd in, absorb their culture and be as danish as you can be. is the safest way.!
2007-02-06 12:59:22 · answer #5 · answered by fonovitrea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you don't have to give up British nationality and I don't think you should. I am British and have dual citizenship as I have kept my British passport and have applied and obtained for Austrlian citizenship too, so will have an Aussie passport too. Many people don't realise you can have dual nationality but you can. If your bf insits you give up your British status, I would think twice about being with him!
2007-02-06 12:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take specialist advice on this one it is too important to get wrong even just a little
2007-02-11 22:37:52 · answer #7 · answered by The Fat Controller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋