What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?
Cohabiting partners must be in a committed relationship, be over 18 and have lived with the sponsor for at least 1.5 to 2 years before application. Cohabitation may be documented with joint-tenancy or rental papers, shared bank accounts, loans, insurance or bills, or official documents sent to both partners at the shared address. The official source does not state the documents needed to prove marriage or parentage.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- The complete documents needed to prove marriage, parentage or other relationships remain unestablished.
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nder the headline ’Your sponsor must be working in Denmark’.
You are not allowed to receive certain public benefits. As a rule, you are not allowed to receive any benefits under the terms of the Active Social Policy Act, e.g. social security benefits.
Read about public benefits when you have been granted a residence permit
You must have a valid passport
You must have a valid passport in order to be granted a residence permit in Denmark. This applies to everyone – even if you are a child.
The residence permit you are granted can only be valid until 3 months before the expiry date of your passport.
If your passport has a shorter validity than the possible period of time that you can be granted a residence permit, the residence permit will be shortened. This means that you will be granted a residence permit for a shorter amount of time due t
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ut residence cards.
Read more and apply for a residence card
If you have or will get a residence card when you turn 18 years of age, you cannot use your passport or the decision you received from SIRI to document your residence permit. This means that you must always carry your residence card on you after you turn 18 years of age.
You must live together
When you are granted a residence permit as an accompanying family member, it is a condition that you reside at the same address in Denmark as the sponsor who is in Denmark on a Greencard.
This also applies to children over the age of 18. You must still reside at the same address as the sponsor, even if you turn 18 years old after you are granted a residence permit as an accompanying family member in Denmark.
When is financial support a requirement?
The sponsor who is in Denmark on a Greencard must be able to support you. Read more under t
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urned 18 years old at the time of the registration
the registration is not a registration of convenience
the registration does not violate fundamental legal principles.
If we assess that your registered partnership cannot be recognised under Danish law, we will instead assess if you can be considered as cohabiting partners.
You are a cohabiting partner
Cohabiting partners over the age of 18 are equivalent to spouses. Cohabiting partners are people that live together in a committed relationship of longer duration. You must have lived together with the sponsor for at least 1.5-2 years prior to the application date.
Your committed cohabitation can, for instance, be documented by:
registration papers showing joint tenancy or rental agreements
shared bank accounts
shared loans
shared insurances and bills
official letters/documents sent to you both at your shared address during that period of time.
You are a child under the age of 18
You can be granted a residence
