Adult Asylum Seeker

Asylum can be granted according to one of the following three sections in the Aliens Act.

You can be granted a residence permit as a refugee if the UN Refugee Convention applies to your situation.

If the conditions above apply to your situation, you will be granted a residence permit under the terms of Aliens Act section 7 (1).

You can be approved as a refugee with protected status if returning to your home country would mean you face capital punishment, torture or inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.

If the conditions above apply in your situation, you will be granted a residence permit under the terms of Aliens Act section 7 (2).

You can be approved as a refugee with temporary protected status if you face capital punishment, torture or inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment if you return to your home country, and if these risks stem from severe instability and indiscriminate violence against civilians in your home country.

If the conditions above apply in your situation, you will be granted a residence permit under the terms of the Aliens Act section 7 (3).

You will initially be granted a residence permit for a limited period of time, and the length of this period will depend on the provision under which you are granted asylum.

Any foreign national in Denmark can submit an application for asylum. You can apply for asylum regardless of whether you entered Denmark illegally or have a residence permit or visa.

You have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, and

You can be approved as a refugee with protected status if returning to your home country would mean you face capital punishment, torture or inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.

and if these risks stem from severe instability and indiscriminate violence against civilians in your home country.

You can only apply for asylum if you are in Denmark.

This includes requests made in person at a Danish diplomatic mission (embassy or consulate) or by writing to the Immigration Service, the police or the Ministry of Immigration and Integration.

If you do not have a residence permit, you can apply for asylum by showing up in person at a police station in Denmark or at the police in Centre Sandholm.

If you already have a residence permit (on other grounds than asylum) in Denmark, you can apply for asylum by showing up in person at the police in the district where you live.

If you live in the police district of Nordsjælland which means one of the following municipalities: Allerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gentofte, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rudersdal, you must be registered at the police in Centre Sandholm.

If you live in another police district than Nordsjælland we recommend that you contact your local police station before you show up in person, because not all police stations are capable of doing an asylum registration.