Brexit — Family Member

You are a family member to a UK citizen, who has residence in Denmark based on the Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom.

It is a condition that your family relation has been established before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 and continues to be in effect at the time of applying.

The Withdrawal Agreement protects children born to or legally adopted by UK citizens after the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.

The UK citizen residing in Denmark must have been granted residence in Denmark as an employee, student, self-employed person, person with sufficient funds or permanent residence based on the Withdrawal Agreement.

Your relationship must be genuine and not established solely for the purpose of obtaining a residence based on the Withdrawal Agreement. You must as part of the application sign a sworn declaration under the penalty of perjury attesting to this.

In this step you have access to the relevant application form BR1.

Copy of all pages in your passport

Marriage certificate

Birth certificate

Documentation of financial support, shared address or health conditions, if applicable

You must have your biometric features recorded no later than 2 weeks after submitting your application.

You can submit your application no later than 31 December 2023. Applications submitted after the 31 December 2023 will only be processed, if SIRI considers special excusable circumstances to be present.

If you are still living abroad, you must submit your application no later than 3 months after your entry to Denmark or no later than 31 December 2023.

You are a closely related family member if you are the spouse, cohabiting partner, child under the age of 21 or parent to the UK citizen.

For parents and children over the age of 21 it is a condition that they are being financially supported or otherwise financially dependent on the UK citizen residing in Denmark.

The Withdrawal Agreement does not, however, protect other (extended) relatives to the UK citizen, such as siblings, cousins etc., if these family members have not taken residence together with the UK citizen before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.

In order to be granted residence in Denmark based on the Withdrawal Agreement when you are born to or adopted by UK citizens after the end of the transition period, it is a condition that you are under 21 years old and are financially supported by the UK citizen at the time of applying.

It is also a requirement that the UK citizen residing in Denmark has sole or shared custody of the child.

When you meet the conditions for a family member, you will be issued a residence card, which is valid for 5 years.

You may stay in Denmark as long as you continue to meet the conditions for your grounds for residence

After residing in Denmark for 5 consecutive years, you can apply for permanent residence.

If you hold a permanent right of residence you do not need to continue to meet the conditions for your original grounds for residence. Please note, however, that your permanent right of residence can lapse if you reside outside of Denmark for more than 5 years.