Brexit — Permanent Residence

If you are a UK citizen or a family member to a UK citizen and have had residence in Denmark under the Withdrawal Agreement, you can apply for permanent residence in Denmark, provided that you meet the conditions.

You are entitled to permanent residence based on the Withdrawal Agreement when you have had genuine and effective residence in Denmark for at least 5 consecutive years and have had, for the entire period, legal stay by meeting the conditions for one (or more) grounds for residence, either as an employee, self-employed person, student, person with sufficient funds or family member to a UK citizen.

You are entitled to permanent residence based on the Withdrawal Agreement when you have had genuine and effective residence in Denmark for at least 5 consecutive years and have had, for the entire period, legal stay by meeting the conditions for one (or more) grounds for residence, either as an employee, self-employed person, student, person with sufficient funds or family member to a UK citizen.

It is not mandatory that you have met the conditions for the same grounds for residence for the entire 5 year period. In fact, you can have had different grounds for residence in this period.

If you are a third-country national, you must have been a family member to a UK citizen in the entire period.

Once you have been granted permanent residence in Denmark, you no longer need to meet the conditions for your original grounds for residence.

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

Copy of the data page in your passport (the page with your photo, name and nationality)

Documentation that you have been residing in Denmark for 5 consecutive years in the form of a bank statement showing daily and regular transactions

Other documentation of your residence in Denmark (e.g. bank statements, medical appointments, participation in educational programmes e.g. Danish language classes, usage of phone/data in Denmark, usage of public transport etc.)

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

If you have had EU residcence in Denmark before 31 December 2020, but only now applies for residence based on the Withdrawal Agreement, you must also submit?

Information form concerning your personal matters (get below)

Information form concerning the reason for the late submission of the application (get below)

If you are a UK citizen or a family member to a UK citizen and have had residence in Denmark under the Withdrawal Agreement, you can apply for permanent residence in Denmark, provided that you meet the conditions.

If you are a third-country national, you must have been a family member to a UK citizen in the entire period.

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.

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.

Temporary stays abroad for up to 6 months in total per year are in and of itself not a hindrance for you to be granted permanent residence.

The same applies to one stay abroad of up to one year for important reasons, or stays abroad for a longer duration due to e.g. mandatory military conscription.

Once you have been granted permanent residence in Denmark under the Withdrawal Agreement, you only lose your right to reside in Denmark if you stay outside Denmark for more than 5 consecutive years. If you stay outside Denmark for more than 5 consecutive years, and lose therefore your permanent residence, you will not be able to apply under the Withdrawal Agreement again. You will instead have to apply for a residence permit in Denmark under Danish national law.