EU Residence as a Person with Sufficient Funds

You can get an EU residence document if You are an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen You have money enough (sufficient funds) to support yourself or Another person, e.g. a family member, has enough money to support you.

With your personal situation as a starting point, SIRI will do a specific assessment of whether you have sufficient funds.

You must have sufficient funds to support yourself and family members, if relevant, during your entire stay in Denmark.

You must submit documentation that you can support yourself and any family members for at least the first 12 months of your stay in Denmark.

However, you must continue to be self-supporting during your entire stay.

Your supporter must submit documentation that they have sufficient funds to support themselves, you and any children or others the supporter has the duty to support financially.

If you are being financially supported by another person, e.g. a family member, your partner or similar, you must have access to your supporter’s funds, i.e. you must be able to use these funds.

If you are closely related to your supporter who lives in Denmark, you do not need to document that you are able to use your supporter’s funds. Instead, you must document that you are a close relative of your supporter. Documentation can for example be a marriage certificate or a birth certificate.

If your supporter is your partner and you will be living at the same address in Denmark, you likewise do not need to document that you are able to use your supporter’s funds.

If you will be staying in Denmark for longer than 3 months, you need to apply for an EU residence document. You may then remain in Denmark as long as you continue to meet the conditions for grounds for residence under EU regulations. Your residence document does not have a date of expiry.

Statement from your bank account (date, balance, currency, name of bank and account ownership must be stated and the statement must not be older than 30 days when received by SIRI)

A copy of your supporter’s photo ID (e.g. passport or ID-card)

Declaration of financial support completed and signed by your supporter

Statement from your supporter’s bank account (date, balance, currency, name of bank and account ownership must be stated and the statement must not be older than 30 days when received by SIRI)

To get a CPR number you must show an EU residence document to the municipality in which you reside.

You are a family member of a (non-Danish) EU citizen living in Denmark who has independent grounds for residence in Denmark under EU regulations. As a family member you can either be an EU citizen or a citizen of a country outside EU, EEA or Switzerland.

You must be the spouse, cohabiting partner or a child under the age of 21 of either the sponsor or the sponsor’s spouse or partner.

Other family members - e.g. children over the age of 21 and parents - can in certain circumstances get an EU residence document, provided that a number of specific conditions are met.

If you are a third-country citizen, i.e. a citizen of a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland, and you meet the conditions for residence as a family member of an EU citizen, you have the same rights to reside and work in Denmark as the EU citizen.

If you are a third-country citizen this means that it is at your own risk, if you work in Denmark before we have made a decision in your case. In some instances you may be subject to criminal liability for illegal work, if it turns out that the conditions have not been met and you have been refused residence under EU regulations.

You have the right to permanent residence when you have had actual and real residence in Denmark under EU regulations for a period of at least 5 years.

The years must be consecutive and for the entire period you must continuously have met the conditions for residence under EU regulations.

Temporary residence abroad for a total of less than 6 months per year, however, will not in and of itself prevent you from getting permanent residence under EU regulations.

The same applies to absences of up to 12 months due to weighty reasons such as pregnancy and birth, serious illness, educational activities or vocational training or being stationed abroad.

Time spent abroad for more than 12 months due to compulsory military service, will also not in and of itself prevent you from getting permanent residence under EU regulations.

You do, however, no longer have to meet the conditions of your previous grounds for EU residence.

If you have been granted permanent residence and will be staying outside Denmark for more than 2 years and you then intend to return to Denmark, you may in special cases get a dispensation, so that you do not lose your right to residence.