Residence and work permit

Nordic countries

If you are from the Nordic countries, you do not need a residence permit, but if you want to stay for more than six months, you need to bring the internordiske flyttepapirer from your home municipality. For further information, please see www.hallonorden.org . You do not need a work permit.

EU/EEA countries

If you are a EU/EEA citizen, you need a residence permit if you intend to stay in Denmark for more than three months. You should apply for this at the local county authority ( Statsamt ) in Denmark and bring your admission papers from the Danish education institution. You do not need a work permit.

Other countries

If you are not a Nordic or EU/EEA citizen, you need to get a residence permit and maybe also a visa before entering Denmark. You should apply for the residence permit at the Danish Embassy or Consulate in your home country after you have been accepted for admission at the educational institution. You must be able to provide documentation that you can pay all the costs related to your stay (currently minimum DKK 4.200 per month). For further information, please contact your host university. The application for a residence permit is also an application for a work permit, allowing students to work for up to 15 hours work a week during the academic year and full time during the summer holidays (June, July and August).

For further information on residence and work permit, please visit: www.newtodenmark.dk

The CPR-number

All Danes have a personal number, called a CPR number. This is a personal ID number which is used by education institutions and all public organisations (e.g. the health care system, etc). International students, teachers, etc. therefore are required to obtain a CPR-number.

A CPR-number can be obtained by contacting the civil registration office ( Folkeregisteret ) in your local council. Please take your residence permit and an ID card, e.g. your passport, with you. You will also need to bring proof of your address in Denmark. The CPR number will then be sent to you within approxiomately seven days.

In order to obtain a national (Danish) health service card ( Sygesikringsbevis ), you have to present the documents that you brought from your home country, please refer to "health insurance" for further information. You will automatically receive the Danish health security card by in the post.