Visa – Travel agency and tourist arrangements
For a number of years, Denmark has had special travel agency arrangements for tourists from China, Ukraine and India. The so-called ADS arrangement in China is only applicable to tourist groups. The extended travel agency arrangement in China does also include tourists travelling alone.
These arrangements make it easier for citizens of those countries to visit Denmark as tourists.
The travel agency arrangements mean that the Danish diplomatic mission (embassy or consulate) in each of these three countries is authorised to issue visas for up to 30 days to tourists form these countries.
The following requirements must be met:
- the trip must be organised by a travel agency that has been accredited by the Danish Immigration Service and a travel agency in the country in question that has been accredited by the Danish embassy of the Danish consulate general to take part in the arrangement,
- the travel agency accredited by the Immigration Service and the travel agency in the country in question established a collaboration agreement, and
- documentation must be provided proving that the trip is a package deal that includes, at a minimum, transport and a reservation at a hotel.
Each application for a visa is submitted by the travel agency in the country in question. First time applicants who have not had their biometric features recorded must have them recorded. Fingerprints recorded less than 59 months from the submission of the application will normally be valid. The Danish diplomatic mission may call the applicant for an interview or ask for further information.
The visa applicants must still meet the general requirements in order to get a short term visa.
Read more about general conditions for granting a visa
For more information about travel arrangements, please contact the Danish Immigration Service
For more information about the accredited travel agencies in the three countries, please contact the Danish diplomatic missions abroad (embassy or consulate) in the relevant country or visit the website of the Danish missions. Contact information can be found on the Foreign Ministry's website
Some of these lists also contain information about travel agencies in Denmark, which are accredited travel agencies.
Accreditation is granted by the Immigration Service on a case-by-case basis as part of a review process that will obtain information from relevant organisations and public authorities.
In order for a travel agency to be accredited it is required, among others things, that the travel agency has existed for at least 2 years unless the owners of the travel agency has previous experience from the travel agency industry and/or other relevant experience from the business industry or organisations.
Tourist arrangement for travel-related companies other than travel agencies (Ukraine)
On 15 February 2010, a accreditation programme was established for Ukrainian travel-related companies.
The Ukrainian arrangement is a pilot programme which will accredit as many as 25 hotel chains/hotels and up to five large holiday accommodation rental chains.
Accreditation is granted by the Immigration Service after a concrete assessment and after consulting relevant organizations and authorities.
The following requirements must be met:
- the trip must be organised by a hotel/hotel chain or holiday accommodation rental chain accredited by the Immigration Service and a Ukrainian travel agency that has been accredited by the Danish Embassy in Kiev to take part in the arrangement,
- the hotel chain/hotel or holiday accommodation rental chain and the Ukrainian travel agency have established a collaboration agreement, and
- documentation must be provided proving that the trip is a package deal that includes, at a minimum, transport and a reservation at a hotel or a holiday home.
All other requirements will be the same as for the travel agency arrangement.
Tourist arrangement for travel-related companies other than travel agencies (China and India)
On 20 March 2015, travel-related companies in China and India other than travel agencies will be eligible for accreditation under the travel agency arrangement.
This arrangement makes it possible to accredit hotels (either individually or as part of a chain), large holiday accommodation rental chains, large holiday centres, large holiday centre chains and the like in Denmark.
Accreditation is granted by the Immigration Service on a case-by-case basis as part of a review process that will obtain information from relevant organisations and public authorities.
In order to be considered for accreditation, the following requirements must be met:
- the trip must be organised by the hotel, hotel chain, holiday accommodation rental chain, holiday centre, holiday centre chain or the like that has been accredited by the Immigration Service and a Chinese or Indian travel agency that has been accredited by the embassy or a consulate to take part in the arrangement,
- the hotel chains/hotels, holiday accommodation rental chains, holiday centres, holiday centre chains or the like and the Chinese or Indian travel agency must have established a collaboration agreement, and
- documentation must be provided proving that the trip is a package deal that includes, at a minimum, transport and a reservation at a hotel, a holiday home, a holiday centre or the like.
All other requirements will be the same as for the travel agency arrangement.