Application for extension of residence permit under the Special Act for persons who have assisted Danish authorities etc. in Afghanistan.

You can have your temporary residence permit extended in Denmark if you have a residence permit under the Special Act.

This applies both to persons who have been evacuated from Afghanistan and have a residence permit pursuant to section 1 of the Special Act, and to persons who have been granted a residence permit on the basis of family reunification pursuant to section 3 of the Special Act.

You must meet certain conditions in order to be able to have your residence permit extended.

You can have your residence permit extended according to section 1 and 3 of the Special Act if you continue to reside in Denmark. It is a condition for the extension of your residence permit according to section 1 and 3 of the Special Act that the basis for your residence permit is still present.

If you have a residence permit according to section 3 of the Special Act (family reunification), you must be aware that your residence permit can only be extended if the person with whom you are family reunified (the reference) gets his residence permit extended according to the Special Act.

It is very important that you submit the application for extension before your current residence permit expires. You can submit your application from 5 October 2023.

When you submit the application in time, you have legal residence in Denmark while your application is being processed.

If you do not apply in time

If you submit the application too late, you must expect that the application will be rejected, because in that case you are staying illegally in Denmark. This applies regardless of how short your illegal stay may be.

This means that you will instead have to leave Denmark and apply for a new residence permit from your home country or another country. Such an application will be considered and processed as a completely new application for a residence permit. In other words, it will be processed according to the rules that apply to people who apply for a residence permit for the first time, even if the rules may have changed since you were granted a residence permit.

If you stay illegally in Denmark, you also risk being punished for illegal stay and being deported with a ban on entry into Denmark and all other EU and Schengen countries for up to 2 years.

If Denmark's international obligations require it, or if in your case there are excusable circumstances for exceeding the deadline, the application can be allowed to be submitted, even if it is submitted too late. This will mean that you have legal residence while we process your application for an extension. However, you may risk being punished for illegal stay in the period from the expiry of your permit until you submitted your application for extension.

Your residence permit can be extended until 30 November 2025.