Application for Laissez-passer from SIRI

You can apply for a laissez-passer if you are a foreign national with a residence permit in Denmark, and if you are leaving the country to be granted a new passport from the authorities of your home country. 

You can apply for a laissez-passer if you are a foreign national born in Denmark and have submitted an application for a residence permit in Denmark, and you are leaving the country to be granted a new passport from the authorities of your home country.

Please note, the agency only grants laissez-passer to a limited extent.

Not all countries acknowledge a Danish laissez-passer either. Consequently we cannot issue a laissez-passer to you if you need to travel to the following countries:

• Estonia

• United Arab Emirates

• Iran

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Somalia

• Germany

• Vietnam

You need to be aware of the following: 

• You must provide a specific reason for your need of a laissez-passer.
• We expect you will be granted a new passport from your home country during the period in which the granted laissez-passer is valid.
• We will only grant you a laissez-passer if your home country has no representation in Denmark or your home country’s representation cannot give you travel documents. 
• As a starting point, we do not grant a laissez-passer with a validity of more than 5 days to countries in Europe or 30 days in your home country.

You can submit your application for a laissez-passer in one of SIRI’s branch offices.

In all our branch offices, you must book an appointment before you appear in person and submit your application. 

Under the tab ‘How to apply’ to the right, there is an instruction on how to submit your application and how to book an appointment. 

If you have submitted your application about a residence permit to the Danish Immigration Service, or if the Danish Immigration Service has granted you a residence permit, you must apply for a laissez-passer with them. 

You must pay a fee to submit an application for a laissez-passer.

The fee is DKK 310 to submit an application, if the applicant is 18 years or older and DKK 155 if the applicant is younger than 18 years.

If you are a citizen in an EU/EEA country or Switzerland or an accompanying family member to an EU citizen, you do not need to pay a fee to submit an application for a laissez-passer.

If you must pay a fee, you must pay when you appear in person in one of SIRI's branch offices. You can pay using either a Dankort or MobilePay. You cannot pay in cash.

If you have or are applying for a residence permit to work, study, or as an intern, au pair or accompanying family member to a foreign national who is working or studying in Denmark, your application for a laissez-passer will be processed by The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI).

If you are residing in Denmark based on EU-regulations, your application will also be processed by SIRI.

Under the tab ‘How to apply’ on the right, you will find the relevant application form, Laissez-passer/SIRI. 

SIRI will contact you if we need further information to process your case.