Reopening of cases decided by SIRI

In the Danish Alien’s Act, there are no set rules concerning the deadline for submitting a request to SIRI to reopen a case.

This does not, however, mean that you always have the right to have your case reopened. There might, for example, have passed so much time since the decision was made, that you are considered to have been too passive ('retsfortabende passivitet'). 

When assessing whether you have been too passive, we can, among other things, take into account:

• For how long you have been passive

• The reason for your passitivity

We can also take into account whether there are any additional extraordinary circumstances that speak for or against reopening the case.

If there is new information concerning the case, which was present when the original decision was made, a case can be reopened.

The new information must meet two requirements:

• The infomation must have been present when the original decision was made

• They must be of such importance, that the case might have had a different outcome, if the information had been known when the decision was made.

Please note that if the information concerns circumstances that presented themselves after the decision was made, your case cannot be reopened. Instead you must submit a new application.

If you or your legal representative provides supplementary information to SIRI and requests a resumption of the application for residence and work permit during a pending appeal case, then we will forward the supplementary information to the Immigration Appeals Board.

The Immigration Appeals Board will then assess whether the case must be remitted to SIRI or whether the information can be included in the appeal case.

You will be informed when the information has been sent to the Immigration Appeals Board.

If SIRI has received the fee for a request for resumption, then this fee will be refunded.

Read more about fee refunds

You must pay a fee, if you wish to submit a request to have your case reopened, for example, in on of the following case types.

• Work
• Study
• PhD
• Reseacher
• Intern
• Au pair
• Working Holiday
• Accompanying family member

Certain people can be exempt from paying the fee.

Read more about who must pay a fee

Pay a fee in connection with a request to have your case reopened, or see the amount you have to pay

Before you pay the fee, you must create a case order ID.