Information to people from Ukraine

Yes, when the Immigration Service has processed your case, and your residence permit has been extended, you will receive a new residence card by mail in approximately 4 weeks. We send the card to the address you indicated when you registered with the Central National Register. It is important that your name appears on your mailbox to avoid the card being returned.

You do not have to have your biometric features (facial photo and fingerprints) for your new residence card recorded. We can use the original biometrics from when you obtained your current residence permit under the Special Act.

Yes, if your child already holds a residence card, the child will receive a new residence card in approximately 4 weeks, after we have extended your child’s residence permit. 

In general, the child does not need to have his/her biometrics recorded for the new residence card. However, this does not apply if your child had his/her biometrics recorded when the child was under 6 years old, and the child has now attained the age of 6. In this event, the child must have new biometrics recorded for the residence card.  The reason is that children aged more than 6 must have new biometrics in the form of facial photo and fingerprints recorded, whereas children under the age of 6 have only their facial photo taken. You can book an appointment on this page

If your child does not already have a residence card, your child can, upon request, receive a residence card. If you want your child to have a residence card, the child must have his/her biometrics recorded. You must book an appointment for the recording of biometrics with the Immigration Service. You can book an appointment on this page

When the child appears together with you at the Immigration Service to have his/her biometrics recorded, an identity check of the child will be carried out. Therefore, it is important that you bring the child’s passport or other identity documents.

Your old residence card was valid until 17 March 2024. You must keep the card until you have received your new residence card. After that, you must destroy the card.

In a small number of cases, the Danish Immigration Service has attempted, without success, to contact individuals who were granted a residence permit under the Special Act before 3 November 2023. In these cases, we were unable to extend the residence permits because necessary information was not available. As a result, these permits will expire on 17 March 2024. If you are among those individuals whom we could not contact, and consequently, you have not had your residence permit extended, you are requested to submit a new application for a residence permit under the Special Act, if you still wish to retain a residence permit in Denmark based on the Special Act.

You can be granted a temporary residence permit under the law on temporary residence permits for displaced persons from Ukraine (the Special Act), if you are staying in Denmark, and you are either a Ukrainian citizen or recognized as a refugee in Ukraine. 

Read more about residence permit to a person in Denmark displaced from Ukraine

You can also be granted a residence permit, if you are a close family member to a person in Denmark, who has been granted a residence permit under the Special Act.

Read more about residence permit to a family member to person in Denmark displaced from Ukraine

You can also be granted a residence permit if you are displaced from Ukraine and staying on the Faroe Islands. 

Read more about residence permit under the Special Act at the Faroe Islands

At the pages you can read more about which requirements you must fulfill and what type of residence permit you can get.

If you have had a child after coming to Denmark and have received residency under the Special Act for persons who have been displaced from Ukraine, you must also apply for a residence permit for your child.

You must apply for a residence permit for the child under the Special Act.

Read more on residence permits for family members of a person who has residency under the Special Act

How you can apply under the Special Act depends on the reason for your application. 

Read more about how to apply, if you are staying in Denmark, and you are either a Ukrainian citizen or recognized as a refugee in Ukraine 

Read more about how to apply, if you are a family member to person in Denmark displaced from Ukraine

Read more about how to apply, if you are displaced from Ukraine and staying on the Faroe Islands

The Immigration Service has made a webpage describing the terms of your stay in Denmark if you have applied for a residence permit in Denmark and are waiting for an answer.

The guidance is mainly aimed at applicants in Denmark, and among other things concerns the terms for health care, housing, work and travels out of Denmark. 

Go to the site relevant for you waiting for an answer

The Immigration Service has made a webpage with relevant information to you who have received an answer to your application for residence permit under the Special Act.

The guidance is different depending on whether you are granted a residence permit or your application is refused.

Go to the site relevant for you who have received an answer

In order to have a visa-free stay as an Ukrainian citizen you must have a biometric passport issued after 12 January 2015. 

If you have a passport issued before 12 January 2015 it is not biometric, and therefore you need to have a short-term visa to enter Denmark. Read more about this in the question/answer further down at this page. 

If you are travelling visa-free, you can normally enter Denmark if you meet the following basic conditions:

• You have a valid passport or other form of valid travel document. 
  As an Ukrainian citizen you must have a biometric passport issued after 12 January 2015 in order to be visa-free. If you have a passport issued before 12 January 2015 it is not biometric, and therefore you need to have a short-term visa to enter Denmark.
  The passport or travel document must be valid for three months past the intended date of departure from the Schengen area. Moreover, the passport or travel document must have been issued within the past 10 years.

• You have the necessary means to pay for your stay and return trip. What will be considered as necessary funds depends on the length of your stay and whether you will stay at a hotel or in a privately owned home with family or friends. As a general rule, you must have at your disposal approx. DKK 350 per day. A smaller amount may be accepted if you are staying in a privately owned home and your host will cover all the costs. If you are staying at a hotel, you must have a greater amount at your disposal, approx. DKK 500 per day.

• You can substantiate, and, to the required extent, document the purpose of your stay in Denmark. The purpose can e.g. be a stay with friends or family or a tourist stay. 

• You are not registered as an undesirable in the Schengen Information System (SIS II).

• You have not been expelled by court from Denmark and been banned from re-entering.

• You are not listed on UN or EU sanction lists.

These conditions apply at the time you enter and stay in Denmark or another Schengen country. It is important that you are able to document at all times that you have the necessary funds to pay for your stay and return trip. If you do not meet these conditions, you can be refused entry at the border. 

You also have the possibility to apply for a residence permit under the Special Act.

There is no requirement to your housing, if you are in Denmark on a vise free stay. However, you must still meet the requirements for a visa free stay. Read more about this in the question above.

If you are travelling visa-free or on a short term visa, you may stay in the Schengen region for a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period. The 90 days can be used either for one long stay or several shorter stays.

The Immigration Service recommends that you use a calendar to count days from the date of entry up to and including the date you leave the country. Note: Both the entry day and the exit day count towards the 90 days in any 180-day period – regardless of the time of day you enter or exit the country. It is always your own responsibility to be aware of how long you are allowed to stay in Denmark. Read more about maximum stay periods

This means that you cannot enter Denmark if you have already stayed 90 days in another Schengen country, for example Germany or Sweden. If you have resided in another Schengen country on a residence permit, it is not counted as part of the 90 days.

If you as an Ukrainian citizen do not have a biometric passport, you must have a short stay visa in order to enter Denmark.

You must normally meet the following basic conditions in order to be granted a visa:

• Your passport or other form of valid travel document must be valid for three months past the visa expiration date.

• Your passport or travel document must have been issued within the past 10 years.

• You must have the necessary means to pay for your stay and return trip. What will be considered as necessary funds will be determined by the Danish diplomatic mission and depends on the length of your stay, and whether you will stay at a hotel or with friends or family. As a general rule, you must have at your disposal approx. DKK 350 per day. If you are staying at a hotel, the amount must be greater, approx. DKK 500 per day.

• You must hold a travel insurance policy to cover possible expenses in connection with a return for health reasons or death, indispensable medical treatment or acute hospitalisation during your stay. The insurance policy must cover all Schengen countries, and the minimum policy coverage is € 30,000. The insurance policy must be valid for the same period as the visa. The validity of the visa may be shortened if the insurance policy does not cover the entire period.

• You may not be registered as an undesirable in the Schengen Information System (SIS II).

• You may not have been deported from Denmark and given an entry ban.

• You may not be listed on UN or EU sanction lists.

These conditions apply at the time your visa is issued, as well as when you enter and stay in the Schengen region.

If the Immigration Service suspects that you intend to seek permanent or long-term residency in Denmark, or that you may pose threat to national security or public safety, your visa application will be refused.

You can apply for a short-term visa via the Danish diplomatic mission abroad. Read more at the webpage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark about where to apply for a short-term visa to Denmark

If you have not been issued a short term visa from a diplomatic mission when entering Denmark, it is possible for you to apply for a short term visa at the border (emergency visa). You must apply at the police at the border. Your application will be processed by the Immigration Service. If you apply at the border, it is a requirement that you have not been able to apply beforehand, and you can be asked to document that your reason for entering is unpredictable and necessary.

You also have the possibility to apply for a residence permit under the Special Act.

Any foreign national in Denmark can submit an application for asylum. You can apply for asylum regardless of whether you entered Denmark illegally or have a residence permit or visa.

 It is only possible to apply for asylum in Denmark if you are in Denmark. You can also apply for asylum in Denmark at the border, for eaxample if you do not meet the requirements for a visa free stay in Denmark. It is not possible to apply for asylum by enquiring at a Danish representation (embassy or consulate-general).

How you can apply for asylum depends on whether you have a residence permit in Denmark.

If you do not have a residence permit, you can apply for asylum by showing up in person at a police station in Denmark or at the police in Centre Sandholm.

If you already have a residence permit (on other grounds than asylum) in Denmark, you can apply for by showing up in person at the police in the district where you live.

Read more about the possibility to apply for asylum in Denmark

War crimes

The police in Denmark would like to hear from you if haven been a victim of or experienced war crimes. Read more at the police’s website

Human trafficking

The Danish Centre against Human Trafficking have made a flyer that warns against human trafficking and guides you on how to get help if you are a victim of human trafficking. See the flyer from The Danish Centre against Human Trafficking

As an Ukrainian citizen you can stay in Denmark for 90 days on a visa-free stay after your residence permit has expired.

Read more about visa-free stays

You can also apply for a residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine, if you wish to remain in Denmark. Read more under the question above 'Who can obtain a residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine?'

When you have been granted a residence permit under the Special Act it can lapse in two different ways. It can happen if you either:

• no longer have a residence in Denmark, or
• stay outside Denmark for more than 6 months in a row.

In certain situations you can get a dispensation from lapsing of your residence permit.

Read more about lapsing of residence permit under the Special Act

In February 2022 the Danish Immigration Service put asylum cases from Ukrainian citizens on hold. This was done on the basis of a decision made by the Refugee Appeals Board’s Coordination Committee on 24 February 2022 to put the board’s cases regarding Ukrainian citizens on hold due to the notifications of acts of war in great parts of the country and the introduction of a military state of emergency. 

Following a meeting of the Refugee Appeals Board's Coordination Committee on 12 October 2023, the Board has stated that the Committee has found that the situation in Ukraine is locked and with no immediate prospect of resolution. Therefore, the Refugee Appeals Board is lifting the suspension of the cases regarding Ukrainian citizens. At the same time, the Board refers the cases pending before the Board to the Danish Immigration Service for renewed processing in the first instance.

Based on the decision of the Refugee Appeals Board's Coordination Committee, the pending asylum cases in the Danish Immigration Service regarding Ukrainian citizens will no longer be put on hold, and the applicants will be contacted by the Immigration Service about the further processing of their cases.

If you have been given a deadline to leave Denmark which you cannot meet, you can ask to have your deadline extended.

If you have received a refusal to your application for a residence permit or right of residence on grounds of e.g. work, study or EU-regulations, you must contact The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI). 

If you have received a refusal to your application for family reunification based on the Danish Aliens Act, you must contact The Danish Immigration Service.

Your deadline can be extended if there are special circumstances which affect your ability to leave Denmark. You need to apply for an extension yourself, and you must be able to document that leaving Denmark within the deadline is not possible.

Contact SIRI through our contact form

Contact The Immigration Service through our contact form

No, you do not have permission to work in Denmark, when you have been given a deadine for leaving.

As a citizen of Ukraine, you are from a country outside the EU/EEA or Switzerland and therefore need a work permit before you can legally work in Denmark.

You can also apply for a residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine, if you wish to remain in Denmark and thus have the opportunity to continue working. Read more under the question above 'Who can obtain a residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine?'

SIRI does, as a rule, not grant residence permits to accompanying family mambers to an intern.

Ukrainian citizens can, however, under certain circumstances enter Denmark without a visa. Read more under the question above 'Can I stay on a visa-free stay in Denmark?'

You can also apply for a residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine, if you wish to remain in Denmark. Read more under the question above 'Who can obtain a residence permit under the Special Act on displaced persons from Ukraine?'