Published 01-03-2017 - Last updated: 23-11-2017
The Danish Immigration Service introduces new goals for processing time
As of 1 March 2017 the Danish Immigration Service introduces new goals for the expected maximum processing time in a number of case areas.
The Immigration Service has chosen to introduce a new method of calculating our goals for the processing time. Until now we have worked with service goals where the goal for the processing time applied from the point in time where the application was fully disclosed. This has resulted in uncertainty among many applicants and feedback from the users and collaborators has shown that it is preferred to know when to expect a ruling immediately when an application is submitted. The Immigration Service has therefore decided to establish new goals for the processing times.
The new goals state the time that it under normal circumstances will take from you submit an application to you receive a ruling in the case. The new goals can be seen in the overview at the bottom of the page and are divided by the different case types.
Even though the new goals for the expected maximum processing times initially seem longer than the former goals, you will in practice not experience that the processing time will be longer than previously. This is due to the fact that the point of time when most case was considered as fully disclosed often happened long time after the application was submitted.
The new goals will make it clearer for the users how long time they at the maximum can expect will pass before they receive a ruling in their case.
In cases where the Immigration Service already has announced a service goal for the case processing to the applicant, this goal for the processing time will still apply.
Read more about the Immigration Service’s processing times
Overview of the expected maximum processing times as of 1 March 2017
|
Case type |
Maximum processing time |
|
Family reunification (incl. Greenland and the Faroe Islands) |
10 months * (see note) |
|
Temporary extension of residence permit (incl. Greenland and the Faroe Islands) |
7 months |
|
Permanent residence permit (incl. Greenland and the Faroe Islands) |
8 months |
|
Passport (Danish alien's passport or convention passport) |
3 months |
|
Passport extension |
2 months |
|
Residence card for children and replacement residence Cards |
4 months |
|
Changing personal data |
6 months |
|
Residence permit as religious worker |
6 months |
|
Temporary extension of residence permit as religious worker |
6 months |
|
Work and residence permit under the Association Agreement with Turkey |
10 months |
|
Residence permit not to be considered as lapsed before departure (family reunification) |
4 months |
|
Residence permit not to be considered as lapsed after departure (family reunification) |
6 months |
|
Appeals under EU regulation |
10 months |
Note*:
If the application for family reunification is submitted before 1 March 2017 and the applicant has not received a letter from the Immigration Service, where the processing time for the given case is informed, the expected maximum processing time is 12 months.
