SIRI information letter on Brexit application dates, december 2020

Application dates for UK citizens and family members of UK citizens in connection with Brexit

In this letter, we inform you about when, during 2021, you should submit your appli-cation for a new residence status in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement between The United Kingdom and the EU.

You receive this letter, because you are registered as a UK citizen or as a family member of a UK citizen in the Central Office of Civil Registration (CPR).

If you are a Danish citizen, citizen of one of the Nordic countries, Switzerland or the EU, please ignore this letter.

In November, The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) sent you an information letter about your residence rights and what you must do during 2021 in order to preserve your right of residence after the transition period expires on 31 December 2020.

In the information letter from November, we informed you that during 2021 you must submit an application for a new residence status and a new residence docu-ment in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement.

When do I have to submit my application?

SIRI has laid out a plan for receiving applications. The year of your birth determines when you (and your family members) should submit an application for a new residence status.

The list below shows which month you should submit your application.

SIRI strongly encourages you to comply with the application times indicated below.

Please submit your application in the month containing the year in which you were born:

January

If you were born before 1946, you should submit your application during January.

February

If you were born in the period 1946-1951, you should submit your application during February.

March

If you were born in the period 1952-1958, you should submit your application during March.

April

If you were born in the period 1959-1964, you should submit your application during April.

May

If you were born in the period 1965-1969, you should submit your application during May.

June

If you were born in the period 1970-1972, you should submit your application during June.

July

If you were born in the period 1973-1975, you should submit your application during July.

August

If you were born in the period 1976-1979, you should submit your application during August.

September

If you were born in the period 1980-1984, you should submit your application during September.

October

If you were born in the period 1985-1989, you should submit your application during October.

November

If you were born in the period 1990 and onwards, you should submit your application during November.

Families and spouses/cohabitants who wish to submit their applications together can do so, and are encouraged to submit their applications in the month indicated for the oldest person.

Example 1: A family with two parents and three children - where the mother is the oldest - is encouraged to submit all five applications in the month designated for the mother's year of birth.

Example 2: Two spouses, one is born in 1955 and the other is born in 1959. If they wish to apply together, they are encouraged to submit both their applications according to the year 1955 (during March).

Exemption of frontier workers/cross-border workers

Citizens applying a document as frontier workers are exempt from the above application times. If you are a frontier worker, i.e. if you are working in Denmark but not living in Denmark, you are free to submit your application at any time during 2021.

Why is it important that I comply with the above application times?

It is very important that you comply with the indicated application schedule, in order for SIRI to comply with an expected two month case processing time.

Please note that your right to reside in Denmark is maintained during the process and until SIRI has finalised processing your application. Thus it has no consequences for your right to reside in Denmark whether you are to submit your application in the beginning or end of 2021.

Also, please note that you cannot submit your application before 1 January 2021 and that applications shall be submitted at the latest 31 December 2021. Applications submitted after 31 December 2021 will only be processed if SIRI deems that there are reasonable grounds for the failure to meet the deadline.

How do I submit my application?

You can submit your application using the digital application form which will be available on www.newtodenmark.dk from 1 January 2021. On the application, it will be possible to read more about which documentation you must include with your application and the procedure for recording biometrics in one of SIRI's citizen centres.

At www.newtodenmark.dk/Brexit you can find the previously sent information letter and SIRI's FAQ.

Kind regards,

The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI)