This is how you use a printable application form to apply for EU residence

If you choose to apply for EU residence using a printable form, it must normally be completed and submitted in person at one of our branch offices together with the relevant documentation.

All our application forms contain instructions on how to complete the form and what kind of documents you must submit along with the form.

The application form in Word format can be completed on the screen before you print. The application form in pdf format must be printed first and then completed by hand.

Choose the correct OD1 application form

You must choose between the four printable OD1 forms.

OD1A – EU residence as a worker, student, self-employed person, person with sufficient funds or posted service provider. You can also use the form, if you are changing your grounds for EU residence.

Download the printable form OD1A (Pdf format)

Download the printable form OD1A (Word format)

OD1B – EU residence as a family member to an EU citizen

Download the printable form OD1B (Pdf format)

Download the printable form OD1B (Word format)

OD1C – Permanent EU residence

Download the printable form OD1C (Pdf format)

Download the printable form OD1C (Word format)

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Submit the application by appearing in person

If you are applying for an EU residence document for the first time, you must appear in person at one of SIRI's branch offices. This is also the case if you are applying for an extension of your EU residence as a family member.

You must bring your photo ID (passport or national ID card). Only when you have identified yourself this way and been linked to your application will we consider your application to be fully submitted. You must appear no later than 30 days after submitting your online application. If you do not this, SIRI will consider your application as withdrawn and close the case.

You can appear in person at one of SIRI’s branch offices in Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus, Aalborg, Esbjerg, Sønderborg or on Bornholm.

See addresses and opening hours of SIRI's branch offices

Before you appear in person at SIRI, you must book an appointment (opens in a new window)

Submit the application using SIRI’s contact form or by appearing in person

If you apply for

• Change of your grounds for EU residence, e.g. if you have had EU residence as a student and now wish to change grounds for residence to EU residence as a family member.
• Permanent EU residence

you do not need to appear in person at SIRI. This is only the case for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens.

You can instead choose to submit the application digitally using SIRI’s contact form or to submit the application by appearing in person in one of SIRI’s branch offices.

SIRI’s contact form

If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA or Switzerland, you must always appear in person at one of SIRI's branch offices to have your biometric features recorded regardless of your grounds for applying.