Countries with a visa requirement and visa-free countries

Countries with a visa requirement

If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you must have a visa in order to enter Denmark:

Afghanistan
Albania**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since May 2010. As from 1 March 2012 non-biometric passports will no longer be valid for travel abroad)

Algeria
Angola
Armenia****
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia*
Bosnia-Herzegovina**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 15 October 2009)

Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China**
Comoros
Congo
Cuba
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt*
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. All passports issued from 28 July 2014 are biometric passports)

Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
India*
Indonesia******
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan****
Kenya
Kosovo (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Kosovo has been issued biometric passports since October 2011)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Moldova**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 1 January 2011)

Mongolia
Montenegro**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since May 2008. All new passports are biometric)

Morocco*
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since April 2007)
Oman
Pakistan*
Papua New Guinea
Philippines*
Qatar
Russia
Rwanda
Sao Tomé and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. This does not apply to persons with passports issued by the Serbian Coordination directorate Koordinaciona uprava. Biometric passports have been issued since July 2008)

Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Taiwan (Citizens with a passport issued by Taiwan which contains an identity card number are exempt from the visa requirement. The same applies to citizens with old Taiwanese passports with "Republic of China" on the front page, if the stated place of birth is Taiwan and the passport contains an identity card number)

Tadjikistan
Tanzania
Thailand*****
Togo
Tunesia****
Turkmenistan
Türkiye*** (Turkish citizens who are to perform a service in Denmark are exempt from the visa requirement. Read more here)

Uganda
Ukraine**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 12 January 2015)

Uzbekistan
Vanuatu (The visa exemption for all citizens of Vanuatu is suspended from 4 February 2023 to 3 August 2024. Read more about the suspension in whole of the visa waiver agreement between Vanuatu and EU)

Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Passports issued by the Palestinian Authority

Visa-free countries

If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you do not need a visa in order to enter Denmark:

Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Albania **** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passportshave been issued since May 2010)

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 15 October 2009)

Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dominica
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. All passports issued from 28 July 2014 are biometric passports)

Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kiribati
Kosovo (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Kosovo has been issued biometric passports since October 2011)
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 1 January 2011)

Monaco
Montenegro**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement)

Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement)

Northern Marianas
Norway
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Samoa
San Marino
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Serbia**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. This does not apply to persons with passports issued by the Serbian Coordination directorate Koordinaciona uprava)

Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan (Only citizens with a passport issued by Taiwan which contains an identity card number are exempt from the visa requirement. The same applies to citizens with old Taiwanese passports with "Republic of China" on the front page, if the stated place of birth is Taiwan and the passport contains an identity card number)

Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Ukraine (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 12 January 2015)

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu (However, the visa exemption for all citizens of Vanuatu is suspended from 4 February 2023 to 3 August 2024. Read more about the suspension in whole of the visa waiver agreement between Vanuatu and EU)

Vatican City State
Venezuela

* Citizens with diplomatic and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement.

** Citizens with diplomatic passports are exempt from the visa requirement, and citizens with a "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" passport, a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport or a "British National Overseas" passport are exempt from the visa requirement.

*** Citizens with diplomatic, special and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement.

**** Citizens with diplomatic passports are exempt from the visa requirement.

***** Citizens with diplomatic and service passports and "official passports" are exempt from the visa requirement.

****** Citizens with biometric diplomatic and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement.

In the Overview of Travel Documents, Visa Conditions and Border Crossing Points you can e.g. find an overview of foreign nationals who are exempt from the passport and visa requirement and an overview of approved border crossing points.