Visa-free travel
If you are a citizen of a country without a visa requirement, you do not need a visa to travel to Denmark. However, you must meet a number of basic requirements.
See list of countries without a visa requirement
As a citizen of a country without a visa requirement, you must meet a number of basic conditions when you wish to visit Denmark. This also applies if you are travelling visa-free to the Faroe Islands or Greenland. Read more about who can visit the Faroe Islands and Greenland visa-free
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 forms of valid travel document. 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.
- 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.
- You may not be listed on the national sanction list of religious preachers with an entry ban.
These conditions apply at the time you enter and stay in Denmark or another Schengen country. You must be 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 or required to leave the Schengen region immediately.
The amount of funds considered adequate varies from one Schengen country to another. On entering other Schengen countries, you should find out what requirements apply. The countries’ requirements are listed in annex 18 of the Visa Code Handbook. See list of annexes of the Visa Code Handbook
If you are traveling visa-free, 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
Citizens of certain countries are entitled to stay in Denmark for 90 days or 3 months, regardless of stays in other Schengen countries
Citizens of Australia, Canada, Chile, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the US can freely enter and stay in Denmark for the following periods, regardless of whether they have stayed in another Schengen country prior to entry into Denmark.
Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan and Singapore
Nationals of Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan and Singapore may stay in Denmark for up to 3 months reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark or another Nordic country. The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark or another Nordic country within 6 months preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 3 months.
Malaysia
Nationals of Malaysia may stay in Denmark for up to 3 months reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark or another Nordic country (not including Iceland). The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark or another Nordic country (not including Iceland) within 6 months preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 3 months.
United States of America (USA) and New Zealand
Nationals of the United States of America (USA) and New Zealand may stay in Denmark for up to 3 months reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark. The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark within 6 months preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 3 months.
Chile
Nationals of Chile may stay in Denmark for up to 90 days reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark or another Nordic country. The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark or another Nordic country within 180 days preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 90 days.
South Korea
Nationals of South Korea may stay in Denmark for up to 90 days reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark or another Nordic country. The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark or another Nordic country within 6 months preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 90 days.