Danish citizenship and permanent residence: naturalisation, declaration, and language requirements

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pas Valid passport Issuer: Competent national authority of your country of citizenshipWhat to upload: The page bearing the photograph and identification details only Required by the lifeindenmark.borger.dk citizenship application form as proof of identity at upload.
permanent opholdstilladelse Permanent residence permit Issued by: Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen) / SIRI under the Aliens ActRequired for: All ordinary-route naturalisation applicants — the permit must be held for the qualifying period immediately before the bill is tabled Nordic-citizen declarants under statsborgerskab ved erklæring are exempt from the permanent-residence-permit requirement; the declaration channel uses only the residence-period rule.
Prøve i Dansk 3 (PD3) or Prøve i Dansk 2 (PD2) Danish-language test certificate Required for: Ordinary-route naturalisation applicants — must be valid at the moment the parliamentary bill is tabledMapping: Prøve i Dansk 3 is the standard level; Prøve i Dansk 2 is the lower level that applies as a substitute under the self-sufficiency carve-out Nordic-citizen declarants are not required to take the language test.
Indfødsretsprøven Citizenship knowledge test certificate Administered by: Approved language schools and test providers, twice yearly (typically June and November)Required for: Ordinary-route naturalisation applicants; Nordic-citizen declarants are exempt Children under twelve are exempt. Long-term disability dispensations are assessed by the Naturalisation Committee on the basis of submitted medical evidence.
lægeerklæring Medical documentation for dispensation requests Required for: Applicants requesting a disability-based dispensation from a statutory conditionStandards: Must be current within the recency window fixed by ministry guidance and must be from a physician; psychologist-only documentation is not accepted for mental-illness dispensation
forældremyndighedserklæring Custody documentation for included children Required for: Children under eighteen included in a parent's naturalisation application or in a Nordic-citizen declarationSource: Family-court or civil-registry documentation establishing the applicant's custody rights
lønsedler / arbejdsgivererklæring Employment-history documentation Required for: Ordinary-route naturalisation applicants — covering the qualifying employment-record windowAcceptable forms: Employer letters, payslips, or tax statements demonstrating ordinary full-time employment or self-employment for the qualifying period and weekly hours Nordic-citizen declarants are not required to submit employment-history documentation.
autoriseret oversættelse Certified translation of foreign civil-status documents Required for: Civil-status documents (birth, marriage, name-change) not in Danish, English, or an accepted Nordic languageIssued by: Autoriseret oversætter (authorised translator)
MitID MitID digital identity Required for: Signing the digital application and the declaration of allegiance and loyalty at submissionAlternative: Paper procedure available for applicants without MitID — for example, residents abroad, residents of the Faroe Islands or Greenland without MitID, or applicants represented by a solicitor

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