New Duration for Green Card

New application - handed in after the 25th March 2010- under the Greencard scheme will only be granted a first-time residence permit for 18 months. Before the end of this first period, you can apply for an extension of up to two years and six months. Before the end of this second period, you can apply for an extension of up to four years.

Your residence permit can be extended if you have worked for the past 12 months for a minimum of ten hours per week. If you submit your application after your permission have run out you will be considered an illegal resident in Denmark.


Your residence permit can be extended for one year if you have lost your job through no fault of your own (e.g. due to cutbacks) no more than three months before applying for an extension, and if prior to this, you worked for 12 months for a minimum of ten hours per week.

Old applications– handed in before and on the 25th March 2010- will still have a 3 year permission.

Permission to enter after getting Green Card

A Residence permit issued under the Greencard Scheme expires 6 months after the date of issue Therefore the successful applicant must arrive in Denmark, with the intention of working and residing, within six months of the issuance of the permit. This period is fixed. The dates of your residence permit cannot be changed. If you are not able to travel to Denmark before the end of the 6 month period then your visa will become invalid and you will need to make a application for an extension. For more information on making an application for an extension for the arrival period please contact DIS at Greencard@us.dk

You are entitled to health care when you are legitimately resident in Denmark. To be legitimately resident in Denmark, you must register with the National Registry (CPR) after your arrival. This process can take several weeks. Once this process is complete, you will receive notification that you have entitlement to Danish health care. Until that time, you must take out private insurance cover this interim period until you are formally covered by public health insurance

Foreign nationals do not qualify for public assistance. If you receive public assistance where you are not entitled to it, your Green Card residence permit can be withdrawn. Please remember that qualifying criteria for the Green Card scheme includes your ability to support yourself during your first full year in Denmark. On arrival in Denmark you must include evidence that you possess financial resources equivalent to one year of Danish Start Help benefits

The Green Card residence permit gives you permission to work and reside in Denmark. It also gives you an entitlement to travel to another Schengen country as per a standard Schengen visa. This means that you can travel on a Green Card residence permit for up to 90 days in any other Schengen country. You may also travel to other Schengen countries on your way to ‘activating’ your Green Card residence visa in Denmark.

Guidance about Appeals

You may lodge an appeal against the decision with the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs, Holbergsgade 6, 1057 Copenhagen K. The email address is inm@inm.dk.

You should forward your appeal direct to the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration.

Once an appeal has been registered with the Ministry, an acknowledgement letter will be sent to the appellant – this will normally take one month. The appeal process takes approximately 3-9 months.
Please do specify the areas in the decision from DIS that you want to appeal on. In general you will have a refusal if you do not specify the areas that you want to appeal about.

Do update your personal address (post address), so that the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs are able to communicate with you on letter.

Please bear in mind that according to guidelines an Indian "Master's degree/master of Arts/Science/Commerce, 2 years" are generally assessed as corresponding in level to a Danish bachelor's degree including one year of a Danish Master's degree (= 4 years of a university degree and not a full Danish Master's degree). The applicant will in this case only have 50 point and not 60 as many applicants believe.
The Work In Denmark Center (WIDC) at the Danish Embassy in New Delhi does not make decisions on green card cases. The WIDC is not able to help you with guidance on what to write in your appeal.

There is no fee for making an appeal direct to the Ministry. However should the Ministry require WIDC to follow up an appeal case, this will constitute a chargeable service. The applicable fee for this service will be approximately Rps4000, payable in advance by the appellant. WIDC will inform the applicant in advance if this fee is due.

What's new in Denmark in 2010

In the coming year, travelers to Denmark, will find fun new innovations that many have come to expect from this creative Nordic country. And most of the action is taking place in its capital city, where new sights and exciting events are sure to keep visitors entertained.

For much of 2010, Copenhagen's most-photographed statue, The Little Mermaid, will be traveling, just like you. She'll be visiting Shanghai, China, to represent Denmark at the World Expo. If you visit her rock pedestal in the city's harbor, you may see a different interpretation of this Danish icon, created by Chinese sculptors. For the next-best thing to the real deal, head to Tivoli Gardens amusement park, where a more accurate replica of The Little Mermaid will be on display.

In Copenhagen's Christianshavn area, Our Savior's Church (Vor Frelsers Kirke) reopens this year after a lengthy restoration.

On the transportation front, Copenhagen's CityCirkel Bus no. 11 offers an inexpensive one-hour overview of the city. You can hop on and off as you like, and the quiet electric bus is small enough to traverse the narrower streets of the Old Town.

On the sleepy isle of Aero, in the south of Denmark, the Aeroskobing tourist office now rents small electric cars, making it easy for non-bikers to follow popular bike routes on this idyllic island.

Indian Restaurants in Denmark

Here is the List of Some Indian Restaurants in Denmark

India Palace HC Andersens Blvd 13, Copenhagen V, 1553 Denmark Ph 4533910408

Indian Mahal Sankt Peders Strode 35, 1453 Copenhagen K, Denmark Ph 4533153821

Indian Taj Jernbanegade 3-5, Copenhagen V, 1608 Denmark Ph 4533131010

Kashmir Norrebrog 35, Copenhagen, Denmark Ph 4535375471

Pearl India Norregade 56 - 5000 Odense C, Denmark Ph 4566136316

Tandoori Masala Halm Torvet 5, 1700 Copenhagen V, Denmark Ph 4533221430

Hope You all will enjoy good quality food in these Indian Restaurants

Why Choose Denmark?

Denmark has attracted foreign labor in recent years to various trades. Although due to economic crises the Job market is not same as 2 years back but still in some sectors like IT, Business etc there is huge demand for foreign labor. Unemployment is still at low level in Denmark

Denmark can be regarded as A Welfare Society. Danish Welfare Society can be characterized by a high economic growth and high standard of living. In Denmark citizens are financially insured.

When you work in Denmark, you have to pay taxes on your wages to Denmark. These taxes paid to Danish Welfare System. You will also be benefited from these Welfare Services. All Citizens of Denmark has equal right to access these Welfare Services.

Indian Embassy in Denmark

Indian embassy located at Embassy of India, 15,Vangehusvej, 2100 Copenhagen. Indian embassy is providing services for permanent migrants and temporary migrants to Denmark. If you need to know services provided by Indian embassy. Please visit the following website www.indian-embassy.dk

The embassy could guide you to proceed about your query. when you go to embassy at the mentioned address and provide the following details and your query.Name (First and last name), Indian Passport number, Danish CPR number, Date of birth, Address in Denmark, Contact number and so on.