{"schemaVersion":1,"passportCode":"DK","passportUrl":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/denmark","scope":"Selected country-topic summaries; not a complete account of citizenship law or personal tax liability. These facts do not change mobility scores.","review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"a5f70894159fa2725f31b52548ba15fca7df3cf5dd4adf3d3e693ce838c2eae4","notes":"Independently read all 24 cited authorities and the relevant operative text. Lovdata's current Act and Regulations were read through direct public HTML; the Norwegian language circular was read as PDF text. Verified eight-in-eleven ordinary residence, six-in-ten income cohort, distinct refugee/childhood cohorts, absence deductions, oral B1, A2 versus full-waiver conditions, and multiple nationality. Author clarified that stateless applicants' A2 route is not subject to the separate age-55 cohort qualifier. The June 2026 proposal remains an open consultation, not current law. Norwegian tax sources support rolling presence windows, commencement, worldwide income and wealth, separate emigration conditions, limited source liabilities and treaty/credit qualifications. Read Denmark's live processing pause, ordinary residence and separate permanent-status conditions, native-language Test 2 qualification, civic-test cohorts, work/support/conduct requirements and ceremony rules. Danish tax guidance supports residence versus holiday/work facts and six-month continuity; technical guidance expressly uses at least six months and preserves special tourist/student cases. Foreign-income reporting, departure home availability, limited liability and treaty ordering were read directly. This approval binds the four scoped topics, not individual eligibility, processing resumption, all exception cohorts or personal tax liability."},"reviewScope":"A common review is provided only when all topics share one approval. Otherwise consult each topic's review; no collection means no review.","reviews":[{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"a5f70894159fa2725f31b52548ba15fca7df3cf5dd4adf3d3e693ce838c2eae4","notes":"Independently read all 24 cited authorities and the relevant operative text. Lovdata's current Act and Regulations were read through direct public HTML; the Norwegian language circular was read as PDF text. Verified eight-in-eleven ordinary residence, six-in-ten income cohort, distinct refugee/childhood cohorts, absence deductions, oral B1, A2 versus full-waiver conditions, and multiple nationality. Author clarified that stateless applicants' A2 route is not subject to the separate age-55 cohort qualifier. The June 2026 proposal remains an open consultation, not current law. Norwegian tax sources support rolling presence windows, commencement, worldwide income and wealth, separate emigration conditions, limited source liabilities and treaty/credit qualifications. Read Denmark's live processing pause, ordinary residence and separate permanent-status conditions, native-language Test 2 qualification, civic-test cohorts, work/support/conduct requirements and ceremony rules. Danish tax guidance supports residence versus holiday/work facts and six-month continuity; technical guidance expressly uses at least six months and preserves special tourist/student cases. Foreign-income reporting, departure home availability, limited liability and treaty ordering were read directly. This approval binds the four scoped topics, not individual eligibility, processing resumption, all exception cohorts or personal tax liability."}],"coverage":{"citizenship":"reviewed_scope","taxes":"reviewed_scope"},"topics":[{"code":"DK","topic":"citizenship","title":"Denmark Citizenship Requirements","summary":"Denmark's published ordinary naturalisation framework uses nine continuous years of residence plus separate permanent-status and integration conditions. The ministry currently reports a general processing pause pending clarification of post-election conditions.","scope":"Ordinary adult naturalisation for applicants residing in Denmark proper under the published framework; not a guarantee of processing or a full guide to Nordic, descent, Greenland or Faroe Islands cases.","jurisdiction":"Danish nationality; ordinary applicant resident in Denmark proper","routeId":"denmark-naturalisation-2026","routeType":"naturalisation","facts":[{"id":"process-status","label":"Parliamentary grant and processing notice","text":"Naturalisation requires inclusion in an Act passed by Parliament. The ministry currently says it generally will not process citizenship applications until the conditions following the parliamentary election are clarified. This notice is not an enacted replacement for the published eligibility framework or a promise about when processing resumes.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-processing"],"locator":"Udenlandske statsborgere: opening paragraphs, especially the notice beginning Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet vil som udgangspunkt ikke behandle"},{"id":"residence","label":"Ordinary and reduced residence periods","text":"The published baseline is nine uninterrupted years in Denmark. Recognised refugees, equivalent-status applicants and stateless people normally need eight; Nordic citizens need two, and qualifying Danish spouses need six to eight. Long or frequent foreign stays can affect the calculation; the shortest cohort is not the ordinary rule.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-residence"],"locator":"Ophold: Circular 9461/2021 sections 7–8; Opholdsafbrydelser"},{"id":"permanent-status","label":"Permanent status is a separate condition","text":"Applicants ordinarily must live in Denmark, be registered at a Danish CPR address, and have held permanent residence for two years by the end of the expected adoption month. The specified refugee and stateless cohorts need one year. EU residents must document permanent residence rights; an ordinary EU registration certificate is insufficient. Listed cohorts are exempt.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-permanent-residence"],"locator":"Tidsubegrænset opholdstilladelse og bopæl i Danmark: opening and Ansøgere, som er undtaget fra betingelserne","constraint":{"value":2,"unit":"years","basis":"permanent_residence","cohort":"Ordinary applicant without a reduced-period or exempt status, measured by the end of the expected naturalisation-Act adoption month"}},{"id":"tests","label":"Language, civic tests and exceptions","text":"Danish Test 3 or listed equivalent proof is usual. Test 2 is available with no specified social assistance in the last two years and at most three months in nine years. The 2021 citizenship test, or accepted 2015-series results, is also required. Listed schooling/cohort exceptions apply; long-term disability can support parliamentary waiver consideration, not automatic approval.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-language","top20-dk-civic-test"],"locator":"Danskkundskaber: Prøve i Dansk 3, Prøve i Dansk 2, exceptions and disability referral; civic-test page: June 2016–June 2021 results, exempt cohorts and Mulighed for dispensation"},{"id":"other-conditions","label":"Employment, support, debt and conduct","text":"Ordinarily, applicants need three years and six months of qualifying full-time work or self-employment within four years and labour-market attachment when the bill is introduced. Separate self-support, specified overdue public-debt and criminal-conduct conditions apply. Serious offences can exclude naturalisation, other penalties cause waiting periods, and defined exemptions or parliamentary dispensations require checking.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-citizenship-overview"],"locator":"Employment; Requirement of self-sufficiency; Debt to public authorities; Criminal offences, including charges and waiting periods"},{"id":"completion","label":"Declarations and constitution ceremony","text":"The ordinary route requires declarations of loyalty and compliance with Danish law. After the Act is adopted, covered applicants must attend a municipal constitution ceremony, sign the declaration and shake hands with the authorised official, normally within two years. Specific ceremony exemptions exist; inclusion in a bill alone is not completed acquisition.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-citizenship-overview"],"locator":"You must sign a declaration; Municipal constitution ceremony; Exemption from participation; two-year attendance limit"},{"id":"multiple-nationality","label":"Multiple nationality and official application","text":"For the Denmark-resident route, Danish law no longer requires naturalising foreigners to obtain release from their previous nationality. The other country's law still matters. The ministry links the ordinary MitID digital application and identifies exceptions using paper forms; the current processing notice must also be checked.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-multiple-nationality","top20-dk-processing"],"locator":"English guidance: Multiple nationality, Foreign citizens applying for Danish nationality, Application for Danish citizenship; processing notice"}],"limits":["This preserves the published ordinary framework while explicitly recording the ministry's current processing notice. Future political agreements or proposals must not be treated as operative rules without fresh official confirmation.","No CEFR equivalence is inferred from the names Danish Test 2 or 3. The exact accepted proof, waiver documentation, residence interruptions, employment and self-support calculations need individual review. Greenland and Faroe Islands requirements are outside this route scope."],"review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"a5f70894159fa2725f31b52548ba15fca7df3cf5dd4adf3d3e693ce838c2eae4","notes":"Independently read all 24 cited authorities and the relevant operative text. Lovdata's current Act and Regulations were read through direct public HTML; the Norwegian language circular was read as PDF text. Verified eight-in-eleven ordinary residence, six-in-ten income cohort, distinct refugee/childhood cohorts, absence deductions, oral B1, A2 versus full-waiver conditions, and multiple nationality. Author clarified that stateless applicants' A2 route is not subject to the separate age-55 cohort qualifier. The June 2026 proposal remains an open consultation, not current law. Norwegian tax sources support rolling presence windows, commencement, worldwide income and wealth, separate emigration conditions, limited source liabilities and treaty/credit qualifications. Read Denmark's live processing pause, ordinary residence and separate permanent-status conditions, native-language Test 2 qualification, civic-test cohorts, work/support/conduct requirements and ceremony rules. Danish tax guidance supports residence versus holiday/work facts and six-month continuity; technical guidance expressly uses at least six months and preserves special tourist/student cases. Foreign-income reporting, departure home availability, limited liability and treaty ordering were read directly. This approval binds the four scoped topics, not individual eligibility, processing resumption, all exception cohorts or personal tax liability."},"url":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/denmark/citizenship","disclaimer":"General information, not legal advice or a finding of eligibility. Requirements depend on the route, applicant and filing date. Verify the official instructions before applying."},{"code":"DK","topic":"taxes","title":"Denmark Individual Tax Context","summary":"Denmark generally taxes individuals with full tax liability on worldwide income; people outside that scope may still owe tax on Danish-source income. A home, the nature and duration of stays, and applicable treaties matter more than nationality alone.","scope":"Baseline individual taxation in Denmark proper, excluding the separate Greenland and Faroe Islands systems, special researcher regimes, tax rates and personal liability calculations.","jurisdiction":"Danish individual income taxation","facts":[{"id":"residence","label":"Residence and the nature of a stay","text":"Moving to and living in Denmark normally starts full tax liability. Merely buying a home does not itself start that liability before taking up residence. Short holiday stays and work-related stays are treated differently, so a low day count alone does not establish non-residence.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-tax-liability"],"locator":"Full tax liability, first three paragraphs: residence, purchase of a home and holiday-versus-employment condition"},{"id":"six-months","label":"Six-month stay rule","text":"Even without Danish residence, a continuous stay of at least six months normally creates full liability from the stay's beginning; short holidays abroad can count within the period. Special tourist and student conditions can alter this rule. Six months is not a universal 183-day calendar-year test.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-tax-six-months"],"locator":"C.F.1.3: 6-måneders-regel; Opgørelse; Skattepligtens indtræden og ophør; Turistregel, citing KSL sections 1(1)(2) and 8"},{"id":"worldwide","label":"Foreign income and reporting","text":"Full liability generally includes foreign salary and capital income. Residents must report relevant non-Danish income even if foreign tax was paid or the authority has received information about it; automatic information exchange does not complete the tax-return entry. Relief or exemption requires the applicable rules to be checked.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-tax-liability","top20-dk-tax-foreign-income"],"locator":"Full tax liability; Report your non-Danish income: opening and What do I do if my non-Danish income is already stated in E-tax"},{"id":"nonresident","label":"Limited liability on Danish income","text":"A person not living in Denmark may still have limited liability for Danish-source income, including pay or fees for work performed there and pensions. Danish real property can also create tax obligations. These connections and applicable treaty provisions need checking rather than assuming non-residence means no Danish tax.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-tax-liability","top20-dk-tax-departure"],"locator":"Limited tax liability; Leaving Denmark: income-type and treaty questions"},{"id":"departure","label":"A move does not necessarily end full liability","text":"On departure, retaining a Danish home is important. Full liability generally ends only after selling it, terminating the tenancy, or renting it out for at least three years under a lease the owner cannot terminate. Holiday homes used only for holidays are treated differently; the Tax Agency must assess the actual move.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-tax-departure"],"locator":"Please note; Your home in Denmark decides your tax liability; When does your full tax liability end"},{"id":"treaties","label":"Dual residence and relief","text":"Where both countries treat a person as resident, treaty rules can allocate residence using permanent home, closer personal and economic ties, habitual stay, nationality and competent-authority agreement. Check the actual treaty and income class: Danish domestic relief or treaty relief may apply, and dual residence is not an automatic foreign-income exemption.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-dk-tax-treaty-residence","top20-dk-tax-departure"],"locator":"C.F.8.2.2.4.1.2: Hjemmehørende efter modeloverenskomsten, rules 1–4; Leaving Denmark FAQ: home in two countries and double-tax agreement"}],"limits":["General information, not personal tax advice. Consult the Danish Tax Agency or a qualified adviser for the relevant year, treaty, income category and reporting obligations.","This does not establish eligibility for a special tax scheme or an exemption. Exit taxation, property taxes, pension rules, social contributions and territorial systems are not comprehensively reviewed."],"review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"a5f70894159fa2725f31b52548ba15fca7df3cf5dd4adf3d3e693ce838c2eae4","notes":"Independently read all 24 cited authorities and the relevant operative text. Lovdata's current Act and Regulations were read through direct public HTML; the Norwegian language circular was read as PDF text. Verified eight-in-eleven ordinary residence, six-in-ten income cohort, distinct refugee/childhood cohorts, absence deductions, oral B1, A2 versus full-waiver conditions, and multiple nationality. Author clarified that stateless applicants' A2 route is not subject to the separate age-55 cohort qualifier. The June 2026 proposal remains an open consultation, not current law. Norwegian tax sources support rolling presence windows, commencement, worldwide income and wealth, separate emigration conditions, limited source liabilities and treaty/credit qualifications. Read Denmark's live processing pause, ordinary residence and separate permanent-status conditions, native-language Test 2 qualification, civic-test cohorts, work/support/conduct requirements and ceremony rules. Danish tax guidance supports residence versus holiday/work facts and six-month continuity; technical guidance expressly uses at least six months and preserves special tourist/student cases. Foreign-income reporting, departure home availability, limited liability and treaty ordering were read directly. This approval binds the four scoped topics, not individual eligibility, processing resumption, all exception cohorts or personal tax liability."},"url":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/denmark/taxes","disclaimer":"General information, not personal tax advice. Nationality, tax residence and source of income are different questions. 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