sharia1919 at 2024-03-25 12:15:59+00:00 ID: kwh4gz3

It also depends on what you mean with naturalisation.

If you mean to become a citizen, then yes, you "just" have to meet the requirements.

One problem here is that a lot of the steps take quite a few years to fulfill. Add in bureaucracy waiting time on top of that. Sometimes it takes 6 months or something like that to get your approval of something. There have been multiple examples of long lead times, where people apply in January. The the rules change in April, and when a case worker looks at the case, in June, suddenly you don't meet the rule. Or you need to send an extra document, and then you case goes back at the end of the waiting line. The root cause here is that the politicians has found out that by being borderline racists, they can gain a few extra extreme voters, without pushing away too many moderate voters.

On the more "fluffy" side of naturalising, you need to be integrated in Danish society. This is often difficult, as we Danes typically create our primary social circles in primary school, high school or during further education. This makes it relatively difficult in getting Danish friends, which can be seen as the more fluffy part og being a "proper" Danish citizen.