Hi!
I see similar posts here from time to time, it's unclear how active this sub is for English speaking people moving or living in Denmark. I would love to get advice or hear about others on their experience moving to Denmark from the US. We are middle-aged and artists, so we have a lot of personal belongings we wish to take with us. We also have two older cats that we refuse to leave behind. My spouse has Danish citizenship and I will be applying for permanent citizenship in Denmark.
Some examples of what I am curious about:
- where did you get your biometrics done? I am in the PNW and the nearest consulate is in Palo Alto. The ministry of foreign affairs website (in Denmark) doesn't have a working hyperlink to alternate options. We plan on calling them, but that doesn't negate my interest in other's experience
- if you moved the contents of your home, how did it go? Which relocation service did you use, or did you just ship boxes of personal items?
- did you fly pets out there, and if so, how did it go?
I have a ton of other questions-- but these are the big ones currently.
Thanks!
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/seachimera at 2024-01-27 18:37:07+00:00.
Original Title: I moving to Denmark with my Danish spouse in four months. I am an American looking to connect with other Americans who have made this move; mostly about moving logistics and paperwork hurdles. Apologies for posting in English.
Ok-Confidence1342 at 2024-01-27 20:42:14+00:00 ID:
kjus3q2Hi! My husband's an American, who moved here 4 years ago. We basically spent a year prepping our papers and stuff, which also meant going over the rules a million times. It's not easy getting a residence permit here even as an American. You have to live up to a bunch of rules, both you and your spouse. You can't just apply for a permanent residency, you start with a temporary one and have to reapply every 2 years or every 4 years. If you haven't already made sure you and your spouse live up to the rules, I encourage you to go to www.newindenmark.dk
When my husband was moving here, we applied in person for family reunification at the immigration services. He had his biometrics taken at the same time. Then it was about a year of him not being allowed to do anything (work, school, volunteer) until we had to put up the 100.000dkk as a guarantee in the bank and then 2 months later he got his 2 year temporary residency. We've since applied once more, which extended his temporary residency to 4 years. It'll be years before he can even try to apply for a permanent residency (usually after 8 years in Denmark +4 years of a full time job + a bunch of other rules).
So my advice would be: make absolutely sure you've read up on the rules. Just because your spouse is a danish citizen does not mean you can just come live in Denmark unfortunately :)
Good luck and all the best!
seachimera (OP) at 2024-01-28 15:06:08+00:00 ID:
kjyhjpeThank you for this. This is all info that my Danish spouse concurs with, at least, this is what he is expecting for us to take on.
I am not expecting to work, at least not initially. I need to build our home there, and I will need as much time as possible to learn the language and acclimate to the culture.
One of the reasons (and there are many) we are making this move is that we are both exhausted with the culture and culture wars in the US. I have been lobbying my spouse for years to move back there (with me). I am expecting culture shock once I arrive, but I feel fully prepared for what to expect from living with Danes. I love rules, I love socialism and I love pickled herring.
Did your spouse get the biometrics done in Denmark? My spouse seems to think we have to do it in the US. This is a small but irritating hurdle because the nearest consulate is 650miles away.