I was born in Denmark and moved out when I was young. I still sign Danish Sign Language fluently and occasionally go back to Denmark to visit friends & family.
Recently I visited Danish embassy outside Denmark for passport renewal. The staff asked me which national was I prior to being Danish national. I said I was born in Denmark and never obtained other national. I thought that was it.
They did not like that answer and insisted on me giving them the answer. I simply said I didn’t know but did mention that my parents were immigrants. They asked which national were they prior to Danish citizenship. I said X country and they put this as my national prior to Danish national in their system.
Now I’m looking at the laws online, I can’t seem to make sense of it but it seems worrying as it means I could lose my Danish citizenship under specific circumstances?
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/BritishDeafMan at 2024-02-09 08:56:25+00:00.
ThorZoidberg at 2024-02-09 09:16:01+00:00 ID:
kpm39l6Denmark doesn’t have birth citizenship automatically. If you have complications such as different birthplace or parent nationality you need to specifically apply for the alignment as danish before you turn 18. You’re parents have to do this for you. Under 18thry can get you a passport from Denmark but you need to sort this directly if you haven’t after 18. I’m half danish German and born in Germany and had right to danish citizenship from my father’s nationality. But only got it when they applied for it formally while I was still a kid. That also meant that any claim my German citizenship was relinquished as at that time you couldn’t get dual nationality. Google it and follow the steps this won’t happen on its own