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American passport visa in Denmark (leddit.danmark.party)

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My girlfriend is Danish and when I landed in CPH I told the passport control officer I was here for 3 months cause that's as long as I'm able to stay and he told me if I left to the UK for a week or just had proof I left Denmark I'd be able to come back and get another 3 months because of my American passport. Online it says I'm only allowed 90 days every 180 days can anyone else confirm what he said or tell me where I can look it up? It'd be amazing if he's right but I haven't been able to confirm it

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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/Distinct-Okra-6026 at 2024-03-08 12:15:50+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

GeronimoDK at 2024-03-08 12:38:21+00:00 ID: ktwov3e

The US and Denmark has a bilateral agreement which means that US citizens can stay in Denmark up to 90 days after spending up to 90 days somewhere else in the Schengen area.

But I don't think you can do what the officer said, the 90 in 180 days rules should still apply.

https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/Applying/Short%20stay%20visa/Visa%20free%20visits

Citizens of certain countries are entitled to stay in Denmark for 90 days or 3 months, regardless of stays in other Schengen countries.

Citizens of Australia, Canada, Chile, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the US can freely enter and stay in Denmark for the following periods, regardless of whether they have stayed in another Schengen country prior to entry into Denmark.

Nationals of the United States of America (USA) and New Zealand may stay in Denmark for up to 3 months reckoned from the date of their first entry into Denmark. The time the foreign national has stayed in Denmark within 6 months preceding any such entry shall be deducted from the mentioned 3 months.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Distinct-Okra-6026 (OP) at 2024-03-08 12:44:16+00:00 ID: ktwpkds

Thank you! That's actually really helpful. I've never been to Europe for this long so I'm not familiar with the rules. But let's say after 90 days in denmark I go to another schengen country. There's no border control between the countries right? So if I wanted to go back to Denmark how would they know if I left or re-entered? I'd have to fly in instead of taking trains?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

GeronimoDK at 2024-03-08 12:52:23+00:00 ID: ktwqjzx

And that's why those agreements are kind of shitty, when leaving it could come down to whether the agent knows about these agreements or not and maybe even if you can prove that you've actually been in another country, maybe even have a printout of the linked page on hand.

If you start out in Denmark and then go to another country, you have to observe if that other country has a similar agreement, because if not you'd have been overstaying! You could do it the other way around however, stay in another country and then come to Denmark for up to 90 days.

Or better yet, visit the UK, Ireland, most of the Balkan countries, Turkey (non-Schengen areas) just to be sure you don't meet some agent who's going to hold you back and make you miss your flight.

It's better to be safe and allowed to leave than to be right and miss your flight.

If you do decide to take advantage of the agreement I would suggest you arrive early at the airport, just in case!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Distinct-Okra-6026 (OP) at 2024-03-08 13:23:17+00:00 ID: ktwukfr

Makes sense thanks for all the help 🙏