The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has announced that certain permanent residents are required to replace their residence cards.
This is applicable to third country (i.e., non-EU, non-EEA, and non-Swiss) citizens with permanent residence in Denmark as a family member of an EU citizen.
- Effective August 3, 2023: residence cards issued before 1998 to third-country family members of EU citizens, where the family member has the right to permanent residence, will no longer be valid.
- Effective August 3, 2026: residence cards issued between 1998 and 2011 to third-country family members of EU citizens, where the family member has the right to permanent residence, will no longer be valid.
- Effective August 3, 2026: residence cards issued from August 3, 2016 to August 3, 2021, to third-country family members of EU citizens, where the family member has the right to permanent residence, will no longer be valid.
The above-named permanent residents, if currently residing in Denmark, must apply for a new residence card. This applies even if there is no date of expiry on the residence card. No fee will be charged to obtain a new card.
If a residence card expires while the holder is resident outside Denmark, they must apply for a re-entry permit at the local Danish embassy in their country of residence.
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