Accompanying family members to students, PhDs and persons having or applying for a residence permit to obtain a Danish authorisation
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Medfølgende familie til studerende, ph.d.er eller personer, som har eller søger om opholdstilladelse for at få autorisation i Danmark as of 2026-08-22[1] Heading of the Danish-language edition of this route's own page on nyidanmark.dk, transcribed as published. The Aliens Act enumerates the grounds by section number and gives the permits no names of their own, so the authority's published Danish heading is the local name. |
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| Official name (English) | Accompanying family members to students, PhDs and persons having or applying for a residence permit to obtain a Danish authorisation as of 2026-06-29[1] |
| Legal basis | Udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act), LBK nr 1183 of 25 September 2025, section 9 n(1) as of 2026-08-22[1][2] Section 9 n(1) allows a permit to a foreign national with family ties to the holder of a permit under section 9 i(1)-(5) or (18), which covers study, PhD, the authorisation routes and the post-study job-seeking permit, or under section 9 k(1), first sentence, where the principal's stay in Denmark so indicates. The permit is conditional on shared residence. That range of subsections is precisely the set of study routes named in this route's own title. Danish text: “§ 9 n. Der kan efter ansøgning gives opholdstilladelse til en udlænding, som har familiemæssig tilknytning til en udlænding med tidsbegrænset eller tidsubegrænset opholdstilladelse i forlængelse af en tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse efter § 9 i, stk. 1-5 eller 18, eller § 9 k, stk. 1, 1. pkt., når hensynet til sidstnævnte udlændings ophold her i landet tilsiger det. Opholdstilladelse skal betinges af, at udlændingen og den, som udlændingen har familiemæssig tilknytning til, bor på fælles bopæl.” |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-29[1] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Not applicable[1] Normally the same period as the sponsor's permit. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the sponsor's permit |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-06-29[1] |
| Work rights | full as of 2026-06-29[1] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Who can sponsor | specific permits as of 2026-06-29[1] A sponsor from a country outside the EU and EEA who is in Denmark to study, to do a PhD, or to obtain or apply for a Danish authorisation. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child as of 2026-06-29[1] Spouse, civil partner, cohabiting partner – at least 1.5 to 2 years of prior cohabitation – and children under 18. There is no extraordinary 'other family' category on this page, unlike the employee equivalent. |
| Sponsor income requirement | DKK 7,426 per month measured over 12 months as of 2026-06-29[1] |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | No as of 2026-06-29[1] None stated. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-06-29[1] None. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-06-29[1] Form MF1, biometrics within 14 days. Where the family applies from abroad at the same time as the sponsor, the permit can start 1 month before the sponsor begins studying, on the sponsor's declaration of self-support for that month. |
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| Observed processing time | 2 to 3 months as of 2026-06-29[1] SIRI publishes 2 months normal and up to 3 where further information is needed, and then states a third time, separately, that the current case load can take processing to 3 months. |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 6 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-06-29[1] SIRI states the standard Danish lapse rule for this permit: the holder must not give up their Danish address or stay abroad for more than 6 successive months, and a breach makes the permit lapse. A dispensation can be applied for in advance. No Fast-track or Researcher exemption appears on this page, unlike the accompanying-family page for employees. |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-29 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Accompanying family members to students, PhDs and persons having or applying for a residence permit to obtain a Danish authorisation
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-29 · Accessed 2026-08-20 - [2] Bekendtgoerelse af udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act, consolidated), LBK nr 1183 af 25/09/2025
Udlaendinge- og Integrationsministeriet / Retsinformation · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-09-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [3] Apply for a permanent residence permit
The Danish Immigration Service · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-07 · Accessed 2026-08-19