Accompanying family member to an employee
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Medfølgende familie til arbejdstager 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 member to an employee as of 2026-07-23[1] |
| Legal basis | Udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act), LBK nr 1183 of 25 September 2025, section 9 m(1) as of 2026-08-22[1][2] Section 9 m(1) allows a permit, where substantial business or employment considerations so indicate, to a foreign national with family ties to the holder of a permit under section 9 a(2)(1)-(14), the fourteen employment grounds, or section 9 p(1), first sentence. The permit is conditional on shared residence and on neither person receiving assistance under the Active Social Policy Act. The cross-reference to section 9 a(2)(1)-(14) is exactly the set of work routes this family route accompanies. Danish text: “§ 9 m. Der kan, hvis væsentlige erhvervs- eller beskæftigelsesmæssige hensyn taler herfor, 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 a, stk. 2, nr. 1-14, stk. 3 eller 12 eller 24, eller § 9 p, stk. 1, 1. pkt., eller hvis EU-reglerne tilsiger det. Opholdstilladelse skal betinges af, at udlændingen og den, som udlændingen har familiemæssig tilknytning til, bor på fælles bopæl og ikke modtager hjælp efter lov om aktiv socialpolitik.” |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-07-23[1] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Not applicable[1] The same period as the sponsor's permit, and at most that period. No independent term exists. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the sponsor's permit |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-07-23[1] At the earliest 3 months before expiry. An accompanying child granted a first permit before turning 18 may have it extended after turning 18, but only while still living at the sponsor's address. |
| Work rights | full as of 2026-07-23[1] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Who can sponsor | specific permits as of 2026-07-23[1] The sponsor is a foreign national residing in Denmark to work, on one of SIRI's work schemes – not a citizen, not a permanent resident. 'specific_permits' is the vocabulary value that says so. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child, parent, adult dependent child, sibling as of 2026-07-23[1] Spouse, registered partner, cohabiting partner – who must have lived with the sponsor for at least 1.5 to 2 years before the application date, and whom SIRI treats as equivalent to a spouse where over 18 – and children under 18. Other relations are possible in extraordinary cases only, which is why parent, adult dependent child and sibling appear in the list at all; see the note below. The marriage or partnership must be legal where contracted, with both parties physically present, both having turned 18 at the time, not of convenience and not in violation of fundamental legal principles. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[1] Researched and sourced; one amount cannot hold the rule, because the rule turns on which scheme the sponsor is on. SIRI states the principle in terms: where the sponsor has a residence and work permit on the basis of salaried employment, financial support is not a requirement and need not be documented. It IS required where the sponsor holds or is applying under the guest researcher scheme, Start-up Denmark, the Special individual qualifications scheme, or an establishment card – and the amount then differs by scheme, by relation and by whether the family applies with the sponsor or after. Start-up Denmark and guest researcher, all labelled '(2025 level)': DKK 306,480 for a partner applying with the sponsor, 356,904 with partner and children, 203,664 for a child applying with the sponsor, 153,240 for a partner applying after, 203,664 for a partner and children applying after, 50,424 for a child applying after. Establishment card, monthly and capped at twelve months, also '(2025 level)': DKK 8,231 a month (DKK 98,772 a year) for a partner, 16,222 (194,664) for a partner and one or more children, 7,991 (95,892) for children alone. For the Special individual qualifications scheme SIRI states the requirement and publishes no figure. Documentation is a bank statement in the sponsor's name, no more than 30 days old. |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | No as of 2026-07-23[1] None stated. The condition in its place is shared residence with the sponsor, recorded as a presence rule. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-07-23[1] None. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-07-23[1] Form MF1, mandatory online, with biometrics within 14 days of submission or the application is rejected. One case order ID, one fee and one application form per family member – SIRI's own worked example is that a spouse and two children mean three of each. |
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| Observed processing time | 2 to 3 months as of 2026-07-23[1] A standing notice on the page at the time of research stated that certain applications as accompanying family to herdsmen and farm managers are suspended. |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 6 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-07-23[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. With one express exception: where the sponsor holds a permit under the Fast-track Scheme or the Researcher Scheme, the family member is exempt from the lapse rules and may give up their Danish address while abroad. SIRI gives parental leave in the home country as an example of a dispensation. |
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| registration only | to keep the permit as of 2026-07-23[1] |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-07-23 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Accompanying family member to an employee
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-23 · Accessed 2026-08-20 · Archived copy - [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