Family reunification as a child
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Ansøg om familiesammenføring i Danmark som barn as of 2026-08-22[2] 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) | Family reunification as a child as of 2026-02-12[2] |
| Legal basis | Udlaendingeloven (Aliens Act), LBK nr 1183 of 25 September 2025, section 9(1)(2) for a child under 15; section 9 c(1) for a child aged 15 to 17; three-month filing deadline section 9(21); child's best interests sections 9(22) and 9(32); convictions against minors section 9(23); housing and self-support as discretionary conditions section 9(20) as of 2026-02-12[1][2] The only route in this record where the administering authority cites a section itself: the Immigration Service states that a child aged 15 to 18 granted a permit for special reasons is granted it in accordance with Aliens Act section 9 c(1). The under-15 provision is not cited on the page and is identified from the Act, whose section 9(1)(2) grants a permit to an unmarried minor child under 15 of a person resident in Denmark or of that person's spouse, living with the custody holder and not having formed an independent family through cohabitation. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-02-12[2] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Not applicable[2] Typically valid until the child turns 18, so the term is a function of the child's age rather than a fixed number. Where the parent holds a temporary permit the child's permit expires when the parent's does. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the sponsor's permit |
| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source[2] |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source[2] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-07-07[1][2][3] Section 9(1)(2) and section 9 c(1) both fall inside the range of sections the permanent-residence page enumerates. The page adds a point of its own: when the child turns 18 it may be possible to obtain a permanent residence permit on relaxed requirements, which it does not detail. |
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Requirements
| Who can sponsor | citizen, permanent resident, temporary permit holder as of 2026-02-12[2] A parent who is a citizen of Denmark or another Nordic country; or holds a permanent Danish residence permit for any reason other than asylum; or holds a temporary permit that carries the possibility of becoming permanent – the Immigration Service states that the permit letter itself says which. The parent must have custody, and joint custody suffices. |
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| Eligible relations | minor child as of 2026-02-12[2] Under 15 as of right; 15 to 17 only where very special reasons apply, and the page states that already holding an extendable Danish permit is generally not such a reason. The factors it weighs for the older bracket: family in the home country, whether the child applies together with the parent they lived with and whether that parent has been approved for reunification, whether that parent can care for the child properly, foster-care placement or the risk of it, whether it would be inhumane to require the Denmark-based parent to live in a country without treatment for an illness or disability, and whether that parent is raising or has contact with minor children in Denmark. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Not applicable[1][2] |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[1][2] |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-02-12[2] None. Neither the under-15 nor the 15-to-17 requirement list contains a language test, an integration requirement or any test at all – the sharpest contrast with the spousal route. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-02-12[1][2] Application FA2 online. The page names FA2 as the digital form for both scenarios while offering FA6 and FA7 as the printable downloads – an inconsistency recorded as published. A residence card is optional where the child lives with the parent in Denmark, and a child who does not want one need not give fingerprints or a photograph. |
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| Observed processing time | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[2] |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-02-12[2] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | No as of 2026-02-12[2] The applicant is a minor child; the page states as an eligibility condition that the child may not have started a family of their own, by cohabiting or by having a child. |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-02-12[2] None. |
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 | 2026-02-12 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] 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 - [2] Apply for family reunification as a child
The Danish Immigration Service · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-02-12 · Accessed 2026-08-20 - [3] Apply for a permanent residence permit
The Danish Immigration Service · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-07 · Accessed 2026-08-19