Family reunification as a family member other than a spouse or child
Route status
Active as of 2026-02-12[2]
Active but, on the authority's own statement, rarely successful: 'The provision is administered restrictively and applicants for a residence permit issued on these grounds are rarely approved.'
Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Ansøg om familiesammenføring som andet familiemedlem end ægtefælle eller 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 family member other than a spouse or child as of 2026-02-12[2] |
| Legal basis | Aliens Act section 9(1) as cited by the administering authority as of 2026-02-12[1][2] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-02-12[2] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 2 years as of 2026-02-12[2] Typically valid for two years, extendable while the requirements are still met. 'Typically', not 'up to'. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-02-12[2] |
| Work rights | full as of 2026-02-12[2] The holder may work for the same period as the permit is valid. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Who can sponsor | citizen, permanent resident, temporary permit holder as of 2026-02-12[2] A citizen of Denmark or a Nordic country, or a holder of a Danish residence permit – the page states no permit type and no waiting period, which is looser on its face than any other family route here and tighter in practice, because the substantive test does the work. |
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| Eligible relations | parent, adult dependent child, other dependent as of 2026-02-12[2] There is no dedicated parent route in Denmark; this residual provision is where a parent applies. The page's framing: the focus of Article 8 ECHR is the traditional European nuclear family – father, mother and minor children – so Denmark will allow reunification between parents and children over 18 only in very special situations, and an application by a parent seeking to live with a child in Denmark who is under 18 is treated as an application from an other family member. The vocabulary values are the closest available; the category is defined by exclusion rather than by relation. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Not applicable[2] No income condition, no housing condition, no age condition and no language condition is stated. The assessment is discretionary throughout. |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | No as of 2026-02-12[2] None stated. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-02-12[2] None stated. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-02-12[2] Form SG1-2 online; SG1 printable. |
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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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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 family member other than a spouse or 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