Danish general Visa (short term) The Faroe Islands and Greenland are both part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but please note, that special rules apply for these two autonomous regions. Please read further below. Please always check the official website or contact your local Danish diplomatic mission for the latest updates: https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/visa/visa.htm O&P Travel and Adventure Ltd. can not be held responsible for any changes whatsoever. It is your responsibility to obtain a valid visa if needed. If you wish to visit Denmark for a short period of time, you must obtain a visa prior to entry if you come from a country with a visa requirement for entering Denmark. Do I need a visa? Citizens exempt from the visa requirement If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you do not need a visa in order to enter Denmark: Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Albania**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since May 2010) Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 15 October 2009) Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Canada
Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Dominica El Salvador Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Grenada Guatemala Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia (FYROM) (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement) Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Moldova**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 1 January 2011) Monaco Montenegro**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement) Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Northern Marianas Norway Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal
Romania Samoa San Marino Saint Kitts and Nevis Serbia**** (Only citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. This does not apply to persons with passports issued by the Serbian Coordination directorate Koordinaciona uprava) Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sweden Switzerland Taiwan (Only citizens with a passport issued by Taiwan which contains an identity card number are exempt from the visa requirement. The same applies to citizens with old Taiwanese passports with "Republic of China" on the front page, if the stated place of birth is Taiwan and the passport contains an identity card number) Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela * Citizens with diplomatic and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement. ** Citizens with diplomatic passports are exempt from the visa requirement, and citizens with a "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" passport, a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport or a "British National Overseas" passport are exempt from the visa requirement. *** Citizens with diplomatic, special and service passports are exempt from the visa requirement. **** Citizens with diplomatic passports are exempt from the visa requirement. ***** Citizens with diplomatic and service passports and "official
passports" are exempt from the visa requirement. ****** Citizens with diplomatic passports and biometric service passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Citizens with visa requirement If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you must have a visa in order to enter Denmark: Afghanistan Albania**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since May 2010. As from 1 March 2012 non-biometric passports will no longer be valid for travel abroad) Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia* Bosnia-Herzegovina**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 15 October 2009) Botswana Burkina Faso Burma (Myanmar) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad China** Comoros Congo Cuba Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt* Equatorial Guinea Eritrea
Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti India* Indonesia Iran Iraq Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan**** Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Macedonia (FYROM) (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since April 2007) Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Micronesia Moldova**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since 1 January 2011) Mongolia Montenegro**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. Biometric passports have been issued since May 2008. All new passports are biometric) Morocco* Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal
Niger Nigeria North Korea Oman Pakistan* Papua New Guinea Philippines* Qatar Russia**** Rwanda Sao Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia**** (Citizens with biometric passports are exempt from the visa requirement. This does not apply to persons with passports issued by the Serbian Coordination directorate Koordinaciona uprava. Biometric passports have been issued since July 2008) Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syria Taiwan (Citizens with a passport issued by Taiwan which contains an identity card number are exempt from the visa requirement. The same applies to citizens with old Taiwanese passports with "Republic of China" on the front page, if the stated place of birth is Taiwan and the passport contains an identity card number) Tadjikistan Tanzania Thailand***** Togo Tunesia**** Turkey*** (Turkish citizens who are to perform a service in Denmark are exempt from the visa requirement. Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine****** Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Passports issued by the Palestinian Authority
Why do I need a Visa? The purpose of applying a visa requirement to citizens of certain countries is to control who can enter and visit Denmark and the other Schengen countries. The Schengen countries normally decide cooperatively which nationalities the visa requirement will be applied to. The countries are selected with consideration to immigration and security issues, as well as political concerns. A visa is only intended to allow a foreign national to visit Denmark and/or the other Schengen countries for a limited period of time. If you wish to reside in Denmark for an extended period of time, you need to apply for a residence permit. If the immigration authorities suspect that you intend to seek permanent or long-term residency in Denmark or another Schengen country without legal grounds, your visa application will be turned down. This applies for instance if you are applying for a residence permit and visa at the same time, or if you have a residence permit application pending with the Immigration Service. If you have been granted certain types of residence or re-entry permits in another Schengen country, you do not need a visa to enter Denmark. These types of residence permits are not valid for entry into the Faroe Islands or Greenland. If you hold certain types of residence permits issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Rumania you are permitted to travel through Denmark to the country that has issued the residence permit, but you may not stop over without reason. Your journey through Denmark may last no longer than five days. You do not need a visa to enter Denmark if you hold a residence card issued under the EU regulations on free movement, and your residence card was issued by an EU country which is also a Schengen country. If you hold an EU residence card issued by an EU country which is not a Schengen country, you can enter Denmark without a visa only if you are accompanied by, or will join, an EU citizen. This applies to both residence cards issued in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC and residence cards issued before this directive took effect. You will receive your residence card in the form of a plastic card the size of a credit card or a residence sticker placed in your passport. Family members of an EU/EEA citizen or Swiss citizen who is exercising his/her right to free movement in Denmark, as well as family members of a Danish citizen who is exercising or who has exercised his/her right to free movement to relocate to another EU/EEA country or Switzerland, have the right to have a visa application processed in accordance with EU regulations. A decision to approve or reject a visa application is made in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Executive Order on Visas.
What does a visa entitle you to? A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. A visa grants you the right to spend a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen region. If you remain in Denmark after your visa expires or if you attempt to use your visa stay to obtain permanent or long-term residency in Denmark, you can be given a penalty period of three or five years. During the penalty period you will not be able to obtain a visa to visit Denmark. A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right. However, during visits of less than 90 days you may carry out certain work-related activities without holding a work permit. Read more about how to apply for visa: https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/visa/howto/how_to_app.htm Visas for The Faroe Islands and Greenland The Faroe Islands and Greenland are both part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but please note, that special rules apply for these two autonomous regions: If you plan on making a short-term visit (up to 90 days) to the Faroe Islands or Greenland, you must have a visa that is valid for entry into the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland, if you come from a country with a visa requirement. A visa to enter Denmark or another Schengen country is not valid for entry into the Faroe Islands or Greenland. Neither Greenland nor the Faroe Islands are members of the EU and they are not parties to the Schengen Agreement. If you need a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland, you will most likely also need a Schengen visa, since most travel to these two countries goes through a Schengen country, such as Denmark. Citizens from visa free countries do not need a visa.
Citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are free to enter, reside, study and work on the Faroe Islands and in Greenland. Conditions and application In general, if you qualify for a Danish visa, you also qualify for a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland. The application procedure for visas to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland is the same as for a Danish visa. If you are seeking to obtain a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland, as well as a Schengen visa, you only need to submit a single application. Read more about applying for a visa : https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/visa/howto/how_to_app.htm Visas to enter the Faroe Islands and Greenland are issued by Danish diplomatic missions abroad or the Danish Immigration Service. Important exceptions: A Danish/Schengen visa does not give permission to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland Residence permits, residence cards and D visas, whether issued by Denmark or another Schengen country, do not give permission to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland An ID card issued by an EU or Schengen country that is valid for entry into Denmark does not give permission to enter Greenland. Such individuals will require a passport to travel to Greenland Individuals with a visa valid only for entry to the Faroe Islands or Greenland are not required to possess travellers health insurance Holders of Danish residence permits who require a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland If you hold a Danish residence permit, but require a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland, the Immigration Service or the police can issue an entry permit. If you entered Denmark on a visa or residence permit issued by another Schengen country You must apply for a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland before you arrive in Denmark. In certain cases, the Immigration Service or the police can issue a permit if you are already in Denmark. In such cases, you must declare the purpose of your visit to the Faroe Islands/Greenland, possess a ticket or other documentation for the planned trip and state why you did not apply for a visa before entering Denmark. Holders of residence permits valid for the Faroe Islands or Greenland who need a visa to travel to Denmark If you hold a residence permit valid for the Faroe Islands or Greenland, you will need a visa to enter Denmark. Such individuals do not need
supplementary travellers insurance in order to enter Denmark. Such individuals must also have a visa if they wish to travel to another Schengen country. Supplementary travellers insurance is also required, unless you have refugee status in Greenland. An application for a visa to enter Denmark or a Schengen country must be submitted to the police on the Faroe Islands or in Greenland, who will then send it to the Immigration Service. Extension In certain cases, a visa giving you permission to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland can be extended beyond the 90-day validity period. Extensions can be granted to, among others, individuals visiting a spouse, partner, fiancé(e), boyfriend, girlfriend, child, parents or siblings, or in the event of serious illness. An application to extend your visa must be submitted to the police on the Faroe Islands or in Greenland, who will then send it to the Immigration Service.