How can I get Danish Nationality?

In order to get nationality of Denmark after immigration, you have to fulfill some conditions. Also, you have to fill a special application form.
Several conditions have to be satisfied to turn out to be listed in a nationality bill and thus become a Danish national by naturalization – in other words, by statute.
Following are the conditions of Danish Citizenship

1. Solemn declarations:
You have to sign a statement in which you vow commitment and loyalty to Denmark and the Danish culture and state your readiness to observe Danish legislation and value fundamental Danish principles of law.

You also have to give information on any criminal offences committed previously in the form of a solemn declaration.

2. Renunciation of previouss nationality:
To be listed in a naturalization bill you must agree to surrender your previous nationality. It depends on the nationality legislation of your country whether you will automatically drop your current nationality when you turn out to be a Danish national, or whether you have to submit an application to the authorities of your country of origin to be released from your present nationality.

The following persons are not required to be released from their present nationality:

• Who automatically lose their present nationality.
• With refugee status in Denmark.
• From countries where it is impossible or implies extreme difficulties to be released from former nationality.
• Whose request for release from their present nationality has been refused.
• Who have proved that they have made a serious, but ineffective attempt to be released from their present nationality.

3. Residence:
To be listed in a naturalization bill you have to have a permanent residence permit of Denmark and live in Denmark.

If you do not have a permanent residence permit, you can apply for one with the Danish Immigration Service.

Furthermore, it is a general rule that you have to have lived in Denmark for a continuous period of no less than 9 years. The residence period is considered from the date of your first residence permit.

4. Offences
According to the rules in effect, it is not possible for you to be listed in a naturalization bill if:

You have been sentenced to at least 60 days' imprisonment for violation of offences against national independence and security and/or offences against the Constitution and the supreme authorities of the State.

• You have been sentenced to permanent throwing out.
• You have been sentenced to imprisonment for 18 months or more.
• If you have been verdict for other offences, the general rule is that you cannot be listed in a naturalization bill until the ending of a certain waiting period.
• The length of the waiting period normally depends on the length of the verdict.
• If you have been offender several times of offences of a parallel nature, the waiting period is prolonged by 3 years for each time.

5. Overdue debt to public authorities:
If you have unpaid debt to public authorities, you cannot be listed in a naturalization bill.

6. Self-support:
You must be self-supporting. It means that you do not receive and have not received at any instance during the past year any public benefits under the Act on an Active Social Policy or the Integration Act.

7. Danish skills:
To be listed in a naturalization bill you have to prove your Danish skills by presenting a specific examination certificate.

The evidence of your Danish skills that you have to present is a certificate of the Danish 3 Examination from a Danish language centre with an average mark of at least 7 at the 13-point scale or 4 at the 7-step scale, or one of the examinations listed in Schedule 3.

8. Citizenship test:
To be listed in a nationality bill you have to prove your knowledge of the Danish society and of Danish culture and history by presenting a certificate of a particular citizenship test.

Source: nyidanmark.dk/en-us/citizenship/danish_nationality/conditions_to_be_satisfied.htm

Processing time of the Denmark Greencard Scheme

The maximum processing time is calculated starting from the date the Immigration Service take delivery of a totally completed application. An application is considered totally completed if it have all the information of the applicant, contains all related information, has been signed properly and contains the necessary documentation.

The Immigration Service determines whether the application is wholly completed. The huge majority of applications are totally completed when the Immigration Service receives them and applicants normally will not hear from Danish Embassy or High Commission until the decision is sent. If the application is not totally completed Embassy will inform the applicant the instant possible. This is often the case for Greencard applicants who have an overseas education.

The service goal of Denmark Green Card Scheme is normally 30 days. Though, it is important to be conscious that this time begins only once the Immigration Service has received all the essential documentation. During the 30-day period, the Immigration Service will examine whether the application meets the requirements for granting a residency permit in the terms of the Greencard Scheme.

Since applicants who have received their education in Denmark usually take in essential documentation when they hand over their application, the 30-day service goal is calculated from the date the application was received by the Danish Immigration Service.

Obtaining the essential documentation in many other cases can take longer, since the information will only turn out to be available after any reviews or additional investigations of documentation etc.

Applications for residency based on the Greencard Scheme are treated as entirely completed if it is not needed to request CIRIUS for an assessment of the applicant’s educational level.

It will typically be necessary to ask for CIRIUS for an assessment if the application contains a foreign education and the candidate has not requested a past assessment directly from CIRIUS.

The application will be treated as entirely completed when an assessment has been supplied by CIRIUS. Once the assessment has been received, the application will be wholly processed in one month. The applicant will be acknowledged if the case is sent to CIRIUS.

Denmark - The World’s leading IT Nation

According to World Economic Forum, Denmark is the globe’s leading IT-nation in advance of countries like USA and Singapore. This is the third year consecutively Denmark is given this title.

The grounds for Denmark’s top ranking as IT-nation are particularly the extensive use of IT among Danes and Danish companies and a strong Danish IT-jurisdiction.

Danish Minister for Education is very pleased and said that a well performing education system give the basis for utilizing the viewpoint of information technology.

Between 2004 and 2007, the Danish Ministry of Education spent 11.5 million DKK on intensification the use of IT in the Public Danish Schools. A comparable amount is being spent in 2009 on further IT-projects in the Danish public schools.