Registering in Denmark as an EU citizen
If you as an EU citizen are moving to Denmark to work or study, and plan to stay for more than three months, you must apply for the EU residence document no later than three months following the date you enter Denmark
As an EU citizen you can come to Denmark to look for a job and are allowed to stay for up to three months before having to register. Find the registration options here.
The EU residence document gives you the right to stay in Denmark for longer than three months and may also enable you to register for a CPR number (civil registration number) with your local municipality.
The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) is responsible for the EU registration process.
After your registration process is complete, the responsibility for ordering a CPR number, health card, and MitID (My ID) lies with Citizen Service (Borgerservice), either at the International Citizen Service (ICS) or Vejle Municipality
Read more about what to remember in the step by step, Other useful links and Q&A sections.
What to do first?
Important: When registering as an EU citizen in Denmark, you have to get your EU residence document from SIRI first, before being able to complete the rest of the registration, at either ICS or Vejle Municipality.
If you show up at Vejle Municipality without the EU registrations document we cannot complete your registration - it all starts with the EU documents.
Please note that only SIRI can make these - find more info about how below.
What are my options?
As an EU citizen who will be living in Vejle Municipality, you have two options for obtaining the EU residence documentt:
- You can complete your entire Vejle registration at ICS in Odense, Esbjerg or Aarhus within their opening hours (Find the three ICS office's opening hours at this site), or
- You can go to any SIRI office in Denmark during their opening hours to apply for the EU residence document, and then stop by Vejle Municipality to complete the rest of the registration.
If you go for option 1:
If you go to ICS in Odense, Esbjerg or Aarhus and get your entire Vejle registration done in one place, you are to bring all the reqiured documents (see below "What do I need to bring to the SIRI office").
If your family joins you on the day you register, they might be able to get it all done too. If ICS is busy or they come another day, they are not guaranteed to get their registration done the same day. Then they will have to wait for the EU residence document and then come back to Vejle Municipality for the rest of the registration.
If you go for option 2:
You have the option to book an appointment at any SIRI office for the EU residence document. If you bring all the documents required and they are valid, you will recieve your EU residence document right away.
When you have recieved your EU registration document you can book a time at Vejle Municipality for the process for CPR, health card and MitID.
Note: The current rules require the yellow health card for us to create the MitID - this means that you have to first order the yellow card. Once you receive this, you can stop by again for us to support you in the creation of the MitID.
Please note that you need to book an appointment at Vejle Citizen Service (Borgerservice) - do so here (Choose language in the menu at the top of the page).
Book an appointment with SIRI
SIRI is the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration.
Please notice that you cannot just stop by an SIRI office. You have to book an appointment. If all the documents are in order, they will make your EU residence document while you you are there.