Only in Denmark

URL: https://www.borger.dk/Lovgivning/Hoeringsportalen/Sider/Fakta.aspx?hpid=2146003359

Suggested changed for permanent residency rules sent to hearing and expected to take effect on June 1.

The changes are highlighted below:

1. The applicant should have lived in Denmark for 5 years, instead of the previous 4 years

2. The fee of ca. 3600 kr is dropped

3. Requirement to have a full employment changed to 3 years in the last 5 years instead of the last 2.5 years in the last 3 years

4. Education is now considered as “full time employment”

5. Language requirement is now changed from Prøve i Dansk 2 to 1

More detailed changes could be read in the link above.

PS: I do not answer questions such as “Do I get permanent residency if I…, Can you tell me how to get permanent residency, etc. However, I do publish such comments so if any readers who are willing to help each other, they could.

URL: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/News/News/danish_immigration_service/2011/Juni/new-family-reunification-rules.htm

New family reunification rules

On 1 June 2011, the Danish Parliament changed the rules for family reunification for spouses/partners. 

In the course of June 2011, detailed information about the rules for family reunification for spouses/partners will be published here on newtodenmark.dk, along with new application forms.

The new rules apply to all applications for family reunification with a spouse/partner submitted from 1 July 2011.

The changes are as follows:

• If the spouse/partner residing in Denmark is a foreign national, he/she must meet some of the requirements which are to be met when applying for a permanent residence permit. These requirements must also be met if the spouse/partner residing in Denmark has been granted a permanent residence permit under the rules which applied before 26 March 2010. Consequently, when the Danish Immigration Service receives an application for family reunification with a spouse/partner, it will assess whether the spouse/partner residing in Denmark can be given points for the following criteria:
1. having resided legally in Denmark for at least the past four years
2. not having committed any serious crimes
3. not having any overdue public debts
4. not having received certain types of public assistance for the past three years
5. having submitted a signed declaration about integration and active citizenship in Danish society
6. having passed Prøve i Dansk 2 (Danish exam, level 2) or the equivalent
7. having had ordinary full-time employment in Denmark for at least 2½ out of the past 3 years
8. a. having had ordinary full-time employment in Denmark for at least 4 out of the past 4½ years, or
   b. having completed a higher educational programme, professional bachelor’s degree, business academy or vocational upper secondary, or
   c. having passed Prøve i Dansk 3 (Danish exam, level 3) or the equivalent
• A point system for the applicant will be introduced. If both spouses/partners are over 24, the applicant must normally obtain 60 points. If one or both spouses/partners are under 24, the applicant must normally obtain 120 points. These points will be granted based on a number of qualifications relevant to integration, such as work experience, language skills and completed education.
• The attachment requirement is tightened so that the spouses’/partners’ combined attachment to Denmark must be considerably greater than their combined attachment to any other country. The attachment requirement will be changed for both the spouse/partner residing in Denmark and the foreign spouse/partner. In future, the foreign spouse/partner must normally have visited Denmark twice, and must have completed a Danish language course on A1 level. The spouse/partner residing in Denmark must normally have resided in Denmark for at least 15 years, and must have made an effort to integrate into Danish society. As is the case today, the attachment requirement in not to be met if the spouse/partner residing in Denmark has held Danish citizenship for over 28 years, or if he/she was born and raised in Denmark or came to Denmark as a small child, and has resided legally in Denmark for over 28 years.
• The collateral requirement will be raised to DKK 100,000 (2011 level)
• The language requirement in connection with the immigration test will be tightened, and the fee for taking the new test will be raised to DKK 3,600. (This change will not apply until the new immigration test has been developed – probably around 1 January 2012.)
• The fee for submitting an application for family reunification with a spouse/partner is raised from DKK 5,975 to DKK 7,775.

From 1 July 2011, when the new rules apply, the general requirements for family reunification with a spouse/partner will be as follows:

Requirements relating to both spouses/partners:

• The marriage/registered partnership must be recognized by Danish law.
• In the case of couples who are not legally married or registered partners, the relationship must be of a permanent and lasting nature – normally, the couple must be able to document that they have lived together for at least 18 months at a shared address.
• The marriage/partnership must have been entered into according to the wishes of both spouses/partners.
• The marriage/partnership must not have been entered into solely for the purpose of obtaining a residence permit for the applicant.

Requirements relating to the foreign spouse/partner:

• The foreign spouse/partner must meet his/her part of the attachment requirement.
• The foreign spouse/partner must obtain 60 points if both spouses/partners are over 24, or 120 if one or both are under 24.
• The foreign spouse/partner must pass the immigration test.

Requirements relating to the spouse/ partner residing in Denmark:

• The spouse/partner must not have been convicted of violent acts against a former spouse/partner in the past 10 years.
• The spouse/partner must agree to support the foreign spouse/partner
• The spouse/partner must either hold a Danish residence permit granted on the grounds of asylum or Protected Status (the Danish Aliens Act, section 7 and 8) or have held a permanent Danish residence permit for the past three years or more.
• If the spouse is a foreign citizen, he/she must meet a number of the requirements for obtaining a permanent residence permit.
• The spouse/partner must meet his/her part of the attachment requirement.
• The spouse/partner must be able to support him/herself – that is, he/she must not have received public assistance under the terms of the Active Social Policy Act or the Integration Act for the past three years.
• The spouse/partner must have accommodation of adequate size at his/her disposal.
• The spouse/partner must post DKK 100,00 (2011 level) in bank-backed collateral to cover any public assistance paid to the foreign spouse/partner under the terms of the Active Social Policy Act or the Integration Act. As is the case now, there will be a possibility in certain cases.

Read more about the present rules for dispensation.

For more information please contact the Danish Immigration Service on tel. +45 35 30 88 88.

URL: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/da-dk/Nyheder/Nyheder/Integrationsministeriet/2010/December/lovforslag_om_gebyrer_vedtaget_i_ft.htm

This fee applies for all application submitted after January 1, 2011

First time submission

Family reunification — 5975 kr

Work permit, positive list — 3025 kr

Work permit, athletes — 3025 kr

Work permit, embassy workers — 3025 kr

Work permit, trainees — 3025 kr

Work permit, special permit — 3025 kr

Work permit, greencard — 6100 kr

Work permit, (ordinary) paid workers (?) and self employment — 3900 kr

Student visa, including PhD — 1600 kr

Research visa — 3025 kr

Au pair and trainees — 2125 kr

Religious workers — 2125 kr

Accompanying family members — 1975 kr

Extension

Family reunification — 1725 kr

Work permit, positive list — 2575 kr

Work permit, athletes — 2575 kr

Work permit, embassy workers — 2575 kr

Work permit, trainees — 2575 kr

Work permit, special permit — 2575 kr

Work permit, greencard — 2575 kr

Work permit, (ordinary) paid workers (?) and self employment — 2575 kr

Student visa, including PhD — 2575 kr

Research visa — 2575 kr

Au pair and trainees — 1650 kr

Religious workers — 1650 kr

Accompanying family members — 1600 kr

Permanent residence — 3550 kr

Complaint — 750 kr

Reopening cases — 750 kr

URL: http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1111439/regeringen-og-df-er-enige-om-pointsystem/

FOR THE FOREIGN PARTNER

If you are over 24 years old – you need 60 points to qualify

If you are under 24 years old – you need 120 points to qualify

I/ Education

120 POINT for PhD/master’s degree in Danmark or top 20 universities

80 POINT for PhD/master’s degree in other universities than mentioned above

70 POINT for Bachelor’s degree in Denmark or top 20 universities

50 POINT for Bachelor’s degree in other universities than mentioned above

50 POINT for technical bachelor’s degree or degree from Business Academy in Denmark

40 POINT for technical bachelor’s degree or degree from Business Academy in schools outside Denmark

II/ Work experience

80 POINT for qualified work experience (profession listed in the positive list) for 2 years in Denmark

60 POINT for qualified work experience (profession listed in the positive list)  for 2.5 years out of the last 3 years outside Denmark.

40 POINT for other work experience in 2.5 years out of the last 3 years outside Denmark

III/ Language

50 POINT for the ability to speak Danish, Swedish and / or Norwegian at the level required to study at Danish universities (C1)

40 POINT for the ability to speak English, German, French, Spanish at the level required to study at the university (C1)

IV/ Others

20 POINT for Danish at the level of Prøve i Dansk 2 (B1-B2)

20 POINT for English, German, French, Spanish at the level B1-B2

20 POINT for if the applicant is staying in non-ghetto area.

10 POINT for active membership in global organisation

10 POINT for financial independence (couldn’t be combined with work experience)

FOR SPOUSE IN DENMARK

Prepare bank guarantee of 100,000 kr

Should not be convicted or jailed in 1.5 years or more

Should not be convicted or jailed in 60 days or more because of terror-related cases

Should not have public debts

Should not receive cash help from the government in the last 3 years.

Should sign under a declaration on integration and active citizenship

Should have passed Prøve i Dansk 2

Should have kept a job at least 2.5 years in the last 3 years.

Should have worked for more than 4 years, have finished education in Denmark or have passed Prøve i Dansk 3.

MORE REQUIREMENT CAN BE FOUND AT

http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/familyreunification/spouses/spouses.htm

I could not find the English version of the site – and I think it’s highly unfair for the Immigration Office  NOT to provide English version of an upcoming test for the foreigners.

Pardon me for using Google Translate
URL: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/da-dk/Integration/integration_af_nyankomne/indvandringsproven/indvandringsprøven.htm

Summary about the test

• Foreigners who seek family reunification visum in Denmark must pass the exam unless there is a special exception to the rule. Religious workers should take the test within 6 months after they receive their residence permit, otherwise their permits could not be renewed.
• Immigration test comes into effect starting from 1 November 2010
• The test takes place in Denmark
• The exam consists of test about the Danish language and test about Denmark and the Danish society
• The aim of the test is to give a bigger chance for immigrants to be successfully integrated into Danish society in shorter time.
• The test was enacted under the Law nr. 379 (25 April 2007). The parliament subsequently adopted Law No. 400 (15 April 2010) following some aspects of change framework for the conduct of the immigration test. It follows, inter alia, Law No. 400 that immigration test could only be prepared in Denmark

You can read more about immigration test below.

What is the purpose of immigration test?

Immigration exam should basically help create a platform for the individual resident’s integration in Denmark. The test must therefore ensure that each person who seeks residence permit in Denmark, is familiar with fundamental social conditions in Denmark and have learned a little Danish.

Immigration exam should also help to ensure that each resident who seeks Danish residence permit take responsibility for its own integration and that he may have evidence of motivation and a desire to become a part of it Danish society.

Who has to take immigration test?

People who seek to be family reunited with their Danish spouses will have to pass the test for obtaining a residence permit in Denmark, unless particular reasons decisive argues against making the claim. This might be the case if the spouse is a refugee in Denmark and continue to face persecution in his homeland, and spouses will therefore not be able to stay there.

It may also be the case if it appears from the applicant’s qualifications are quite evident that he already has a basic knowledge of the Danish language and knowledge of Danish society – for example if the applicant for many years has resided in Denmark through another basis for residence and, for example. pursues higher education in Denmark.

Immigration exam will also have to be taken by religious ministers within 6 months after they are granted residence permit in Denmark. If immigration test is not passed within 6 months, the residence permit may not be extended.

When will I be required to provide immigration test?

Applicants for family reunification should generally only pay immigration test, when the Immigration Service has estimated that the other conditions for family reunification is achieved – apart from the requirement for financial security.

Applicants staying in their home country and who qualify for family reunification (apart from the requirement of financial security) will thus obtain a visa for short duration (usually 4 weeks) with a view to arriving in Denmark and take immigration test within a specified time period. Læs mere om dette under spørgsmål 4. Read more about this in question 4

Religious workers, etc., must pass immigration test within 6 months after being granted a residence permit in Denmark. If immigration test is not passed within 6 months, the residence permit may not be extended.

How long will I have to pass the immigration test?

If you submit your application for family reunification in Denmark, you will receive a letter from the Immigration Service to inform you that you have to undergo immigration test if it is deemed that you are covered by the requirement of passing an immigration test, and you meet the other requirements for family reunification with the exception of the requirement for financial security.

There will be given a 3 month time limit within which you must have been prepared and passed immigration test for obtaining a residence permit as the spouse reunification in Denmark.

You will have 75 days to report immigration test from the dating of the letter from the Immigration Service. You may pay for the test after the period specified in the letter from the Immigration Service, but you will in this case have no assurance that the result is obtained before the 3 month time limit expires.

If you fail to pass immigration test at the end of the 3 month deadline, the Immigration Service will normally refuse to family reunification and in so doing set an exit deadline, and you must exit.

If you submit your application for family reunification in your home country at a Danish diplomatic mission, you and your spouse receive a letter from the Immigration Service to inform you that you have to undergo immigration test if it is deemed that you are covered by the requirement passed the immigration exam and you meet the other conditions for family reunification exception from the requirement of financial security.

If you need visum to travel to Denmark, you must within 3 months from the date of the letter contact the embassy / consulate where you have submitted the application. You will later obtain a visa for short duration, so you can enter Denmark and take the immigration test. The visa will normally be issued for 4 weeks, so you must travel to Denmark to take the immigration test within 4 weeks from date of issue.

If you don’t need visa to travel to Denmark, you must enter Denmark within three months after you received the letter from the Immigration Service to inform you that you have to undergo immigration test.

It might take several times for an applicant to pass the test in time. He is required to pay for every test he takes. See also question 10

Where will I be able to take the test?

You will be required to take the immigration test in Denmark. The Immigration Service has made an agreement with Vestegnens Language and Competence Center in Brondby on to hold the test. When you are called to take the test, then you have to take the test at Vestegnens Language and Competence Center and you will also need to sign up for the test and pay for it at the center.

What will the test be?

Immigration exam will include a test in Danish (language sample) and a test of knowledge about Denmark and Danish society (knowledge test). The language test implies that the participant is able to understand and answer simple direct questions and show a limited knowledge of everyday expressions, a series of standard phrases and common courtesy phrases.

Language test will be at level A1-minus – a language level equivalent to Module 1 in Danish Education 1 and 2. Language test will consist of 40 questions.

The knowledge test would imply that the test participant must demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge to Danish standards, values and fundamental rights, including the principles of democracy, individual liberty and personal integrity, gender equality, belief and expression as well as more practical and concrete evidence including the prohibition of violence, mutilation, banning forced marriages, parental responsibility for children, education, health, labor, tax, etc.

The knowledge test will consist of 30 questions.

Language level of the knowledge test will be higher than A1-minus. Vocabulary Knowledge in the sample will lie within the framework of the preparation materials that will be prepared for the test.

Will there be any preparation material for the test?

Yes. The participant will be able to buy a preparation package including an educational film about the Danish society, images from the film accompanied by the film’s key information, examples of language test, test instructions, etc.

The package is under development. The package will be available immediately before the test comes into force. The film is made in Danish and spoken in 18 foreign languages.

In addition, the applicant may use different teaching materials that are already available in the particular Integrationsministeriets hjemmeside: www.nyidanmark.dk. Integration Ministry’s website: www.nyidanmark.dk.

Will it require special skills to pass the test?

Immigration exam will be oral, and all elements of preparation material will be available in a recorded version. This will require neither reading or writing skills to pass the test, but it is likely that the participant will have to devote substantial time to prepare for the test.

The participant himself will be responsible for planning its preparation so that they will be adequately prepared when the test must be prepared.

How will the test be done in practical terms?

The test will be conducted using a computer-based testing system that plays the questions and record answers to audio files. For each question in the knowledge test, the computer will display a relevant image from educational film, as well as three of every four of the language test task types will be shown a picture.

The answers will subsequently be assessed by external examiners appointed by the Immigration Service.

Both the knowledge test and the language test will be conducted in Danish, which means that the computer will read the questions and tasks up in Danish, and to test the participant will have to answer questions in Danish.

Will it cost anything to take the test?

Yes, all the costs of the test will be financed by the applicant. If the applicant fails the test the first time and want to take the test again, a new fee should be paid for the second test. The fee will be determined based on a calculation of actual costs. It is expected that the fee will be approximately 3,000 kr.

How many are expected to go up to the immigration test?

It is estimated that every year will be roughly 1500-2000, to be fair immigration test. This expectation is based on the number of permits issued to spouses reunited and religious workers from 2003 to 2009.

There will be a regular update about the test in this website.

Taken from: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/permanent-residence-permit/permanent-residence-permit.htm

If you have held a Danish temporary residence permit for at least four years, you can apply for a permanent residence permit. With a permanent residence permit, you no longer need to apply for an extension of your residence permit but can reside in Denmark for as long as you wish, provided you meet certain conditions.

In order to qualify for a permanent residence permit, you must obtain at least100 points, awarded by meeting certain requirements.

A total of 70 points are awarded if you meet the following conditions. You must meet all conditions.

• You have resided legally in Denmark for at least 4 years. Read more aboutlegal residence for at least 4 years.
• You have not committed a serious crime. Read more about crime.
• You do not have any overdue public debts, unless you have been granted a reprieve and the total amount you owe is less than DKK 100,000. Read more about public debts.
• You have not received public assistance under the terms of the Active Social Policy Act (lov om aktiv socialpolitik) or the Integration Act (integrationsloven) for a period of three years prior to the date you submit your application, and until being given a ruling about your application. Read more about public assistance.
• You have submitted a signed declaration about integration and active citizenship, or indicated in some other manner that you agree to the contents of the declaration. Read more about the declaration on integration and active citizenship in Danish society.
• You have passed Prøve i Dansk 2 (Danish exam, level 2) or a Danish language test of an equivalent level or higher. Read more about Prøve i Dansk 2.
• You have worked in Denmark for at least 2.5 out of the last 3 years prior to submitting your application for a permanent residence permit, and are still employed at the time and will still be employed at the time of being given a ruling about your application. Read more about employment for at least 2.5 years.

An additional 15 points will be awarded if you have shown yourself to be anactive citizen by serving on a board or being an active member of other organisations for at least 12 months. Read more about active citizenship. At a later point, an alternative will be offered that will allow you to earn the 15 points by passing an Active Citizenship Exam, which is currently being developed.

The final 15 points are awarded if you meet one of the following integration-related requirements:

• You have worked in Denmark for at least 4 out of the last 4.5 years prior to submitting your application for a permanent residence permit and are still employed at the time and will still be employed at the time of being given a ruling about your application. Read more about employment for at least 4 years.
• You have completed one of the following types of programmes at a Danish educational institution: a higher educational programme, professional bachelor’s degree, business academy, vocational upper secondary. Read more about education.
• You have passed Prøve i Dansk 3 (Danish exam, level 3) or a Danish language test of an equivalent level or higher. Read more about Prøve i Dansk 3.

If you do not meet the abovementioned requirements, you cannot be awarded a permanent residence permit. However, if you belong to one of the groups which can be granted exemptions, one or more of the requirements can be waived. The groups are: pensioners, applicants under the age of 19, applicants with strong ties to Denmark and applicants Denmark is obliged to grant a waiver to according to its international obligations. Read more about exemptions.

If you cannot obtain 100 points, you can instead apply for an extension of your temporary residence permit and apply for a permanent residence permit at a later date.

To you who are dreaming about working in Denmark, and attaining your “perfect” life, or to you who are thinking of moving here to be with your loved ones: I would play a funeral song for you and apologize for not being able to celebrate with you but I can only wish you all the best luck, but I need to share my own experience dealing with them in the past few days below:

I’m Indonesian, a former journalist for an English newspaper in Jakarta, Indonesia. I moved to Denmark in 2006 to be with my partner. I took master degree in engineering at Technical University of Denmark (I previously have a bachelor degree in engineering), passed the Danish test and I am now currently working as an engineer in a Danish company.

Shortly said, I have done everything in the Danish government’s to do list for immigrants:

1. I speak Danish fluently

2. I have Danish education

3. I work in a Danish company as an engineer.

4. I pay (HUGE) tax in Denmark

You would think that these should be enough, right? No it’s not.

At the beginning of October 2009, I went to Norway to start the 1-year outplacement period at the company’s headquarter in Sandvika, near Norwegian capital of Oslo and to work as a civil engineer there.

Neither I nor my company would have dreamed that this would bring a major trouble to my permit status in Denmark because after all, I still keep my address in Denmark, return home at least once in a month to visit my partner and so on. Basically I still consider Copenhagen as my home base.

Late last month, my project leader in Norway asked me if I had the possibility to stay longer in Norway, approximately 6 months longer than my original outplacement agreement that ends in September this year. This means I would have to stay in Norway up until March / April 2011 to finish a very important project at the headquarter.

After carefully considering my circumstances (my permit status never crossed my mind), I said yes to him and later contacted Danish Immigration Service TO ASK whether I should seek a special dispensation for the extra 6 month period that I’m about to go through.

I was quite sure that I could do it because it says in their website that:

I’m allowed to stay out of the country for 12 months IN A ROW – in which I haven’t really done because I’ve been traveling between both cities (Copenhagen / Oslo) now and then.

But I thought I’d ask, you know, just to remain on the side of the law. Needless to say, it is probably the stupidest thing I have ever done in my life because the Immigration Office came back to bite me in the ass when I try to play by their rules.

In their mail to me, the worker demanded to know HOW and HOW OFTEN I contact my partner in Denmark and ask me to provide documents to back up my statement, OTHERWISE, THEY’D REVOKE MY PERMIT.

Everything written in that mail makes me want to scream “IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS” and how dare they ask this kind of thing to me, a foreigner, when they wouldn’t dream it asking to a Dane?

I replied to the mail, cooly, knowing that this was just probably a big misunderstanding, explaining that:

1. It’s true I am still in Norway

2. I’m still with my partner (under family reunification rules)

3. I am working for a Danish company as an engineer – (giving a hint like: DON’T YOU GET IT, MORONS?)

4. I still keep my Danish address (at the Registry Office)

5. I get my salary from a Danish company

6. I pay tax in Denmark

7. I haven’t lived in Norway for 12 months yet.

8. I have explained my situation – that I’m currently living in Norway, while my partner is in Copenhagen, that my stay in Norway is strictly for work purposes, that we visit each other at least once a month – in the permit extension application form I submitted to them earlier in March this year. They later issued a permit extension for me until 2013 so I assumed that they already know my situation when they issued that.

…and I have attached my work contract and my outplacement contract (that says from which date to which date I am working in Norway) in my reply email to them.

I thought that is enough to clear up the situation. Think again.

They came back with a reply still asking the same question

1. How do you contact your partner

2. How often do you see each other

3. When did you start working in Norway and when does your contract end?

Don’t you want to bang your head on the wall when you read their response? I did. I’m not talking about different person replying my mail, this is just the same person handling my case and she apparently has IQ level lower than a chimpanzee, because a chimpanzee can be a good astronaut, while she obviously can’t read and understand alphabets.

Scrutinizing her facebook profile, I could understand now why she came up with the idiotic questions. Hell, who would understand my explanation if you were previously working as a cake turner in a bakery? (Yes, people there is a JOB in Denmark where you TURN CAKES OVER in a bakery, and no you – dirty immigrants – can’t get such jobs LOL j/k)

It’s only natural that I discussed about this problem with my boss and he responded very well immediately.

As a matter of fact, he apologized to me for him being Danish – because he was apparently very embarrassed with the way his country treat other people like me.

He sent a mail to the Danish Immigration Service explaining my situation – NO ANSWER. He called the Immigration Service to explain my situation: on how, I as an engineer working for a Danish company should be valued by the state of Denmark instead of saying “Hey, thanks for the tax money, now GET OUT FROM DENMARK!”.

Backing him up, I sent her another email basically saying the same thing over and over again.

If they want to play under Teletubbies rules, I could do the same, I could drill the same facts to them over and over again until their lightbulbs pop LIGHT on their primitive brains. After all, it costs nothing to send an email and guess what? I sent those emails from my office account, with my signature below complete with the job title and the company I’m working at.

My boss advised me to provide bank statement that would show when I spent money while I was in Copenhagen but I disagreed and highly rejected that idea.

Why? There should be a LIMIT on how much information you give to people. I don’t let people look at my bank statement just like that and I’m not going to hand a print out of my phone bills to them.

Who am I, really? As far as I remember, I’m not a cool spy or government agent like 007 that a government might try to dig info on me. I’m just an ordinary HONEST foreigner who work in this country and pay tax and they’re trying to make trouble for something that I haven’t even done yet! (being 12 months outside Denmark – IN A ROW, that is).

Now they might be ONLY asking for plane tickets, bank statements, phone bills, next – who knows what they’re going to ask? A proof that you’re actually spending time with your husband/partner/fiancee? A proof that you have sex weekly or what otherwise they would mistake your partnership / marriage as proforma? Seed samples from your vagina, perhaps? They’re invading every single pore of your privacy matter and it’s not their rights to do that.

If the Danish Immigration Service persists on maintaining this rule – on the ground that they won’t let underaged girls shipped to Africa to be circumcised or that young teenagers shipped to some training camp in Afghanistan, I could very well believe that even an imbecile could tell the difference between cases like mine and them.

Surely these people wouldn’t have working contract and working agreement with a Danish company when they’re traveling out from Denmark?

Or are they really naïve to believe that Denmark is SO FANTASTICALLY beautiful that no one, not even one foreigner allowed to leave the country more than necessary, the beauty of Denmark should be enough to choke you and knock you back to the la la land that you will going to forget about doing that business trips to a other Scandinavian land like Norway.

If I were traveling to other countries – or back to my native Indonesia – I would have at least understood their “warning” because they might suspect that my partner and I don’t get along together and I’m doing the classic “runaway bride” thing back to my parents home.

But we’ve been together for four years, for God sake and this is Norway I’m “escaping” to – with work contract and all. Who the hell in their sane mind, a person from a tropical country like me would runaway to Norway? There are Spain, Italy, France and so many other countries to choose than Norway.

Besides, Norway is a part of Scandinavian land – Denmark, Sweden and Norway have special agreement when it comes to work and live in these countries.

I was raging like a bull when I had to deal with ignorance, arrogance and stupidity demonstrated by the Immigration Service.

It’s the holy three – because if you only have one or two, you’d still be able to judge my case from a different perspective, but if you have three – what can I say? I thought they don’t let monkeys run the Danish Immigration Service. Apparently, I was wrong.

I was actually gearing myself up for the big battle and ready to take this case further to the Ministry and eventually to the EU court if I failed. This is because I KNOW I’M RIGHT. I’m on the side of the law, and everyone I have told my problems about, they could only shake their heads at the moronic behavior that Danish Immigration Service apparently abundant of.

Two days ago I received a mail from them saying that they would not pursue the case further under the assumption that I would return to Denmark after my Norway stay according to the previous agreement is over. However, they didn’t forget to leave a little warning that if I chose to continue with the 6 month extension, I’d have to contact them on a new. Like, seriously? Do they really expect people to do that when they’re known to bite back when you try to offer them carrots?

Now that’s my experience dealing with Immigration Service. I hope you consider your plan to move to Denmark seriously, because no matter how good you are in your job, or how rich you are in that case – they’d still find a way to screw you.

It doesn’t matter how often the Danish politicians say about how much they are dying to get hold on high educated immigrants, the system would still screw you – because they don’t make rooms for the so-called “højtudannede udlændinge/high educated immigrants”.

In their perception, all immigrants are the same: dirty and only want money from the government without willing to work.

Don’t expect Denmark to be a dream country where everything’s going to be fine, you’d be paid a fortune and that you get to relax in the park with your kids like that little promotion video you probably have seen.

Take your time, browse my blog, there are a lot of articles I posted here on how everyone can risk of being kicked out of the country / lose their permit when one has a STRONG REASON of being in Denmark. It doesn’t matter if you are married to a Dane, work for a Danish company, they’d still screw you.

Remember that.

Pass this on.

URL: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/familyreunification/spouses/spouses.htm

Requirements relating to you and your spouse/partner

• You must both be over the age of 24.
• You must live together at the same address in Denmark when your residence permit is granted.
• Your combined attachment to Denmark must be greater than your combined attachment to any other country. Read more about the attachment requirement

Furthermore, your spouse/partner in Denmark:

• must reside permanently in Denmark.
• must have accommodation of adequate size at his/her disposal. Read more about the housing requirement.
• must be able to support him/herself and you. In most cases, this requirement will be met if your spouse/partner has not received public assistance under the terms of the Active Social Policy Act (lov om aktiv socialpolitik) or the Integration Act (integrationsloven) for at least 12 months prior to the application being processed by the Immigration Service.
• must post DKK 60,011 (2009 level) in bank-backed collateral to cover any public assistance paid to you by your municipality after you relocate to Denmark. Read more about the collateral requirement.
• must not have been convicted of violent acts against a former spouse/partner within a period of 10 years prior to your application being processed.