On these pages you will find information about residence and work permits to Denmark. For more details you can also visit Danish Immigration Service website.

DENMARK INTRODUCES BIOMETRIC RESIDENCE CARDS 20 MAY 2012

From 20 May 2012 residence cards must contain digital photos, fingerprints and signatures. In this way the security against forgery and misuse of residence cards is strengthened.

When you come to the visa application centre to deliver a residence/ work permit application, you will need to have your biometric data recorded.
Every applicant who is submitting a residence permit application must attend the visa application centre in person.

From the 21 May 2012 only Visa Centers in Moscow and St. Petersburg will accept Residence and Work permits applications.

Children of less than 6 years need to attend, but are not require to have fingerprints or signature recorded, only a photograph.

Exemption for fingerprints:

Children under the age of 6

Applicants should bring loose leaf color original documents + color copies of all

		supporting documents
		pages of the passport

in a standard format (A4 or legal). All copies must be in the same format.

VFS Global constantly strives to offer top-of- the- line and revolutionary services to its clients around the world. Today, it is one of the few companies capable of integrating biometrics into the application flow.

Biometrics, a modern process used for biological identification of a person through fingerprints, iris, voice patterns, facial patterns, and hand measurements has proved to be an invaluable tool to the Diplomatic Missions in ensuring absolute accuracy in identification.

Triple Benefits

VFS Global provides Diplomatic Missions with the unique benefits of interoperability, reliability and unmatched security.

Interoperability

		With existing systems used by Missions
		Several systems, one provider
		Capability of using common hardware by multiple Missions for enrolment

Reliability

		Well trained and highly motivated enrolment staff to capture finger prints and facial images
		Only best quality images captured and converted as templates, as per the agreed quality benchmarks, which are inbuilt in the designed software
		An understanding of the requirements on quality standards ensures good quality templates at enrolment

Security

		Spoof/liveliness /fake detection solutions
		Data transfer across borders