Visa: applications also possible at the police in the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om udlændinges adgang til Danmark på grundlag af visum
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Visa applications can now also be submitted to the Chief of Police in the Faroe Islands and in Greenland.
- A passport or travel document must now explicitly be valid, and biometrics are mentioned instead of fingerprints.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 24 November 2025.
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You can now also apply for a visa with the Chief of Police in the Faroe Islands or the Chief of Police in Greenland. This applies when Denmark is the competent state under the Visa Code. Applications can still be submitted to Danish diplomatic or consular representations.
Private companies and organisations with an agreement can now carry out tasks involving the taking of biometrics. Before, it said fingerprints. They still cannot make a decision on a visa application.
The foreign national must now present a valid passport or other valid travel document. Before, it only said valid passport or other travel document.
As a rule, the application can be submitted no earlier than 6 months and no later than 15 days before the trip. Before, it said as a main rule instead of as a rule. This is only a change of wording.
An accredited travel agency can still accept applications to forward them to a Danish representation. The text about EU residence cards from countries outside Schengen no longer says that the foreign national must accompany or join the EU citizen.
Sources and original
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 17 November 2025
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 22 November 2025
- In force · 24 November 2025