EU/EEA citizens' student grant rights now require right to indefinite residence

• What changes:

  • An EU/EEA national who is no longer economically active keeps their status as a worker or self-employed person in certain cases, for example during temporary incapacity to work due to illness or accident, during involuntary unemployment under the set conditions, or when the education is linked to previous work.
  • Support for education in Denmark or abroad now requires that the EU/EEA national has, under EU law, a right to indefinite residence in Denmark.
  • Previously, it was required that you had 5 years of continuous residence in Denmark.
  • When determining the right to indefinite residence, certain absences are disregarded, for example temporary absences that together do not exceed 6 months per year.
• Who: The rules concern students who are EU/EEA nationals. They also concern a spouse or registered partner of an EU/EEA national who, under EU law, is a worker or self-employed person in Denmark, or who has retained that status under the rules.
• When: The executive order was scheduled to enter into force on 1 October 2026. This has not yet been confirmed.

  • The executive order applies to the granting of educational support from October 2026 and later, but see subsections 6-7.

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