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Unlawful stay excludes from education, study grants and companies

Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af udlændingeloven, lov om Det Centrale Personregister og forskellige andre love (Afskæring af offentlige tilbud m.v. til udlændinge, som opholder sig ulovligt i Danmark)

Act · L 5 (2025-26) · Lov nr. 1648 af 16.12.2025 · Udlændinge- og In­teg­ra­tionsmin­is­ter­iet

In short

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  • What changes:
    • The act means that people who are staying in Denmark unlawfully cannot be admitted to a number of education programmes and cannot receive study grants (SU).
    • They are only entitled to services under section 80 of the Health Act, i.e. emergency treatment.
    • Their residence status must appear in the CPR register.
  • Who: The act applies to foreign nationals who are staying in Denmark unlawfully. It also applies to the authorities and educational institutions that must check residence status.
  • When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026. Some parts will enter into force on a date to be set later by the minister. Some parts will enter into force on a date to be set later by the minister.

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Sources and original

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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Source: Retsinformation.dk

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)

Formålet med lovforslaget er at begrænse udlændinge uden lovligt ophold i Danmark i at få adgang til en række offentlige ydelser og tilbud, herunder undervisning, SU, visse sundhedsydelser, adgang til at deltage i visse virksomheder, registrering af køretøjer og udstedelse af skattekort. Derudover foreslås det, at oplysninger om opholdsstatus registreres i Det Centrale Personregister (CPR), og at der gives udvidet adgang til registersamkøring mellem myndigheder for at styrke kontrollen. Lovforslaget foreslås at træde i kraft den 1. januar 2026.

Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.

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  1. Introduced · 8 October 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. Passed · 4 December 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: 3. behandling (vedtaget)
  3. Stadfæstet · 16 December 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
    Folketingets Åbne Data – lovnummer 1648 (stadfæstet)
  4. Date to be set later · 17 December 2025
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
    Retsinformation.dk – LOV nr. 1648 af 16-12-2025
  5. Partly entered into force · 1 January 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
    Retsinformation.dk – LOV nr. 1648 af 16-12-2025: »Loven træder i kraft den 1. januar 2026, jf. dog stk. 2-6.«
  6. The rest enters into force
    The date will be set later by the minister