New residence and work permit application procedure at the Royal Danish Embassy in New Delhi

The Danish Embassy in New Delhi is pleased to introduce a new facility in order to meet the increasing demand for residence and work permit in Denmark among Indians.

Application procedure

From 16th August 2010, the VFS Danish Visa Application Centre in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, will accept the following applications from all nationals and their dependants:

	Work
	The Positive List
	The Pay Limit scheme
	The Corporate scheme
	The green card scheme
	Researchers
	Trainees
	Religious workers
	Self-employment
	Studies
	Au pairs
	Interns
	Family Reunification

VFS will submit all such applications to the Danish Embassy in New Delhi.

Timings for submission of application at VFS are 0900 Hrs - 1430 Hrs from Monday to Friday except holidays.


The Jurisdiction of operation of the Embassy is all States and Union Territories of the Indian Union, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. However, the VFS Danish Visa Application Centers in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata shall receive visa applications only from India.

Submission of application for residence and work permit and collection of passports can be done only in person by the applicants.

All long Term applications except Green card applications accepted at the Danish Visa Application Centre at Delhi will be submitted on the next working day to the Embassy. Applications accepted at the Danish visa application centers located in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata will be submitted after two working days to the Royal Denmark Embassy New Delhi. For more information about processing time of the Long term applications visit www.newtodenmark.dk

Applications for a Danish Green Card accepted at the Danish Visa Application Centre will be submitted to the Embassy after required verification. For more information about processing time of the Green Card scheme visit www.newtodenmark.dk

Processed passports can be collected from the Danish Visa Application Centre between 1300-1600 Hrs. Applicants can instantly track the status of their application by clicking on Track your Application or by sending and SMS to VISA DK passport number to 57333. There will be no need to follow up with the Embassy or the Call Centre to ascertain when the passport will be returned.

Denmark Introduces Biometric Residence Cards from 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. You should remove any henna on your fingertips, or allow it to fade, as this may prevent us from getting a clear scan.

Every applicant who is submitting a residence permit application must attend the visa application centre in person. Children of less than6 years need to attend, but are not require to have fingerprints or signature recorded, only a photograph.


BIOMETRICS Exemption for fingerprints:
Children under the age of 6

Applicants should bring loose leaf colour original documents + 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

Updates on Green Card

ARRIVAL IN DENMARK AFTER PERMISSION

Please bear in mind that you have to arrive in Denmark maximum 6 months from the date of issue mentioned on the permit sticker. If you are not able to arrive in Denmark before the end of this period, you can apply for an extension of the 6 month period. For questions on how to apply for an extension of the arrival period write to Greencard@us.dk
There is no restriction on when you sticker can be placed in you passport, but due to that you must arrive in Denmark within 6 months after the approval is made at DIS it is advisable to have it done as fast as possible. It will normally take 2 weeks to have a sticker put into you passport.

CHANGE OF POLICY - 3 YEARS FOR ALL PERMISSIONS

As 25 of October all Green card permission will be granted a first-time residence permit for 3 year. If you received permission under the Green card scheme with a first-time residence permit for 18 months, then you can have this changed to 3 year permission. To have the permission changed you must go to the Danish Immigration Service (DIS) in Copenhagen upon arrival in Denmark. DIS will then change your visa sticker free of charge.
Please bear in mind that you have to arrive in Denmark maximum 6 months after your approval has been made at DIS. If you are not able to arrive in Denmark before the end of this period, you can apply for an extension of the 6 month period. For questions on how to apply for an extension of the arrival period write to Greencard@us.dk  

ADDITIONAL FEE ON GREENCARD APPLICATIONS IMPLEMENTED JANUARY 1, 2011

The Danish Government has in the Finance Bill for 2011 proposed that an additional fee of approximately 50,000- INR be added for submission of Green Card applications. If adopted, the fee will be implemented as of January 1, 2011. Applications submitted before this date will not have to pay the extra fee Applicable Charges

Please note the fee for applicants applying at the Danish Visa Application Centre is payable by Cash. Please click on Visa Fees & Service Charges for details on payments.

All Green Card applicants and their dependants are required to pay the following verification charges at the time of submitting their application:

Verification Charges for Green Card applicant – Rs. 7304.00 per applicant (Inclusive of tax 12.36%)

Verification Charges for dependants of Green Card holder/applicant – Rs. 2107.00 per dependant (Inclusive of tax 12.36%)

(Verification charges have to be paid in cash at the time of submitting the application)

There will be a service charge of Rs. 1121/- (inclusive of Service Tax 12.36%) levied per application over and above the Visa Fees and verification charges. In case you would like your passport couriered to your specified address, you can request for this facility at the time of submitting your application. This optional service is available for an additional fee of Rs 204/- (inclusive of Service Tax 12.36%). The service charge and the courier fee is payable in cash at the time of submitting your application.

Required documents for all visa categories:

Please note that the following essentials must be met by all applicants submitting their applications for visa.

	Passport with at least three months validity from the date of arrival back in India Please note that The Embassy of Denmark does not accept additional pages inserted into passports. If you do not have a blank page to which a visa can be affixed, a new passport must be obtained before submitting your application.
	Relevant Forms & Photograph Fully completed application form appropriate to the type of visa and supplementary form requested with two original passport-size photographs [NB: digital photographs not acceptable]

Important Information:

	Children under 18 traveling without one or both parents or without a legal guardian must provide an affidavit for travel signed by both parents or by the parent or legal guardian not traveling and also a copy of passport's 1st and last page of parent.
	Please carry original documents at the time of submission and submit only photocopies of all documents, as we do not guarantee the return of any original documents. However, note that we reserve the right to request the original of any document provided at any point during visa processing.
	English translations must accompany the documents not originally in English.
	Passport should have at least two blank pages.
	It shall have been issued within the previous 10 years.
	Applications are only accepted within 3 months of the requested date of arrival.
	The applicants must allow for a processing time of minimum 15 days. Excluding the VFS handling time back and forth to the Royal Danish Embassy.
	Application will be accepted before the five days of travel.
	If applicant wants to apply within 5 working days (7 working days beforehand) of his travel date he will have to call the Danish embassy to have a confirmation on that he can hand in his application, and the applicant will have to go to The Royal Danish Embassy to submit his application.