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Denmark has had continuous immigration of individuals as well as groups into the country over last five to six centuries. Jews from many European countries and Dutch farmers came in around the early 16th and 17th century. Around the mid of 17th and 19th century there was a non stop flow of Germans into the country. This had a positive impact on modern Denmark’s development both economically as well as culturally. There is no data available for the exact number of people who came into the country in those early days, but it is said to be a considerable amount.

Look at the data for immigrants into Denmark in more recent times like the year 2006, you will observe that immigrants were mainly people who come in as family dependants, asylum seekers or people under permission of law regulate reunification of families. To add to this, there are lot many people who come to Denmark from Western countries. The number consists of people from Scandinavian countries and North America and these people come either to study or work for a small period of time. Very recently, a decent number of workers ranging between 5000 to 10000 arrived in the country from new countries of EU accession, mostly from Baltic nation, Poland to perform agriculture, cleaning, consumer industries working very long hours at low salaries than what is given to unionized labor of Danish. Even though it is becoming more and tougher for immigrants and refugees to get residency in Denmark, the numbers of immigrants is increasing with every passing year since 1990. Still the rate of growth has greatly varied and fallen down over the time.

If you want to get more information on how the foreign nationals can reside in Denmark, you can find the details below:

Short Term Visa: If your visit to Denmark is for a short period, you would need to get a visa before your entry in to the country. The purpose of a visa is just to control citizens of other countries entering Denmark. Taking into consideration the security and immigration issues along with the political issues countries are selected. Residence permit is required in case you want to stay on in Denmark for an extended time period. You visa can be rejected incase the authorities of immigration feel that you want to get a permanent residency or long term residency.

Working in Denmark: There are a lot of foreign nationals who can live as well as work in Denmark. But there are some who require having a work permit and residence. The most important requirement which is connected with working and living in this country is firstly on person’s nationality and his qualification. You are free to stay, work as well as study in Denmark incase you are a Nordic Citizen. Incase you are a EEA citizen or a Swiss citizen who is looking for residency in Denmark on basis of the EU rules , in such case you maybe subject to regulations which are special. It’s you responsibility to get a work permit incase you require it. If you illegally work in Denmark then you have the risk of being deported and result in huge fine as well as imprisonment.

Studying in Denmark: Incase you are a foreign citizen and want to study in this country; you maybe allowed doing so with a residence permit. Higher educational programme; Folks high schools and Basic youth study programmes are the main categories of study for which you require a residence permit.

Au Pairs: This term refers to’ on equal term’. Au pair allows young people to be able to stay with host family, with kids who are below the age of 18 years on equal terms, with some other member of the family. The main aim is to improve professional skills, language and also increase his/ her cultural knowledge so that they become more acquainted with the country.

Interns: As a foreign citizen you can get a work permit as well as residence in Denmark as an intern, if you want to work in the country for a short period of time. The work which you do should be related to the educational programme which you are doing or which you have done in Denmark.

Working Holidays: There is an agreement of working holiday made by Denmark with countries like Japan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Chiles. This programme allows youngsters from these countries to hold a permit of residence so that they can stay in Denmark for an extended and longer period of time. You are allowed maximum 6 months to work during your one year stay.

Asylum: This word means protection. If you want to get asylum in the country, you should be able to fulfill all the conditions that are required by Refugee Convention of United Nations, according to this, person is said to be a refugee who is outside their country because of the fear punished for reason of nationality, race, religion and more.

Family Reunification: Incase in Denmark you have close relatives; you will be able to apply for a permit of residence on the basis of reunification of family. There are certain requirements which should be met before reunification of family is granted to you; first, registered partners, spouses and cohabiting partners and second children who are under the age of 15. Once the permit is granted to you, one should remember that it will be a temporary one and not permanent. After a given period of time one can apply for extension.

If you are an Indian citizen and want to apply for a short term business , tourist or transit visas for Denmark, you need to submit you application at the Center for Applications any day between Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon and then from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, this can be done without taking prior appointments. All Indian citizens require visa for traveling to any of the Schengen countries be it for tourism or business or for any other reason have to apply for a Schengen visa which will allow them to stay up to 90 days maximum for a six months; Applicant should collect the visa either from the embassy or Schengen Consulate; The reason and purpose of visa cannot be changed after the issue of visa.