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Denmark

Start-up Denmark. An entrepreneur with an innovative business plan approved by Denmark’s expert panel can apply to establish and run that business.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Start-up Denmark

Residence and work only in the approved business for up to two years initially, extendable in periods up to three years.

Who qualifies

  • The Danish Business Authority’s expert panel must approve an innovative business idea before the SIRI residence and work application; ordinary retail, restaurants and small trade normally do not qualify.
    SIRI, Start-up Denmark
  • The applicant must own all or part of the company and show support funds; up to three founders can apply on one plan, within a maximum of 75 grants per calendar year.
    SIRI, Start-up Denmark

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

An entrepreneur with an innovative business plan approved by Denmark’s expert panel can apply to establish and run that business.

Every option that fits your family

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Normal SIRI processing time after business-plan approval: two months; up to four months when more information is needed.
Cost
DKK 3,060 SIRI application processing fee in 2026; company setup and living costs are additional.
The hard part
Obtaining panel approval of a genuinely innovative plan within the annual quota.
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Citizens by 2037.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    2 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.

  2. 2029
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 3 years.

  3. 2032
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 3 years.

  4. 2035
    Permanent residence
  5. 2036
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test and a civics test.

  6. 2037
    Citizenship
Language
Danish 3, Danish 2 where an exemption applies, or another accepted test.
Civics
The 2021 citizenship test.
Time away
9 years of lawful, habitual residence under the ordinary naturalisation rule.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Lawful residence on this status builds the ordinary residence clock while the permit remains valid.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Submit the business plan for Danish Business Authority expert-panel review.Open nyidanmark.dk ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The business plan, and the endorsement or approval it needs
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can’t run this for you yet.

The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

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