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Consultation responses to politicians
- April 2022Consultation response on the review of the rules in the 2018 reform of family reunification of spouses
Response to the draft report on the stakeholder group's experiences. ÆUG would like clarity on what the government means by the "intention" of the rules.
- October 2017Bill on changing how the demand guarantee is to be provided
The demand guarantee must be provided for 10 years and then extended until the foreign spouse has been granted permanent residence.
- March 2017Bill on accompanying family members of Danes living abroad
A new residence permit for the spouses of Danes living abroad, following the European Court of Human Rights judgment on the 26-year rule.
- February 2017Bill on changing the rules for permanent residence
In future, 8 years of residence will be required instead of 6, as well as a longer period of full-time work.
- June 2016Bill on family reunification of children
In future, all children between 6 and 14 must have their integration potential assessed.
- November 2014Bill on changing the housing requirement
The housing requirement can be met by subletting for 1½ years, but an independent residence is required.
- November 2014Bill on restricting refugees' access to family reunification
ÆUG opposes this interference with the right to family life and proposes more caseworkers.
- October 2014Bill on dual citizenship
A short consultation response in support of full acceptance of dual citizenship.
- September 2013Bill on adjustments to the visa rules
A new, simpler method of calculating days of stay in the Schengen area: no more than 90 days within 180.
- March 2012Bill on family reunification with children
ÆUG proposes returning to the simple rules from before 2004.
- February 2012Bill on family reunification of spouses and abolition of the points system
Relaxation and abolition of many of the requirements from July 2011. With a supplementary consultation response and comments on the consultation memorandum on L104.
- February 2011L168 on tightened rules and a points system
Points system, a DKK 100,000 demand guarantee, a stricter attachment requirement and a higher fee. Came into force on 1 July 2011.
Supplementary documents
Letters to politicians and others
- March 2018
- October 2015
- October 2015
- October 2014
- October 2014
- November 2013
- May 2011
- March 2011
- November 2010
- May 2010To the chairs of Venstre (the Liberal Party) on family reunification of spouseslink missing
- January 2010
- January 2010
- September 2009
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- March 2009
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- August 2008
- June 2006
- September 2005
ÆUG’s own reports and surveys
- June 2021Residence permit through relationships or family in Denmark, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and France
A comparison of the rules for couples made up of a national citizen and a non-EU citizen in five countries.
- April 2021Comparing Nordic countries family residence permit lawslink missing
A comparison of the family reunification rules in the Nordic countries. Not yet available as a direct link on the old site.
- March 2018Survey of municipalities' claims on the demand guarantee
On average, municipalities claimed DKK 126 a year per active guarantee from 2015 to 2017, but spent DKK 470 on administration. ÆUG recommends that the scheme be abolished.
- September 2016Questionnaire survey on the well-being of reunified families
Responses from Danish spouses who have used the EU rules on free movement. Author: Signe Hermann.
Academic work
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- Changed family reunification rules (in Danish)
What have the new rules meant for partner choice patterns among ethnic minorities? Report 09:28, the Danish National Centre for Social Research (SFI), 2009. Garbi Schmidt et al.
- Partner choice among ethnic minorities in Denmark (in Danish)
Report 04:09, the Danish National Centre for Social Research (SFI), 2004. Garbi Schmidt and Vibeke Jakobsen.
- Whats love got to do with it?
Master's thesis on family reunification, educational anthropology, Aarhus University, 2013. Heidi Joensen.
- Restrictions and Rights (in Danish)
Paper on Danes in exile in Sweden, University of Copenhagen, 2009. Anne Zacho Møller.
- National identity put to the test (in Danish)
Ties to the home country among Danes living in Sweden because of the family reunification rules, 2009 to 2010. Anne Zacho Møller.
- Network Formation and Sense of Belonging
Non-EU spouses of Danish citizens in Sweden. Master's thesis, Malmö University (Malmö Högskola), 2009. Anne Zacho Møller.
- The word of the year is Udlændingeservice (in Danish)
Master's thesis on the Danish Immigration Service's (then Udlændingeservice) crisis communication after the Metock judgment and the accusations of misleading information in 2008. Copenhagen Business School, 2009. Tanja Winsløv.
- Good Day! My name is Martin and I am a Danish citizen
Problem-solving, knowledge-sharing and trust in online interaction, the case of family reunification. Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2012. Astrid Jensen and Annette Grindsted.