Love is universal. It does not know borders, languages ​​or citizenship. Are you lucky you have fallen in love with an exchange student, however, this is not entirely unproblematic - whether it's you or the other party that is exchange student.

Staying and working in Denmark as a student alien?

As an exchange student in Denmark, you are awarded a temporary residence permit, which basically covers only the number of years you study and thus the time your education is standardized. However, it is possible to extend the residence permit if circumstances so warrant. You can also get 6 months residence permit after graduation to apply for employment in Denmark.

If you would like to be with your boyfriend

One thing is work and education, something else is family reunification . Because if you stand in a situation where both parties in a relationship want to live together and work in Denmark, there is a possibility to apply for family reunification, which is called for spouse reunification. Spouse reunification covers both genuine and cohabiting people.

To be able to obtain spouse reunification, there are a number of requirements and conditions that you need to live up to. You can read with here and become a little wiser about the regulatory jungle that family reunification can be.

Here are your options

Depending on whether you are a student in Denmark with a foreign passport, refugee, Danish citizen, child or accompanying family member, there are different procedures, requirements and conditions.

The options we review here mostly concern you, where one party is a Danish citizen or has a permanent residence permit in Denmark and the other party is a citizen of a non-EU country.

You must be a spouse or a regular partner

As a starting point, you must be a spouse or a Danish partner in order to be able to get spouse reunification. There are different ways to assess these conditions. As spouses, you do not need to have lived together beforehand, whereas it is a completely mandatory requirement if you apply for spouse reunification with a partner.

In addition, there are a number of requirements that concern both the overall relationship and each of you.

Requirements that include both of you:

• You must have a valid marriage or cohabitation
• Marriage or cohabitation must be concluded according to your own wishes
• Marriage or cohabitation may not be concluded only for a residence permit (pro forma marriage)
• You must both be 24 years old
• Your total connection to Denmark must be greater than any other country
• You must both participate actively in the applicant's Danish education and integration

The person who applies for a residence permit through spouse reunification must have passed a Danish exam.

Requirements for you who live in Denmark:

• You must live in Denmark in an independent home
• You must be self-sufficient
• You must provide financial security
• You may not have any previous convictions for violence against a spouse

If the spouse / cohabitant living in Denmark is not Danish or Nordic citizen, he / she must have a permanent residence permit - and still fulfill the conditions as such.

If you need help, you can visit www.nemfamiliesammenfoering.dk , where you can read more about family reunification and get help with the application itself.