What paperwork do you need after moving to Denmark in 2026?

Confirm lawful stay before you book Borgerservice. Non-EU movers need a SIRI residence and work or study decision; EU/EEA and Swiss citizens usually collect an EU residence document for stays beyond three months; Nordic citizens still register address even without that document: Apply for a residence permit.

Secure a lease or other address the kommune will accept for folkeregister registration. Hotels and tourist lets usually fail: How to rent a home. Book Borgerservice or an International Citizen Service desk in your city, bring passport, stay papers, and contract, then leave with a CPR number: Get a CPR number.

Get a Danish +45 prepaid SIM early for landlord calls, bank OTPs, and MitID SMS: Get a mobile phone. Put your name on the mailbox so activation letters and the yellow card can find you.

Create MitID once CPR exists, usually via the passport-chip app route or an in-person Borgerservice verify. Open a Danish bank account, then assign it as your NemKonto so tax refunds and public payments have somewhere to land. Request a skattekort on skat.dk before your first payday so withholding does not default to the punitive rate.

Public healthcare enrolment rides on CPR: the yellow sundhedskort arrives by post with a named GP, and most newcomers stay in group 1 unless they deliberately switch: Enrol in public healthcare and Choose health insurance. Exchange or convert a driving licence only after normal residence starts the 180-day clock for many non-EU licences. Copenhagen ICS East and Aarhus ICS desks see many internationals; confirm the locally competent kommune before you cross town: Living in Copenhagen and Living in Aarhus.