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Immigration and Relocation Services in Copenhagen

Immigration and Relocation Services in Copenhagen

Immigration and Relocation Services in Copenhagen

Denmark is not a variation on Sweden. Different authority, different registration system, different documents, different sequence. A family that has already relocated to Sweden once and assumes Copenhagen will work the same way is usually the family that loses the most time.

Our Danish work is delivered through our partner company Nordic Relocators, based at Roskildevej 30B in Albertslund, inside Greater Copenhagen.

Who handles what in Denmark

  • SIRI, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, handles residence and work permits for non-EU nationals and issues EU residence documents.
  • Borgerservice at the municipality issues the CPR number, which is Denmark’s equivalent of the Swedish personnummer and gates the same things: healthcare, banking, MitID, housing and schooling.
  • International House Copenhagen, at Nyropsgade 1, is a genuine one-stop office for arrivals in Greater Copenhagen. Its own site states you can apply there for an EU residence document, CPR number, health card, MitID, tax card and U2 form. It is free, and it saves arrivals a great deal of running between offices.

The order matters

In Denmark the sequence is unforgiving: without a residence document or permit you cannot get a CPR number, without a CPR number you cannot get a health card or MitID, and without MitID a surprising amount of Danish daily life is simply closed to you. Attempting these in the wrong order is the most common self-inflicted delay we see. See CPR number in Denmark.

Living in Sweden, working in Copenhagen, or the reverse

The Öresund bridge makes Malmö and Copenhagen a single labour market and two entirely separate administrative systems. Cross-border commuters have to resolve which country taxes their income, which country’s social insurance covers them, what happens to pension contributions, and whether working from home on the other side of the bridge changes any of it. These questions decide whether a move works financially, and they belong at the planning stage, not at the first tax return. We handle both sides as one file. See our Malmö office.

EU and EEA citizens in Denmark

An EU or EEA citizen exercising free movement applies for an EU residence document rather than a permit, and a non-EU family member applies for a residence card. The underlying right comes from Directive 2004/38/EC, the same instrument that applies in Sweden, but the Danish administration of it looks different enough to catch people out. See EU family reunification.

Employers moving staff into Denmark

Danish residence and work schemes for non-EU staff run through SIRI on their own criteria and timelines, which do not mirror the Swedish ones. Groups relocating employees across both countries should plan them as two projects with one coordinator rather than one project. See corporate immigration.

Contact

Sweden Relocators AB, Amiralsgatan 86E, 214 37 Malmö, twenty minutes from Copenhagen. Phone 072-327 62 76. Email info@swedenrelocators.se. Danish files run through Nordic Relocators, Roskildevej 30B, 2620 Albertslund. Contact us.

Sources: International House Copenhagen. General information, not individual legal advice. Danish procedures and cross-border tax positions are confirmed with SIRI, the municipality and a qualified tax adviser before advising. Last reviewed 27 August 2026.