{"id":135,"date":"2022-12-16T10:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T10:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:44:22","slug":"how-to-apply-for-asylum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/how-to-apply-for-asylum-in-denmark\/how-to-apply-for-asylum\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply for asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While you can apply for asylum regardless of your residency status in Denmark, the modality differs, as you can read below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><font><strong><font>\u27a1\ufe0f<\/font><\/strong><\/font><strong>If you do not have a residence permit<\/strong> in Denmark<strong>, you can apply for asylum by contacting the police at the Danish border, <\/strong>at an airport, or showing up in person at a police station in Denmark or the police station in the Reception Centre Sandholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#abb7c230\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reception Centre Sanholm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Address: Sandholmg\u00e5rdsvej 40, 3460 Birker\u00f8d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>E-mail: ? <a href=\"mailto:centersandholm@redcross.dk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">centresandholm@redcross.dk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phone: ? <a href=\"tel:4535279900\">+45 3527 9900<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodekors.dk\/vores-arbejde\/roede-kors-asyl\/asylcentre\/center-sandholm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre Sandholm | Red Cross (rodekors.dk)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><font><strong><font>\u27a1\ufe0f<\/font><\/strong><\/font><strong>If you already have a residence permit<\/strong> (granted on grounds other than asylum) in Denmark, <strong>you can apply for asylum at the police station<\/strong> in the district where you live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"background-color:#abb7c230\" class=\"wp-block-list has-background\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/politi.dk\/en\/police-districts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find your nearest police station on the website of the Danish police.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information regarding the asylum procedure in Denmark, please visit the website of the <strong>Danish immigration authorities<\/strong>, available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyidanmark.dk\/en-GB\/You-want-to-apply\/Asyl\/Voksen-asylans%C3%B8ger\/?anchor=F3E27768DC8D46CCBC02E23A7F82584C&amp;callbackItem=DA0303CEBCFD4414A4D12339253968BB&amp;callbackAnchor=2DC068EE7065422381DC84EA1CC61426F3E27768DC8D46CCBC02E23A7F82584C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyidanmark.dk\/da\/Applying\/Asylum\/Adult%20asylum%20applicant?anchor=F3E27768DC8D46CCBC02E23A7F82584C&amp;callbackItem=DA0303CEBCFD4414A4D12339253968BB&amp;callbackAnchor=2DC068EE7065422381DC84EA1CC61426F3E27768DC8D46CCBC02E23A7F82584C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danish<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All matters concerning the asylum procedure are managed by the <strong>Danish immigration authorities (Danish Immigration Service \u2013 DIS)<\/strong> according to the national rules and regulations and with trained and competent national officials specialised in asylum matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR is <strong>not<\/strong> involved in the processing of asylum applications in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/how-to-apply-for-asylum-in-denmark\/what-happens-after-i-apply-for-asylum\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>What happens after I apply for asylum?<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While you can apply for asylum regardless of your residency status in Denmark, the modality differs, as you can read below: \u27a1\ufe0fIf you do not have a residence permit in Denmark, you can apply for asylum by contacting the police at the Danish border, at an airport, or showing up in person at a police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"parent":133,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/1289"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}