Checklist at arrival and departure

Before going Abroad

• Make academic agreements with your home co-ordinator if you have not already done this (about courses, credit transfer, etc.)
• Stays shorter than 3 months: Non-EU/EEA citizens: Apply for visa
• Stays longer than 3 months: Non-EU/EEA citizens: Apply for and obtain a residence permit before going to Denmark
• Take out insurance (health, theft, liability, and travel/luggage insurance)
• EU/EEA citizens bring along the blue European health insurance card
• Nordic citizens: bring along the internordic moving certificate “internordisk flyttebevis”, if you stay longer than six months
• Degree students only: hand in "Gudelines and conditions for international students”

On Arrival

• If you are an EU/EEA citizen, apply for residence permit at Statsforvaltningen Syddanmark.
• When you have received your residence permit, go to the National Register (Folkeregistret) to be registered and receive the Danish central registration number (cpr. no.), provided your stay exceeds three months (special rules for Nordic citizens apply). Remember to bring your passport and residence permit.
• Pay deposit and rent for the first month.
• Sign your tenancy agreement and hand it in.
• Degree students only: If you have not received your Welcome Envelope yet, please pick it up at the Accommodation Office.

Before Going Home

Your housing: Make sure to give notice in time. For more information, check information on giving notice

At Departure

• Diploma/grade transcript: Inform the Examinations Office about your home address so that you can receive your diploma or grade transcript. Send an email to Eksamenskontoret@sdu.dk  with your name, your cpr.no, your address stating the date the new address is to take effect. It is your responsibility to give your home university a copy of your transcript. The university only sends one transcript directly to you.
• The National Register: Notify the National Register that you will be departing the country. Hand or send in your Danish Health Insurance Card.
• Danish Healht Insurance Card must be handed in at the National Register (Folkeregistret)
• EU/EEA citizens must send their residence permit to Statsforvaltningen with information on their planned day of departure.
• Should you not have given notice to the accommodation office, it is due time you do so! The notice period is typically 3 months

• Contact the Danish tax office “SKAT” to make sure that you are registered correctly in relation to the Danish tax system at a) www.skat.dk/english or b) by calling to tel: 7222 1818