How long does it take to obtain Danish citizenship if I fulfil the 4 requirements for fast track permanent residency?

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1. As far as I know you will need to have lived in Denmark for 9 years more or less uninterrupted for citizenship. Outside of some specific exceptions.

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3. Assume 9-12 years all inclusive.

   What’s the rush?

4. It is only a residency fast track.

5. You do know the difference between residence permit and citizenship right?

6. You can apply for citizenship when you have had permanent residency for 2 years, so in theory you can obtain citizenship after 6 years in Denmark. However, this is a best-case scenario. For most people it takes a lot longer. I don’t know what the average time is, but I would assume it’s close to 10 years.

7. Citizenship takes a long time and nobody can tell you how long because the last step is a law that has to pass through Parliament.

   My daughter in law should have been on the law last year, but it got suspended by the election. Now we are waiting for the law to be brougt in front of the Parliament again. So who knows?

   Meanwhile they can change the rules if Parliament wants to. And some exams or other things can be too old.

   It’s a catch 22

8. I would expect minimum 7 years for citizenship. I have not heard of anyone doing it faster than that.

   Expect longer time for everything (permanent residency, citizenship, etc.) if you have a muslim sounding name and nationality from somewhere in the middle east, Africa or muslim part of western Asia (sorry, this is unfortunately the state of things right now).

   If you have i.e. Korean, Japanese, Australian, American etc. nationality, things tend to go a bit faster.