CPR or the Civil Registration Number is a 10 digit personal identification number for the residents in Denmark. The first 6 digits indicate your date of birth. You need a CPR number if you are planning to stay for more than 3 months in Denmark.
When your residence permit application is successful, you can find your administrative CPR number in the confirmation letter. You can start the CPR registration here if you have the following documents before you come to Denmark.
- Residence permit confirmation letter for each member. Make sure the date of birth of each member is correct.
- House / Apartment contract. If you’re moving to a temporary place for a short period of time, you can check with the landlord whether they allow the CPR registration using their address. If it’s a hotel or an Airbnb place, you have to download the relevant form from the International House website
- Passport bio page of each member in the family
- Marriage certificate
- Birth certificate for kids
When you submit the form, you’ll receive an email with instructions for face to face confirmation once you come to Denmark.
Register the CPR number
When you arrive in Denmark, you have to go to the International House with your family, which is located in Gyldenløvesgade 11, 1600 København. We brought all the documents that we submitted online. But they needed only the passports. When you arrive there, you have to get a number from a self-service kiosk. When it’s your turn, meet the officer with the documents, they will also meet the family too. It took around 10 minutes for our registration process, and the officer told us that our health card which is called Yellow Card will arrive at us in 2 weeks and the residence card will be in 1 month.
Until you get your Yellow Card, you will not be able to proceed to the next steps. When you move to Denmark, you need to open a bank account. The bank usually sends the account details to you e-Boks. e-Boks is a secured electronic mailbox solution in Denmark. Financial institutions usually send the mails to e-Boks. As a foreigner, to open an e-Boks account, you need the NemID. NemID is a common log-in solution to access Danish banks, government, and some private company websites. If you’re a Danish citizen, you can order the NemID online. Foreigners shall visit the kommune to obtain one. If you want to obtain on the same day, you shall bring someone who already has a NemID as a witness, he/she must have obtained a NemID at least before 30 days. Otherwise, the kommune will send it by post. So, until you receive your Yellow Card, you won’t be able to do any of the above-mentioned steps.
