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Globe Advokater has opened an English-language guidance section for internationals living in Denmark, written directly in English rather than translated from the firm’s Danish material.

COPENHAGEN – 11 September, 2026 – Globe Advokater, a Copenhagen law firm practising immigration law, property law and private law with over 20 years of experience, has published an English-language knowledge section written specifically for English-speaking residents of Denmark. It covers work and residence permits, family reunification, Danish property transactions and family law for international families. Each article names the Danish authority that actually decides the case type it describes, and every piece is approved by a lawyer at the firm before it goes live.

Decisions affecting foreign nationals in Denmark are split across several separate authorities, and the correct one depends on the scheme, the stage of the case and whether the applicant is an EU or non-EU citizen. English-language material circulating online frequently names the wrong body or refers to an authority that no longer exists. Globe Advokater built the English section around that problem rather than around keyword topics.

“The single most common thing we correct in a first meeting is not the substance of the case, it is where the case belongs,” a Globe Advokater spokesperson said. “People arrive having written to the wrong authority, or having read guidance that still refers to an office abolished in 2019. General information is only useful if it points at the right desk.”

English written for English speakers, not translated

The English articles are researched and written for what internationals in Denmark actually search for, not converted from the Danish versions. Danish legal terms are kept in Danish on first mention with a short plain-English explanation, because the reader will meet those exact words in letters from the authorities and in their own case file. Terms such as opholdstilladelse, familiesammenføring and bodeling appear as they will appear in official correspondence.

Where a Danish article exists on the same subject, the two are paired and cross-linked so that a reader working with a Danish-speaking spouse, employer or estate agent can move between the two versions of the same material.

Which authority decides what

The English section states the deciding body at the top of each subject area:

• SIRI handles EU residence documents and the work and study schemes, including Beløbsordningen, Fast-track and Positivlisten.
• Udlændingestyrelsen takes first-instance decisions in asylum cases and in family reunification under the Danish rules.
• Udlændingenævnet hears appeals in family reunification, permanent residence, work and study permit and visa cases.
• Flygtningenævnet hears appeals in asylum cases. Asylum appeals never go to Udlændingenævnet.
• Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet handles citizenship and naturalisation.
• Familieretshuset is first instance in separation, divorce, parental responsibility, residence, contact and child support, with cases carried on to familieretten.
• Hjemrejsestyrelsen handles return and departure.

The section also states plainly that Statsforvaltningen was abolished on 1 April 2019 and has no current function, its tasks having passed to Familieretshuset, SIRI, Ankestyrelsen and others. English-language guidance that still routes readers to Statsforvaltningen is out of date by more than seven years.

Time limits route to a lawyer, not to an article

Time limits apply in permit, appeal and family law cases, and they differ by scheme and by procedural stage. Globe Advokater does not publish case-specific deadlines in general guidance, because a reader who applies a general figure to a case it does not fit can lose a right of appeal. The English articles state that time limits exist in the relevant case type and direct the reader to have their own deadlines confirmed.

General information, never individual advice

Every English article explains how rules and procedures work in general. None assesses an individual reader’s prospects, recommends a step or estimates the likelihood of a particular result. Each carries the firm’s disclaimer at the top and again at the end, stating that the text is general information, that it does not constitute legal advice, and that reading it does not create a client relationship.

“We would rather publish a shorter article that is correct than a longer one that reads like advice,” the Globe Advokater team said. “A person reading about family reunification at midnight is often in a difficult position. The job of the article is to explain the system calmly and to say clearly where general information stops.”

How the material is prepared and reviewed

Legal claims are checked against official Danish sources only: retsinformation.dk, danskelove.dk, nyidanmark.dk, fln.dk, udlaendingenaevnet.dk, familieretshuset.dk, uim.dk, domstol.dk and advokatsamfundet.dk. Other law firms’ articles and content aggregators are not used as sources. Figures, thresholds and fees appear only where they come from an official source and are dated in the text.

No article uses a real client case, and none uses an invented illustrative scenario either, since a constructed example reads as a real one regardless of framing. Published decisions are referenced by official citation only. Nothing publishes automatically: each article is held for approval by a named person at the firm, and when a legal fact is corrected the whole article is regenerated so that the body, the FAQ and the structured data cannot fall out of step with each other.

About Globe Advokater

Globe Advokater is a Copenhagen law firm with over 20 years of experience, practising in three areas: udlændingeret (immigration law), ejendomsret (property law) and privatret (private law). Immigration work covers asylum, family reunification, citizenship, work permits, permanent residence, visas and appeals, including cases before SIRI, Udlændingestyrelsen, Udlændingenævnet and Flygtningenævnet. Property work covers Danish property transactions and real estate. Private law work covers family law, divorce and division of assets, parental responsibility, documents, criminal defence and civil litigation.

The firm publishes guidance in Danish and in English, with the English material written for international readers rather than translated, and each subject stating the Danish authority that decides that case type. Articles are attributed to Globe Advokater as a firm and are approved before publication. Website: globeadvokater.dk

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