Passport and visa regulations

Note on the passport

Denmark. Note: Citizens who can normally also enter Denmark with an identity card/identity card may need a passport to enter Greenland. Information is provided by the airlines. If you want to visit the military restricted area around Thule Airbase/Pittuffik, you need a special permit, which can be applied for at the Danish embassies or directly at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Address of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Asiatisk Plads 2, DK-1448 København. Tel: 33 92 00 00. Internet: um.dk. An information folder can also be requested there. Danish nationals should contact the Ministry of Greenland (Copenhagen). A timely application is advisable. Persons found without this permit may be expelled from the country immediately. If you want to climb mountains or glaciers in the interior of the country, visit the national park or carry out geological or archaeological research, you also need a special permit. The application for the special permit must be submitted at least 3 months before the trip. Applications should be sent to Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet Slotsholmsgade 10, DK-1216 København. Tel: 33 92 97 00. Internet: ufm.dk.

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Entry with children

Since June 27, 2012, children need their own travel document (passport / children’s passport) for trips abroad (also within the EU). Entries of children in the parental passport are no longer possible.