American wife/ Danish husband
: 26.07.2017 07:16:23
Hej alle sammen,
I am new to this forum. I thought it could be a good idea to join, as my soon-to-be husband and I plan to apply for family reunification in September, immediately following our wedding. Is there anyone who has experience with the process, who can tell us how our case looks?
I am a 24 year old from the USA. I met my fiancé (25 years old, Danish) 4 years ago, while I was backpacking Europe. We maintained a long distance relationship (with 2-3 visits total per year, and daily online communication) until June 2016, when I moved to Denmark with an au pair residence permit. While working here as an au pair I have seen my fiancé every day, and we were engaged in February 2017. I have also studied Danish up to Modul 5 level (hopefully taking the Prøve i Dansk 3 exam in November). We believe that we fulfill all the requirements as listed on the nyidanmark website, but we worry about a few things:
Our financial status- my fiancé is a masters student who works part time, and receives SU payments. I am trained as a nurse (Bachelors degree from my university in New York) but of course will not be employable for a while after applying for family reunification. Will this be frowned upon in our application? Perhaps the ability of my husband to support me will come into question?
Our housing- We have accepted a room in a kollegium (32 sq meters with own entrance, bathroom,
And kitchen- only the two of us will be living there) and we have heard mixed responses regarding this, when calling Immigration. These range from "Yes you will be fine" to "the person reading the application will have to make a judgement call on that", "it might not fulfill the requirements because it is dependent on your husband being a student" etc. He will be in his masters program for 2 more years. We are at a loss- of course we want to fulfill all the requirements, but are we doing that or not?
Lastly, Is it looked upon favorably for us to include pictures/proof of our relationship, Sprogskole certificates etc. with the initial application? Or should we wait and see if Immigration makes a formal request for that information later on?
Thanks for reading. Kind regards
-A
I am new to this forum. I thought it could be a good idea to join, as my soon-to-be husband and I plan to apply for family reunification in September, immediately following our wedding. Is there anyone who has experience with the process, who can tell us how our case looks?
I am a 24 year old from the USA. I met my fiancé (25 years old, Danish) 4 years ago, while I was backpacking Europe. We maintained a long distance relationship (with 2-3 visits total per year, and daily online communication) until June 2016, when I moved to Denmark with an au pair residence permit. While working here as an au pair I have seen my fiancé every day, and we were engaged in February 2017. I have also studied Danish up to Modul 5 level (hopefully taking the Prøve i Dansk 3 exam in November). We believe that we fulfill all the requirements as listed on the nyidanmark website, but we worry about a few things:
Our financial status- my fiancé is a masters student who works part time, and receives SU payments. I am trained as a nurse (Bachelors degree from my university in New York) but of course will not be employable for a while after applying for family reunification. Will this be frowned upon in our application? Perhaps the ability of my husband to support me will come into question?
Our housing- We have accepted a room in a kollegium (32 sq meters with own entrance, bathroom,
And kitchen- only the two of us will be living there) and we have heard mixed responses regarding this, when calling Immigration. These range from "Yes you will be fine" to "the person reading the application will have to make a judgement call on that", "it might not fulfill the requirements because it is dependent on your husband being a student" etc. He will be in his masters program for 2 more years. We are at a loss- of course we want to fulfill all the requirements, but are we doing that or not?
Lastly, Is it looked upon favorably for us to include pictures/proof of our relationship, Sprogskole certificates etc. with the initial application? Or should we wait and see if Immigration makes a formal request for that information later on?
Thanks for reading. Kind regards
-A