Consultation Responses

Revision of Danish Visa Regulations

The revision of Danish visa regulations is intended, among other things, to make it easier to handle crew changes and to ensure that emergency visas are available at all Danish ports with international calls. The revision and optimization of Danish visa regulations have been in the works for several years and have also involved a change in the responsible ministry during the process. Danish Ports acknowledges the Ministry of Justice’s significant efforts in revising the Danish visa regulations. The recommendations from the review of the visa regulations are a step in the right direction toward a more flexible handling of, among other things, crew changes in connection with maritime trade and maritime transport. Danish Ports hopes that, going forward, emergency visas can also be issued at all ports with international ship calls. Furthermore, Danske Havne would like the right to shore leave to grant seafarers access to stay in the immediate vicinity of the port of call (the port municipality and neighboring municipalities). Read Danske Havne’s consultation response Read the Ministry of Justice’s review of the visa regulations