Om prøverne — The requirements

• Both tests are oral. You do not write anything: you listen, and answer the questions out loud.
• Everything is in Danish, and you answer in Danish.
• Hear what they sound like: example of the A1 test and example of the A2 test (videos from Dansk og Prøver). Your own test will have different questions.

• Where the 6 and 9 months count from depends on where you were when you got your permit. If you were abroad: the day your address is registered in the folkeregister in Denmark. If you were already in Denmark: the date Udlændingestyrelsen (the Danish Immigration Service) gave you the permit.
• If you sit a test within the deadline but do not pass, you get 3 more months to pass it.
• If you do not pass in time, you can lose your residence permit.

A deadline can be postponed if you can document that one of these stops you from sitting the test:

• maternity or parental leave (barsel)
• illness — your own, or your child's if they are under 18
• an extraordinary, unforeseen transport problem

Contact Udlændingestyrelsen as soon as possible and send the documentation. Until they have decided, the deadline you were given first still applies.

• You sign up on the official booking site for the tests.
• The tests are held in two places: VSKdansk in Glostrup, and Sprogcenter Vejle.
• The fee is DKK 3,275.40 for each test you sign up for (the 2026 price).
• There is no fee if you are an EU citizen, or if you were reunified with a Turkish citizen who lives in Denmark and is economically active.
• To sign up you need a CPR number or a person ID. If you have neither, email danskproven@us.dk and Udlændingestyrelsen can give you a person ID.

• Some other Danish tests count instead of A1 and A2. They are listed in appendices 1 and 2 of the rules for the tests (bekendtgørelse).
• If you have passed one of them, send proof to Udlændingestyrelsen before your deadline runs out.
• A module test (modultest) at a Danish language school does not count. It cannot replace the A1 or the A2 test.

With reunification, your spouse or partner in Denmark normally has to provide a financial guarantee (økonomisk sikkerhed) of DKK 61,709.34. Passing the tests lowers it:

• by DKK 12,341.87 when you pass A1
• by a further DKK 6,170.93 when you pass A2

These are 2026 amounts, for permits given from 1 July 2024. With an earlier permit the amounts differ — they are in the letter that asked you to provide the guarantee. You apply to have it lowered through your kommune (municipality).