Danish parents living in Israel are not required to register
the birth of their newborn child with the Danish authorities.
The child will not acquire a Danish civil registry number
(CPR-nummer). However, the child will be given a civil
registry number in the event of relocating to Denmark.
If your child is a Danish national you may apply for a Danish
passport for the child (Pas til personer under 18 år).
Your child is a Danish national by birth if:
The mother is Danish and the child was born on or after January 1th, 1979
OR
The father is Danish AND married to the mother of the child or
the child was born in Denmark after February 1th, 1999.
Your child will also become a Danish national if the Danish
father subsequently marries the child's foreign mother before
the child is 18 years old (and the child is unmarried).
Danish fathers whose children do not qualify as Danish
nationals according to the above mentioned may apply for their
child to be naturalised as a Danish national, if the father
shares the parental responsibility. For more information
please contact the Embassy’s Consular Section.
Whether your child has also acquired Israeli Nationality by
birth you may clarify with the Israeli Ministry of Interior.
As a general rule, Danish nationals born abroad will have to
apply for retention of Danish Nationality before the age of 22
- Nationals born abroad (The 22 year rule)
Children born to a Danish mother and a foreign father in wedlock before January 1th 1979 may apply for naturalisation according to the “Princess Rule”. –Guidelines on the “Princess Rule” (naturalisation)
