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She thought renewing her citizenship would be straightforward. Then the ministry sent her searching for her great-grandfather’s birth certificate

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A woman seeking to reconfirm her Danish citizenship says the process took 11 months.
  • The ministry then gave her 30 days to find her great-grandfather’s 1907 birth certificate from Vrå.

What she expected to be a simple formality became an 11-month search through her family history.

I thought it was a formality to have my Danish citizenship reconfirmed.

· Unnamed womanShe described her initial expectation before the citizenship case turned into a lengthy family-document search.

The woman says she was given only 30 days to locate her great-grandfather’s birth certificate from Vrå, dating from 1907, as part of the process of reconfirming her Danish citizenship.

But after 11 months of processing, I have been given a full 30 days to conduct archaeological research into my relatives from Vrå.

· Unnamed womanShe criticized the deadline and the search for historical family records.

“I apparently am not Danish if my great-grandfather’s birth certificate from 1907 cannot be found,” she says.

I apparently am not Danish if my great-grandfather’s birth certificate from 1907 cannot be found.

· Unnamed womanShe expressed frustration over the document requirement.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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