Immigration is to be made easy for the foreign wife-to-be of Denmark’s so called Prince Frederick. Parliament will be pass a law to make his Australian girlfriend a citizen and taxpayers money will ensure that she does not have to demonstrate financial self-sufficiency.
Immigrants usually have to wait as long as nine years and prove themselves fluent in Danish to qualify for citizenship. Many Danes are unable to return to the land of their birth with their foreign spouses because of tough immigration controls. Recent laws require that both partners be aged at least 24, own a home in Denmark, provide a bond of £4900 and be financially self-supporting. A large number of Danes who have lived abroad for many years find themselves effectively in exile.