Danish Bank account without CPR number?

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Permalink Reply by madelein oliveros oliveros on September 23, 2010 at 2:24pm

you cant do anything in Denmark without your CPR number, this is your ID and the proof that you are in DK legally working, studying, etc... what kind of visa or permission do you have?? normally, once you get to DK you are registered in the municipality you are gonna live in and withing 14 days you get a yellow card with the CPR number.
hope you have solved your problem!!

greetings!

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Permalink Reply by Robin Fry on September 23, 2010 at 4:19pm

Hi Madelein,

Apparently (and this was the regional state administration that told me this) you don't 'need' a CPR number to get a bank account, legally the banks have no grounds to refuse your custom without one but of course in reality they do. As you said it seems you can't do anything without a CPR number which is why i'm so happy to have mine at last! I'm an EU citizen so I just needed to get a certificate to prove that and in order to get that I had to prove I had some work here and as a freelance chef that wasn't the easiest thing to prove! However, one of the companies I do some work for agreed to sign a declaration for me so all sorted now.

Thanks for your post

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Permalink Reply by madelein oliveros oliveros on September 23, 2010 at 7:17pm

ahhh very good!!

everything is easier when you are EU citizen...!! by the way, what part of Odense you and your gf are living in? i dont live to far from it, im just curious ;)!!

have a good day!!

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