Denmark - Obtain Health Insurance Card (Yellow)

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Procedure

Online

1. If you are in Copenhagen, you may request for a yellow card online.
2. To order your card you need a NemID and Dankort or Visa Dankort
3. Start your online application - LINK
4. Simply follow the online instructions on how to fill up the form.
5. Within 4 weeks after you have registered, your yellow national health card arrives. Your insurance card will be sent to your Danish address. The card will show your name and address, your CPR number and the name and address of your doctor. Note: Make sure that you put your name on the mailbox or state your landlords name when you register. Otherwise you risk not receiving your card.

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Required Documents

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

Copenhagen Citizen Service
Phone: +45 33 66 33 66

Phone hours:
Monday 08:00 - 21:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 21:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 21:00
Thursday 08:00 - 21:00
Friday 08:00 - 18:00

Eligibility

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Fees

You can obtain a new Health Insurance Card free of charge, if:

• it is your first Health Insurance Card.
• you move to a new address.
• you change your name in connection with your wedding. You get the card automatically in the mail after the change is registered.
• your doctor closes down or moves to a new address.
• our doctor passes on his/her practice to another doctor.
• the magnetic stripe on your health insurance card does not work and you have kept and used your card correctly.

Validity

Your Health Insurance Card is valid for as long as you are resident in Denmark and you do not change the information printed on the card.

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Processing Time

Online Application: Within 4 weeks after you have registered, your yellow national health card arrives.

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Instructions

In case you lose your card, you must order and pay for a new one.

You can order a Health Insurance Card at your local Citizen Service Centres. You may also request for one online.

Required Information

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the Document

The Yellow Health Insurance Card (sundhedskort or simply "the yellow card") entitles its holder to medical treatment in Denmark. The card also covers treatment in Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

This procedure provides information on how you can obtain a yellow card in Denmark.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

You will need the Health Insurance Card as proof of identity at your doctors surgery, at libraries and in many other contexts.

If you are going to travel in a different country within the EU or EFTA you should order the blue EU Health Insurance Card.

External Links

The City of Copenhagen Website

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