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[19]: 3 In December 2014, a majority government in the Danish parliament amended the Citizenship Act, allowing dual-citizenship for persons from 1 September 2015 onwards when the denunciation of the European Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple nationality and Military Obligations Consequent upon Multiple Nationality] 1963 took effect.
The Embassy of the United States to the Kingdom of Denmark is the diplomatic mission of the United States in Denmark. The building is located on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé, in Indre Østerbro, Copenhagen, and it was opened in May 1954. [1] The embassy also oversees American interests in Greenland. [2]
Danes Worldwide was founded as Dansk Samvirke in 1919 as an initiative to strengthen the ties between Denmark and Danish emigrants around the world at a time when emigration to the United States and South America was at its height. [1] During World War II membership increased drastically, peaking in 1947 to 10,000 members.
The first representative from the United States to Denmark was appointed in 1827 as a chargé d'affaires.There followed a series of chargés and ministers until 1890 when the first full ambassador (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary) was appointed.
Diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Denmark. When in a non-EU country where there is no Danish embassy, Danish citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country. Note that the Faroe Islands belong to the Kingdom of Denmark, but not to the EU.
The Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the Kingdom of Denmark's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 3200 Whitehaven St., NW in Washington, D.C. The embassy also operates consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, New York City and in Palo Alto, California.
In the United States, dual citizenship is associated with two categories of security concerns: foreign influence and foreign preference. Contrary to common misconceptions, dual citizenship in itself is not the major problem in obtaining or retaining security clearance in the United States.
A Danish passport (Danish: dansk pas) is an identity document issued to citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark to facilitate international travel. Besides serving as proof of Danish citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Danish consular officials abroad (or other EU consulates or Nordic missions [6] [7] in case a Danish consular official is absent).