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If you want to live in Denmark, you need a CPR number. Your name means fairly nothing here, the CPR number is important! When you stay in Denmark for more than 3 months you need to get a Residence permit. This is like a danish passport, with your CPR number. I’ve really lost some days in time for this number already. First we had to go to Ringkøbing to registrate ourselves.  This took about half a day. Then we got a letter a few days later about the registration. With this letter we went to the registration office here in Herning. There we had to fill in another form. With this form we then finally get a CPR number. But thats not all yet, now we have to wait a few weeks to get our official “Residence permit” card. Today I called the office, because I filled in this form  yesterday, and they told me that the computer system in the office was broken so I could not get my CPR number yet, but if I call in the afternoon, I could get it… great!

Problem is you need this CPR number for everything. When you want to open a bankaccount, you need this CPR number. When you go to the doctor, first thing they ask is your CPR. For work it is obvious you need this number as well, but I wanted to order a mobile phone card online, and they asked … my CPR!

So everything kind of has to wait, till I get this stupid number. Lets hope I can have it by the afternoon…