All Things Visa + a Little Tip on Cash

For your visa, you have two options:

• Travel to your nearest CPH Embassy (for me it would've been SFO) prior to study abroad for biometrics scans

  • This will be the substantially pricier option, including travel costs and additional shipping costs for the scans to go to CPH

• Wait until you arrive in CPH to do your biometrics

  • While still a couple hundred dollars, this option is much cheaper since you can do it while in CPH

  • Travel concerns?

    • If you hold a US passport, you will have no issues remaining in CPH for up to 3 months

    • If you have not received your visa, you must call the SIRI office and request a temporary travel approval document indicating that you are still waiting but have approval to leave the Schengen area

While you wait for your visa, it is important to check-in with SIRI in a relatively frequent manner. If you have been waiting for more than 40 days, I recommend calling the SIRI office and requesting a status update. Sometimes, they will email you requesting you call them to submit new forms.

Once your visa is approved, CBS will receive a digital copy. SIRI can not send this to you because of internet security reasons and your lack of a CPR number attached to your digital accounts. If you are in desperate need of the approval letter for immediate travel purposes, you can submit a ticket on the CBS student portal requesting the digital copy.

Note on Cash: As it relates to cash, you will not need Danish krones for daily life, but it is helpful to have at least 100 USD-worth if you want to visit the flea markets. At the end of your semester, you can just use your remaining cash to pay for your groceries.