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Ten months ago, Yasmin Andreasen was informed that she was not a Danish citizen and therefore could not get a new passport. The vacation was canceled. She had to go through 16 employees and get help from Politiken before something surprising happened on Tuesday.

After 51 years as a Danish citizen, Yasmin Andreasen suddenly couldn't renew her passport

On April 11, Yasmin Andreasen visited the citizen service for the second time to get a Danish passport. She got nothing out of it. The response was that she is not registered as a Danish citizen. Photo: Hans Drachmann.
On April 11, Yasmin Andreasen visited the citizen service for the second time to get a Danish passport. She got nothing out of it. The response was that she is not registered as a Danish citizen. Photo: Hans Drachmann.
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It came as quite a shock when Yasmin Andreasen showed up at the citizen service office in Sundby last July to renew her passport, which was about to expire.

It was the fifth time she needed a new passport. She got her first Danish passport at the age of 15, and it had always been easy and straightforward to get a new one.

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