Offices
Country Clearance
All official business visits by US industry and U.S. Government personnel to both military and industrial sites in Kingdom of Denmark must be processed via a Country Clearance Request with the US Embassy. This page provides an overview of the clearance request process.
ODC Denmark no longer makes any country clearances. All requests should be sent to the Defense Attaché Office at the U.S. Embassy - Copenhagen no later than 30 days prior to arrival in the Kingdom of Denmark (to include Greenland and the Faroe Islands). Contact Jonathan Schmidt by email on SchmidtJP@state.gov.
U.S. Government personnel must include the information required in the DENMARK section of the DOD Foreign Clearance Guide (DOD 4500.54G) and should be sent via standard message traffic to the following (PLAD) "plain language address designator": DAO COPENHAGEN DK // DAO // Please use the DAO Denmark Country Clearance Form.
U.S. Defense Contractors must request industrial clearance prior to any visit to Danish Defense Forces. Requests for clearance must be on company letterhead, signed by senior management and faxed to ODC Denmark. The letter request must include the visitor’s name, SSAN, title and company, passport number with date and place of issue, date and place of birth, dates and purpose of visit, export license number, Danish point of contact, and whether classified information is to be discussed. If classified information is to be discussed, U.S. contractors must be cleared through the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office /Columbus (DISCO/C). DISCO will provide security clearance information for contractors to ODC Denmark. The ODC will provide this information to the Danish Ministry of Defense to meet their requirements.
For more information and guidance on how to obtain a security clearance, please contact:
DISCO
2780 Airport Dr.
Suite 400
Columbus, OH 43219-2268
Phone: (614) 827-1660
Fax: (614) 827-1651