Degree, career, family: A Bangladeshi lawyer’s path to permanence in Denmark

Nazmun Nahar relocated to Denmark to pursue her law degree at the University of Copenhagen in 2014. Via the fast-track, she achieved an unusually speedy Permanent Residency status. Today, she lives in Copenhagen with her husband and a son. These are the challenges she faced and the opportunities she seized.

Rushnan Binte Amin

Nov 1, 2023

Nazmun Nahar relocated to Denmark to pursue her law degree at the University of Copenhagen in 2014. Via the fast-track, she achieved an unusually speedy Permanent Residency status. Today, she lives in Copenhagen with her husband and a son. These are the challenges she faced and the opportunities she seized.

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