A family that faced expulsion from Denmark to Iran will be allowed to stay, after immigration authorities approved a job offer made to the mother. The case had drawn a public campaign led by the classmates of 18-year-old Bardia Boveyri.
Avisen Danmark reported on August 26, 2026 that Bardia Boveyri and his family will not be sent to Iran. The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration approved a job that had been offered to his mother. That approval changed the family’s residence position and removed the basis for the expulsion.
The same story was reported by Fyens.dk, which noted that the family had previously faced removal to Iran. Per that reporting, classmates of Bardia had thrown themselves into the campaign on the family’s behalf.
Earlier coverage by Fyens.dk in March 2026 described how the family had been told it had to leave Denmark. That reporting put the deadline at May 5 and said more than 5,000 people had backed the campaign for Bardia.
A further March 2026 update from Fyens.dk said the classmates kept up their effort but ran into a problem along the way. The outlet also reported that the upper secondary school class took the campaign to Christiansborg.
How the rules work
The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, known as SIRI, decides residence and work permits for foreign nationals. Official guidance published by New to Denmark states that permits for accompanying family members are tied to the sponsor’s work based residence. Such permits can be granted for up to the same length as the sponsor’s own permit.
Other SIRI guidance states that family members may remain in Denmark as long as they continue to meet the conditions for their residence. The reporting on the Boveyri family does not specify which permit category was at issue in the case. No outlet has contradicted the central point that the family can now stay.
The reporting from Avisen Danmark and Fyens.dk frames the approved job offer as the reason the family can remain now. Neither outlet describes the outcome as a court ruling or as a new political decision. The decision follows months of public attention to the case since March 2026.
