Here you will find an overview of the documents you must enclose with your application when applying for renewal of a family immigration permit.
Do you need to document income when you apply for a renewal?
When you apply for family immigration for the first time, you normally have to document that the person in Norway (the sponsor) can support you financially. (Read about the income requirement).
When you apply for a renewal, the rules are as follows:
Those who have family immigration with a foreign national who has a residence permit as a worker or student in Norway
If you have family immigration with a foreign national who has a residence permit as a worker or student in Norway you must always hand in documentation of income when you apply for a renewal.
Other types of applicants
When you apply for a renewal there is no income requirement, and therefore you do not need to document future income when you apply for a renewal.
However, when you apply for a renewal for the first time, you can still be asked to document that the sponsor has fulfilled the income requirement in the time you have had your permit. (This does not apply if you where exempted from the income requirement when you were granted the permit.) Then you will receive a letter from the police.
Documents which everyone must hand in with an application for renewal
- you must pay a fee
- a copy of all the pages in all the travel documents you have had the last year
Additional documents for some applicants
If you belong to one of these groups you must also hand in additional documents:
You wish to renew a permit on the basis of marriage or cohabitation
The person you apply for family immigration with has a permit for work or studies in Norway
- new and updated documentation on income
- If the person you are applying for family immigration with has an income below NOK 300 000 per year: Confirmation from NAV (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) that the person in Norway you are applying to be united with, has not received social support in the last 12 months before the application is submitted.
If the person you are applying for family immigration with has an income above NOK 300 000 per year: A self declaration form which states that the person in Norway you are applying to be united with, has not received social support in the last 12 months before the application is submitted.
You have submitted the application after your former permit has expired
Please enclose an explanation of why you have applied too late.
You wish to renew a permit on the basis of contact visits with children in Norway
Please hand in:
- a contact visit agreement, dated and signed by both parents
- a statement from the other parent on how the contact visits have been carried out, and whether the contact visit agreement has been followed
- agreements on gradual increase of contact, dated and signed by both parents, if relevant
