Here are examples of permits which can form a basis for permanent residence:
Work
- permit as a skilled worker or a specialist
- permit as a self-employed person
- permit as a permanent employee of a Norwegian shipping company. You must have been employed at a ship registered in the The Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register for at least 4 out the last 6 years
Family
- Permits regarding family immigration to be with a Norwegian citizen, a citizen of one of the Nordic countries, a foreign citizen with a permanent residence permit, or a foreign citizen who has a permit which forms a basis for a permanent residence permit.
- A permit because at least one of your parents was a Norwegian citizen when you were born.
Other kinds of residence permits/asylum
- asylum/permit as a resettlement refugee
- refugee permit
- permit given because of strong humanitarian considerations or a special connection to Norway, or on another individual basis, unless it is written in the decision letter that the permit can not be renewed and that it does not form a basis for a permanent residence permit.
- permits for Iraqis who formerly have held a “MUF”-permit (special temporary residence permits)
If you are unsure whether your permit forms a basis for a permanent residence permit, you will find this information in the decision letter you received when you got your current permit.
Please note these examples of permits which do not form a basis for a permanent residence permit.
- EU/EEA/EFTA-registration
- Parental visit (residence permit to visit children in Norway for up to nine months)
- fiancé permit
- student permit
- au pair permit
- seasonal worker permit
