How to renew your study permit
You can renew your study permit by submitting an application for renewal to the police where you live. In order to be entitled to stay on the same conditions until your application for a renewal has been decided, you must apply for a renewal at least one month before your first residence permit expires.
A residence permit to attend a folk high school or religion/belief-based school is not renewable.
The police can issue a renewed residence permit if there is no doubt that the conditions for renewal are met.
You will automatically be granted a part-time work permit when you are granted a first-time residence permit as a student, but when you apply for a renewal, the police or the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) must evaluate your progress before such a part-time work permit is granted. Read more about
part-time work for students.
You must enclose the following with your renewal application form:
- copy of valid passport
- a report on the progress of your studies from the educational institution
- a statement from the educational institution about whether part-time work will delay your study progress, and, if relevant, how many hours per week the institution feels that you can work without your studies suffering
- documentation that you have sufficient funds to support yourself for the whole period covered by the permit, if granted, and an overview of the balance of your account in a Norwegian bank on the first of every month for the past six months
If you have changed your curriculum, you must also submit a new admission letter and the new curriculum.
If you are going to participate in field work, the duration of this field work must be stated in the application. UDI does not grant a permit if the field work lasts for more than six months. You will then only be granted a permit valid until your departure. You will have to submit a new application from the country in which you are staying to return to Norway to complete your studies, if relevant.
Further information
Application forms and templates
Last updated
05.01.2010
Published
04.06.2008
