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Family immigration with a student in Norway

You can apply for a family immigration permit with a member of your immediate family who holds a residence permit as a student in Norway.

In order for you as the family member of a foreign student to be granted a residence permit in Norway, the following criteria must be met:

  • As a rule, the person with whom you are applying for family immigration must be a student at a university college or a university.
  • You must be a member of the student's immediate family. Persons who can be granted such a permit are children, spouses, cohabitants who have lived together for more than two years and cohabitants who have or are expecting a child together.
  • You must be ensured financial support and housing
  • You must live with the person with whom you have been granted family immigration.  
  • You must return to your home country when the student has finished his/her education.

As a rule, the application will not be granted if the student has less than one year left of his/her studies.

Read more about how to apply and what must be enclosed with the application. 

What rights does such a family immigration permit entail?

If you are granted family immigration with a student, you will also be entitled to work full-time for the duration of the permit. The permit does not, however, form the basis for a permanent residence permit (settlement permit).


Last updated 29.12.2009
Published 19.05.2008

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, PB 8108 Dep, 0032 Oslo. Phone: (+ 47) 23 35 15 00, Editor in chief: Bente E. Engesland, Web editor: Helen K. Åsli