• You can document skilled worker/ specialist qualifications
• You are an EEA national or apply for family immigration with a person holding a permit pursuant to the EEA Regulations
• You are a child born in Norway and both your parents are in Norway 
• You have held another type of permit in Norway for the past nine months

You can also submit your application from Norway if you are here legally and as a student through one of the following programmes:

• American Field Service (AFS) 
• American Scandinavian Student Exchange (ASSE) 
• Fullbright
• Youth for Understanding (YFU)
• STS High School Foundation
• Rotary
• EU programmes such as Erasmus or Comett
• The Research Council of Norway
• Exchange schemes between Norwegian and foreign institutions of higher education.

You can also apply for a permit from Norway if you have a scholarship from Noma (Norad’s Programme for Master Studies) or other Norwegian public institutions.