You can apply from Norway if you have held another type of permit for the past nine months.

You can also apply from Norway if you have skilled worker qualifications, if you are an EEA national or a family member of an EEA national with right of residence in Norway. It is a requirement that you are here legally and that you are not awaiting a decision on your asylum application or are here pending departure after your asylum application has been rejected.

Some work permit applications can be submitted from Norway

You can apply from Norway if you are applying for:

• a specialist permit, if you are deemed to be a specialist based on the basis of the pay offer made to you 
• a seasonal worker permit 
• a trainee permit, if you are employed by a foreign company 
• a seafarer’s permit, if you work on board a foreign ship 
• certain study permits

You can also apply from Norway if you are applying for:

• a permit for a former permanent employee of a Norwegian shipping company, if you meet the conditions for such a permit. You must have ended the employment relationship in Norway or have travelled here immediately after leaving the employment relationship abroad. 
• a permit for necessary duty and maintenance crew, if you are to be part of the necessary duty and maintenance crew on a ship laid up in Norway. 
• a permit for persons born to parents at least one of whom was a Norwegian national.

It is a requirement that you hold a legal residence permit in Norway and you are not staying here in connection with an application for asylum or pending departure after your asylum application has been rejected.

Strong grounds of reasonableness

There may also be extraordinary circumstances in your case to indicate that the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) can process your application even if you submit it in Norway. If you think that there are extraordinary circumstances in your case to indicate that you should be able to apply from Norway, you must enclose information about this. The UDI cannot assess in advance whether the circumstances in your case are extraordinary.

Where do I submit the application?

Further information

If you have more questions regarding who can apply from Norway, contact your nearest Norwegian embassy or consulate, the nearest police district or the UDI’s Information Service.