If you are not a Norwegian citizen but have been granted a Norwegian passport, you can apply for Norwegian citizenship. In this case, some of the requirements for being granted Norwegian citizenship do not apply.
If you have held a Norwegian passport and believed, in good faith, that you have therefore also been a Norwegian citizen, you are not required to fulfil all of the general conditions for granting of a Norwegian citizenship.
The following exceptions apply:
- You do not need to hold a valid permit or meet the conditions for a permanent residence permit (or hold a settlement permit pursuant to the old regulations).
- You are not required to have held permits during your stay in Norway.
However, you must meet the requirement for the period of residence in Norway. This usually means that you must have stayed in Norway for a total of seven of the past ten years, unless you fall under one of the exceptions for the residence period.
If there are strong reasons for your case, the immigration authorities can also make exceptions from one or more of the other conditions.
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