(You will find more information on the work and residence main page.)
1. Check where to hand in your application
If you are in another country:
You hand in your application at a Norwegian embassy or consulate in your home country or the country where you have held a residence permit for the last 6 months. In some countries you will hand the application to the Swedish or Danish embassy instead. Check here where to hand in the application.
If you are in Norway:
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.
You must be in Norway legally, and you cannot be waiting for a reply to your application for asylum or have had your application for asylum turned down. Learn more about who can apply from Norway.
2. Find out if you should register your application online
- You should register your application online if you are applying from Norway or via a Norwegian embassy.
- You cannot registrer your application online if your are applying through a Norwegian or Danish embassy.
If you cannot apply online:
If you hand in the application at a Swedish or Danish embassy or are applying for a different kind of permit than the ones mentioned above, you need to print out the application form and hand it in at the embassy.
Application form This form can be used both by those applying for a first-time application or those renewing a permit.
3. Everyone must hand in documents
Both applicants who register their applications online and those who hand in a paper version need to bring their passport and other necessary documentation to the embassy or police station.
If you apply online, you will at the same time book an appointment for handing in your documents to the police, a
service center for foreign workers or the Norwegian embassy. You will not have to wait in line when you turn up for your appointment.
If are not applying online you need to contact the embassy to find out when to hand in the documents along with the application form.
When you have visited the embassy or police station and handed in your passport and other necessary documentation we will start to process your application.
4. Check lists and additional documents
In addition to your application, you need to hand in different documents, depending on what kind of recidence permit you are applying for.
Skilled workers
Checklist for documents that must accompany the application
Offer of Employment
Service providers (who are employed by a foreign enterprise and who are to provide services in Norway for a limited period of time)
Assignment offer form
Au pairs
Seasonal workers
Checklist for documents that must accompany the application
Offer of short-term seasonal employment within the agricultural- and forestry industry
Offer of Employment
Trainees
Checklist for documents that must accompany the application
Standardized Contract for Trainees
Offer of Employment
Other applications for work and residence
Application for part-time work and holiday work
Lifting of prohibition of entry or access to Norway
If you have been expelled from Norway and have been given a prohibition of entry order which is still valid, you must fill out this form and hand it in with your application for a work permit.
Application form for lifting an order of prohibition of entry or access to Norway
Form for notification of criminal offenses
This form is only for people who have registered an application for a residence permit or citizenship online (Application Portal Norway), and who have committed criminal offences.
To be able to read the files on this page you need the programme Adobe Acrobat on your computer. You can download the programme for free
If you want to fill in the form on your computer, you need the programme Adobe Professional.
