If you live in a green country/area and have stayed in a green country/area for the last 10 days, you can travel to Norway now. Please note that you cannot travel through orange or red countries/areas on your way to Norway unless you are fully vaccinated and can document this in a verifiable way. This also applies to stopovers in an orange/red area.
However, you can travel to Norway if you travel through the orange/red area the following way:
Please note that ferries are considered public transport. You must prepare to show your travel documents to the Norwegian border police.
The colours on FHI's map are applicable at all times (external website). You cannot travel to Norway until the country/area you live in is green on this map, or one of the exceptions listed below apply to you.
If you are required to have a visa, you must send a visa application to an embassy or a VFS application centre.
If you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or recovered from COVID-19 during the last six months, you can travel to Norway now if you can provide documentation for this in a verifiable way. You must be able to:
You can travel from any country if you can provide documentation for one of the requirements listed above.
Fully vaccinated parents cannot bring their unvaccinated children.
You can read more about the EU's digital corona certificate and which countries have joined this solution on the EU's Re-open EU website (Re-open EU (europa.eu) (external website))
Helsenorge answers questions about corona certificates (external website)
Please note that this does not apply to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is not a member of the EU's digital COVID-19 certificate scheme and you cannot travel to Norway with a COVID-19 certificate from the United Kingdom.
COVID-19 certificates from countries outside the EU/EEA Area are not accepted as documentation.
If you live in a country outside the EU/EEA but have a valid EU/EEA COVID-19 certificate proving that you have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 during the last six months, you can use this to travel to Norway.
To belong to this exemption, you must meet two requirements.
You can document that you have a right of residence by, for example, showing an employment contract or confirmation that you study or go to school (admission letter or student card).
Leisure property is not considered a permanent residence.
If you are not registered as a resident in the People’s register, you must, in addition to renting or owning a home in Norway, document that you are returning from a trip abroad. You can document this by for example presenting a flight ticket for departure.
Information from the land register can be downloaded from the Kartverket's pages by logging in to Altinn. See further information here. (external website)
If you do not meet these two requirements, you do not fall under this exemption. To belong to this exemption, it is not sufficient that you have stayed in Norway for a long time. You also do not belong to this exemption if you are moving to Norway to work or study. In addition, the exemption does not apply to you if you work in Norway but do not have your permanent residence here.
If you have a valid residence permit and are living in Norway, you may enter Norway.
If you do not have a valid residence card and need an entry visa, you must contact the nearest hub embassy first, and then submit an application for a visa on paper-form to the nearest VFS application centre.
If you have a foreign passport or travel document that you cannot travel to Norway with because it is invalid or lost, you can contact the nearest responsible embassy to obtain a travel document for emergencies.
You must have a legal residence in Norway and an entry visa in order for the UDI to provide you with a travel document for emergencies.
If the embassy or VFS you currently need is closed for personal attendance, the UDI will wait to process your entry visa or passport application. You can check the Embassy / VFS website (external website) for updated information if personal attendance is possible. Keep in mind that information can change quickly.
If you live in the EU/EEA/Schengen Area or the United Kingdom, and your boyfriend/girlfriend has been granted the application for you to visit, you can travel to Norway now.
It is your boyfriend/girlfriend who lives in Norway who applies, and it is he/she who is responsible for the content of the application. You and your boyfriend/girlfriend must meet the following requirements:
If the UDI has granted you the application, you can bring your children under 18 years of age.
Here you can read more about the requirements for you and your girlfriend and information on how to apply.
You can travel to Norway now if you reside in the EU/EEA/Schengen Area or the United Kingdom, and you are going to visit one of the family members listed below. The family member must reside in Norway.
You can visit:
When you reach the border, you must prove that you are a family member, as listed above. You can do this by showing for example a birth certificate.
Even if you fall under this exception, you cannot bring your family when you travel to Norway. In that case, they themselves must fall under one of the exceptions that allow them to travel to Norway now. This does not apply if you have children under the age of 1. They can travel to Norway together with you.
The purpose of entry must be to settle. As a general rule, a stay of fewer than six months will not be considered a basis for settling.
The scheme covers you if you are one of the following family members:
You who are a family member can enter the country with the person who has the right of residence in Norway when you are going to settle together, in these cases:
If your family member is already in Norway but is not registered as a resident yet, then you can travel to Norway if the intention is for you to settle together.
You can document the intention to settle by showing an employment contract of more than six months or show that you have a permanent address in Norway. If you do not have any of these, you must try to document in another way that you are going to settle.
When you travel to Norway, you must document the family relationship with relevant documents, such as a birth certificate, marriage certificate or documentation that you are a foster child.
To be considered cohabitants, you must have had a permanent and established cohabitation relationship that has lasted for at least two years, or you have or are expecting joint children and will live together in Norway. Then you must document that you have lived together or have children together.
If you are engaged, you must document that you will marry in Norway within the next six months after entry. For example, with a confirmation of the agreed time for marriage, probation certificate or booking of premises.
If you are a parent, grandparent or great-grandparent, you must prove that you have been financially supported in your home country and that you need to be supported in the future. The requirement for financial support will be assessed upon entry to Norway and when you apply for a residence card or a registration certificate.
You can prove the fact that you are supported or have a need for support by for example the following:
When you can travel to Norway depends on where you live
If you are a student and live in a green area in the EU/EEA/Schengen Area or the United Kingdom, you can travel to Norway now.
If you are a student and live in an orange or red area in the EU/EEA/Schengen Area or the United Kingdom, you must wait until 1 August before you can travel to Norway.
If you are a student and live outside the EU/EEA/Schengen Area or the UK, you must wait until 1 August before you can travel to Norway.
Documentation when you travel to Norway
When you travel to Norway, you must bring documentation that you are a student in Norway.
If you are a citizen of a country within the EU/EEA, such documentation can be the admission letter from the study institution where you will study.
If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you must have been granted a residence permit as a student.
You can travel to Norway if you are an athlete or a necessary support staff member who comes to Norway before 2 September in connection with qualification for or participating in:
You must prove that you are travelling to Norway in connection with participation in one of the sports competitions mentioned above. You can do this by showing official accreditation for the event, confirmation from the organizer in Norway/Norwegian club that hosts the event, or confirmation from the Norwegian or international special federation that organizes the sport in question.
Most people cannot travel to Norway from other Nordic countries now.
Exceptions have been made for:
The exceptions include a health professional residing in Sweden or Finland, both if you are a citizen of Sweden or Finland, or if you are a foreigner residing in Sweden or Finland.
The exception does not apply to other foreigners who only travel through Sweden or Finland on their way to Norway. Health personnel from other countries can only enter Norway if they are considered strictly necessary to maintain sound operations of critical societal functions or take care of the population's basic needs. Read the list of exceptions for critical societal functions.
You must document that you are employed in Norwegian health and care services. Such documentation can e.g. be a contract of employment and access card.
Day commuters from Sweden and Finland who commute to work in Norway
Day commuting includes evening and night work, but you cannot spend the night in Norway between work sessions. You must travel in and out of Norway for each shift to be covered by the provision for daily commuting.
If you commute daily from Sweden and Finland, you must document residence in Sweden or Finland at the border control, and you must have a certificate from your Norwegian employer confirming that you are a commuter. The certificate must include information about the place of work, working hours and that the distance to your home does not prevent you from day commuting. You must also register in the entry registration system before each entry.
If you commute to work, you are exempt from the entry quarantine requirement during working hours if tested for Covid-19 every seven days (external website).
You can travel to Norway if you are going to have scheduled contact with your minor child in Norway.
You can travel to Norway both if you will have contact with the child yourself and if you are to arrange for the other parent to have contact.
You can travel to Norway if you have been granted a family immigration permit with a Norwegian citizen or a foreigner residing in Norway. It is not a requirement that you who have received a family immigration permit is already resident in Norway to travel to Norway now. If you are required to hold a visa, you must apply for a visa to be assessed by an embassy or a VFS Application Centre.
If you have been granted a residence permit to work or study in Norway, you cannot travel to Norway now if you are not already resident here. This applies even if it is stated in the decision you have received that you can travel to Norway.
Suppose you have received a family immigration permit for a foreigner who has been granted a residence permit to work or study in Norway, and that person is not already resident in Norway. In that case, you can not travel to Norway now.
You can travel to Norway if there are special reasons for entry that absolutely can not wait.
In this context, close family members include:
Examples of reasons can be:
When you travel to Norway, you must document as best you can that you are in a situation that gives you a special reason to travel to Norway. The UDI cannot give you prior approval to enter Norway. It is the police at the border who consider whether you can enter.
Journalists
When you reach the border, you must show documentation that you are a journalist, such as an employment contract or press card, in addition to a description of the assignment you are going to do in Norway.
You can travel to Norway only if you are going to work with news journalism. By that, we mean collecting and disseminating reports on actual events and current events, and interpretations of and opinions on this, published in a form that is available to the public.
If you are going to Norway for filming, where Norway is intended as the filming location, you are not covered by the exceptions that can enter now because your work is not regarded as news journalism.
Sailors
If you are a sailor, you can travel to Norway if you are on your way to or from active service and have either
Personnel in aviation
If you work in aviation, you can travel to Norway if you
Goods and passenger transport
If you carry out freight or passenger transport in a professional context or are on your way to or from such an assignment, you can travel to Norway if you:
Diplomats
You can travel to Norway if you are a diplomat. You must be able to present a diplomatic or service passport when you arrive at the border. You can also show a national passport in combination with a Norwegian ID card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or in combination with a residence card from Schengen for embassy staff.
Military personnel
You can travel to Norway if you are employed in the military. You must present an ID showing that you are employed (civilian or military) in the armed forces of the appointing state or NATO.
Spouse, cohabitant or child of a diplomat or military personnel
Suppose you are the spouse, cohabitant or child of a diplomat or someone who is employed in the military. In that case, you must be able to show a diplomatic passport, service passport, ID card or similar that documents your affiliation with your family member. An ordinary passport together with the NATO Travel Order will also be sufficient as documentation.
Sami people during reindeer herding
Sami people can travel into Norway during reindeer herding.
Researchers and crew members participating in marine research cruises
If you are a researcher or crew member who participates in a marine research cruise and calls at a Norwegian port, you can travel to Norway.
You may enter Norway if you meet these requirements:
When you enter Norway, you must bring documentation from your employer or client in Norway that provides the following information:
You may enter Norway if you meet these requirements:
When you enter Norway, you must bring documentation from your employer or client in Norway that provides the following information:
You may enter Norway if you meet these requirements:
You may enter Norway if you meet these requirements:
When you enter Norway, you must bring documentation from your employer or client in Norway that provides the following information:
Employers can apply for permission for foreign workers who are strictly necessary to maintain the activity to be allowed to travel to Norway. The scheme applies to employees with technical competence or with specialized competence who build, operate or maintain infrastructure. From 14 April, several types of employees can be considered strictly necessary for further operations in companies and enterprises (external website). Examples of this can be business leaders, researchers, professional athletes, actors and personnel with specialized expertise in the service industries.
You will find information about requirements and how companies can apply (external website) on the Norwegian Maritime Directorate website, which administers the scheme.
If you are a foreign worker wondering if this includes you, you must contact your Norwegian employer.
Citizens of countries outside the EU/EEA
If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you need a residence permit for work to be allowed to work in Norway. If you have received a positive decision from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, you cannot start working until you have also received a positive decision on a residence permit from the UDI. If you start working before you have received a residence permit from the UDI, you risk being expelled.
You cannot start working before receiving a decision from both the Norwegian Maritime Directorate and the UDI. If the UDI has not granted you a work permit upon entry into Norway, you risk being rejected at the border. Here you can read more about different types of residence permits for work.
If you do not need a residence permit, you can enter once you have received a decision from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
Visa
If you are required to have a visa and do not have one, you must apply for a visa to be assessed by the embassy in the usual way. As before, not everyone will be granted a visa. In addition to the usual assessments we conduct for visa applications, we also consider the practical possibilities of leaving Schengen before the visa expires.
Employers in Norway can apply for foreign workers who are strictly necessary to maintain operations in the green industry to be allowed to travel to Norway. The scheme applies to companies that produce or package potatoes, vegetables, fruit and berries. Companies and employers in Norway can find information about requirements and how companies can apply (external website) on the website f the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture, which administers the scheme.
Suppose your employer has applied for you and you have received a decision from the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture via your employer that you can enter. In that case, it is valid for entry up to 30 days from the date of the decision. You must bring this decision with you either on paper or digitally when you travel to Norway. At the border control, they will check that the decision is genuine.
If you have been refused or have not applied for this scheme, you may be refused entry to Norway.
If your employer receives a positive response from the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture, you must upload the confirmation to your case. The UDI will process the application and assess the conditions for a residence permit when the confirmation has been received.
Here you will find information on how to upload the document.
For your document to be registered as quickly as possible, you must enter the receipt number of the Application Portal. The receipt number was sent by e-mail to the person who registered the application in the Application Portal.
Citizens from Vietnam, among other places, cannot be granted a residence permit for seasonal work now, even if your employer receives a decision from the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture. This is because it is not possible to return to Vietnam now due to the corona situation.
You can make a stopover at a Norwegian airport for transit. You cannot leave the transit area at the airport and enter Norway.
You can transit through the Norwegian mainland if you meet one of these criteria:
Remember that you must follow the current quarantine regulations on the Norwegian mainland before you can travel on to Svalbard. You cannot travel on to Svalbard until after the end of the quarantine period. You can find information about the quarantine regulations at helsenorge.no (external website).
If you are travelling to Norway because it is strictly necessary to maintain a critical societal function or maintain the population's basic needs (external website), you can travel to Norway.
The exception only applies if:
The exception only applies if entry is strictly necessary, and it is a condition that the work you are to perform will take place soon.
The exception does not cover new establishments within companies with a critical social function unless the company can show that the work cannot be postponed without it leading to an unacceptable weakening of the ability to maintain the critical social function.
The company you work for must document that you are considered crucial to ensure the maintenance of critical societal functions. The company must also prove:
You must bring this documentation with you when you enter Norway. There has been created a form that can be used as documentation proving that you are covered by the exception.
It is not a condition that you use this form. You can choose to include other documentation if it contains the necessary information. Note that a completed form will not guarantee entry. It will generally not be sufficient that, as an example, the management of a staffing agency states that your presence is crucial. In that case, this will also have to be confirmed by the employer.
Unskilled workers will generally not meet the conditions for this exception.
If you are unskilled, you will only be considered a critical employee if it is proven that you have unique skills that are critical for the company to be able to maintain operations.
Unskilled workers who are to perform the same type of tasks as other employees in the company are not covered by the exemption.
If you are required to have a visa, you must still hold a valid visa to travel to Norway.
Invited by the Norwegian authorities
You can travel to Norway if you have been invited by the Norwegian authorities to participate in international negotiations or part of a delegation that arrives in Norway according to Norway's international obligations.
Employed in an international or humanitarian organization
You can travel to Norway if you are employed by an international organization or an organization that conducts international humanitarian work, and you are on an assignment or on your way to or from an assignment.
The entry rules that apply now is based on a temporary law decided by the Government. If you do not belong to any of the exceptions that can enter now, there is no scheme where you can apply to enter Norway now. Neither is it possible to submit an appeal regarding who can travel to Norway now. The Government regularly assesses whether they can allow more exceptions from the strict entry rules.
If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you must have a valid residence card if you are going to travel.
If you do not have a valid passport/immigrant´s passport/travel document or a valid residence card, you should not travel now. If you travel without valid travel documents, you may experience problems at the airport, when you enter another country or when you travel back to Norway.
You should not book travels now before you have all the valid travel documents and a residence card.
UDI cannot answer questions regarding border control in Norway or other countries. Neither can we give you any confirmations you can use when travelling which airlines and the border control in other countries will accept as valid documents. If you travel without a valid residence card, you need to be aware of the risks.
If you have an application for processing, UDI cannot prioritise your application because you have planned or booked a journey.
No, we cannot. We understand that many people want such confirmation, but neither the UDI, embassies, the police or anyone else can give you such a guarantee in advance. Nor can you submit an application to decide whether you can travel to Norway if you are visa-free or already have a valid visa.
When you enter, you must bring your passport. You should also document that you belong to one of the exceptions that can travel to Norway now. There are no fixed requirements for exactly which documents are required for the various groups.
We recommend that you contact the airline you will fly with to check what documentation they require for you to board the plane. If you have a stopover, we also recommend that you check with the country's authorities you will stop over if they allow it.
It is the police at the border who consider whether you can travel into Norway.
It is the health authorities that answer general questions related to quarantine and quarantine hotels. For more information, see Helsenorge's website (external website, opens in new window).
In exceptional cases, you can apply for an exemption from staying in a quarantine hotel because of strong welfare reasons. Read more about who can apply for an exemption from quarantine hotels here.
The health authorities are responsible for testing at the border. You will find information about who must get tested when they enter Norway and other updated information about rules upon entry at helsenorge.no (external website).
The health authorities are responsible for the rules for who must fill in the entry registration form when they enter Norway. You will find updated information about rules upon entry on helsenorge.no (external website, opens in new window), and there you will also find information on who must register when they enter the country.
The health authorities are responsible for the regulations on who must show a negative coronal test when they enter Norway. You will find updated information about rules upon entry on helsenorge.no, (external website) and there you will also find information on who must show a negative corona test certificate upon entry.
Information from the health authorities is available in 16 languages here (external website).