Travelers from red countries (see the list of red countries here, external website) (external website) must present a negative Covid-19 test certificate when they arrive in Norway. The approved test method is PCR or Rapid antigen test. The test must have been taken less than 72 hours before entry to Norway. The certificate must be in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, French, or German.

The requirement for a negative test does not apply to:

• Norwegian citizens
• Persons residing in Norway with a residence permit or right of residence in Norway 
• Children under the age of 12 years
• Persons who are critical to society, which is necessary to be able to maintain proper operation of critical social functions or take care of the basic needs of the population
• Persons in transit
• Persons who regularly come to Norway from Sweden or Finland to work or study
• Persons who have permanent residency at Svalbard and who can document it with a transcript from Svalbard population register or show a confirmation/work contract for persons residing in Barentsburg
• Persons seeking protection (asylum) in Norway or have a residence permit as a resettlement refugee (quota refugee)
• Persons with a family immigration permit
• Spouse, cohabitant or relatives in direct ascending or descending line to EU/EEA citizens who will settle in Norway, presuming the EU/EEA citizen is also exempt from the requirement for testing
• Persons who can present a diplomatic or service passport
• Spouses, cohabitants or children of diplomats at Norwegian foreign service missions
• Persons who have been invited by the Norwegian authorities to participate in international negotiations, or who are part of delegations that come to Norway in accordance with Norway's international obligations
• Military personnel
• Persons who carry out freight and passenger transport as paid work, or who are on their way to or from such an assignment
• Persons with a valid aviation certificate
• Persons with a valid identity card for seafarers
• Persons who can document with an approved laboratory method that they have had covid-19 during the last six months
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The requirement applies even if you have been issued a visa before 8 November, if entry occurs after 8 November at 24:00.

All persons who arrive in Norway from red countries will be quarantined for 10 days. As a general rule, everyone must stay in a hotel during the quarantine period. You will receive information about quarantine hotels from the police at the border crossing where you arrive in Norway.

Exceptions from quarantine hotel requirements include:

• Persons who reside in or own a home in Norway and stay in their home or at another suitable residence place.
• Persons who travel to Norway together with another person in the same household who owns a home in Norway. An example: this will apply to a person who has been granted a family immigration permit and who travels with his or her spouse to Norway, and where the spouse owns a home in Norway
• Persons who have come to Norway to perform work or assignments and have an employer or client who has provided a suitable place to stay with a private room during the quarantine period.
• Asylum seekers and resettlement refugees

There are exceptions to the requirement for quarantine hotels for persons who are already resident in Norway. If you have been granted a residence permit in Norway for the first time, you will not be registered as a resident in Norway until you have met with the police in Norway to order a residence card. Thus, you are not considered a resident of Norway when you enter for the first time (even if you have been here before visiting), so you must stay in a quarantine hotel. Neither the UDI, the police nor the National Register can register a person as a resident of Norway before you have met with the police.

You must travel directly to the quarantine and wear a face cover until arrival at the quarantine site. The entire quarantine of 10 days must be carried out, even if you test negative. You will be offered a free covid-19 test at the quarantine hotel.

The health authorities are responsible for quarantine rules and quarantine hotels. The UDI has no more information about quarantine than what we have written here. We can not answer questions regarding the quarantine hotel by phone.

The health authorities are working to clarify several questions regarding the quarantine hotel. They will publish more information on their wepsite when it is clarified (external website).

You can read more about the quarantine rules and how the quarantine should be carried out at helsenorge.no.

No, you need to be registered to be considered a «resident of Norway». 

If you have not been registered with the police, you must carry out quarantine at a quarantine hotel upon new entry to Norway after staying in red areas.

No, you need to be registered to be considered a «resident of Norway». Admission to a study institution and renting a home is not sufficient to be considered a resident of Norway.

If you have not been registered with the police, you must carry out quarantine at a quarantine hotel upon new entry to Norway after staying in red areas.

The new Interim Act relating to entry restrictions for foreign nationals out of concern for public health (external website) took effect 1 July 2020 and will be repealed on 1 June 2021. The date has been set because a temporary law must have an end date.

Likely, several of the regulations that have been introduced due to the corona situation will change at some point. However, we do not know when this will happen or whether the rules will go back to being as they were before.

We do not know whether the entry restrictions will be continued after 1 November 2020. We will update our website when we have more information.

When we use the term "EU/EEA citizen", we mean a citizen of one of the EU countries, and Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. You are not considered an EU/EEA citizen even if you live in an EU/EEA country, you must be a citizen of an EU/EEA country.

If you, as a Norwegian citizen, have been resident in another EU/EEA country and are now moving back to Norway, you can be considered an EU/EEA citizen. This only applies to your potential family members. As a Norwegian citizen, you can always travel into Norway regardless of the purpose of the trip to Norway.

No, you can not, unless you belong to one of the exceptions who can enter or are a British citizen residing in Norway and have legal residence before 31 December 2020.

• Exceptions for British citizens and citizens from other countries outside the EU / EEA who are resident in the United Kingdom.
• Exceptions for citizens of an EU/EEA country who are resident in the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. According to the immigration regulations, when the transition period expires on 31 December 2020, British citizens will no longer be considered EU/EEA citizens. This means that British citizens and other citizens residing in the United Kingdom cannot enter Norway after 1 January 2021 unless you belong to one of the exceptions for citizens living outside the EU/EEA to which we have linked to above.

British citizens residing in Norway
Suppose you are a British citizen residing in Norway and have a residence permit or right of residence before 31 December 2020. In that case, you will also have legal residence after 1 January 2021 until you have applied for a new type of residence permit for British citizens. It will not be possible to apply for the new type of permit before 1 January 2021 at the earliest. If you are resident in Norway with a residence permit or right of residence, you can still travel to Norway after 1 January 2021.

Yes, you do. During the period when the corona situation made it difficult to return to your home country, the UDI has not expelled or deported foreign citizens who stayed in Norway beyond their departure deadline in their permit or visa. From 15 September, stays after the departure deadline may result in rejection of entry or expulsion.

If you have applied for a renewal of your permit or a residence permit on new grounds, before your permit expired, you can stay in Norway to await the response of your application.

As a main rule, everyone who has an expired departure date must travel home now. The airlines are required to follow infection control rules and are responsible for ensuring that infection control is well taken care of on your return journey.

Suppose you have such a severe health condition that it is medically indefensible to complete the actual trip out of Norway. In that case, it will not have consequences for you that you stay in Norway after your departure deadline. You can not apply to stay longer in Norway.

When you leave Norway, we will consider whether you had reasons to stay after your departure deadline. You must document that it is medically indefensible to travel out of Norway with a written medical certificate issued in Norway.

Unfortunately, UDI cannot assist you in getting an appointment with the police.

• Most of you must book an appointment in the application portal
  Most people book their appointment with the police through the application portal. The police have limited service because of the corona situation, and many people try to get an appointment, so finding available appointments may be difficult. The police are making new appointments available regularly, so you have to keep trying.
  
  If there is no booking button visible on the receipt page when you are logged into the application portal, it is currently impossible to book appointments at the police station where you have sent your application. Then you must check again later for available appointments. 

• If you have received an email
  If you have received an email from the police, follow the information you have received by email.

You can find information about police services on their website (external website). 

You cannot contact the UDI to get an appointment from the police. If you call us, you will get the same information as given above.

No, staying longer than 90 days now will have no consequences for you as an EEA citizen.

We are aware that it can be challenging to book an appointment with the police and that there are long waiting times, and we are sorry that this can have unfortunate consequences for you. The police are working to reduce their waiting time. Unfortunately, neither the police nor the UDI can help you get an appointment earlier than those available appointments you can find in the application portal. The police update the booking calendar with available appointments where they have capacity.

You must use the application portal to find a free appointment with the police. They have limited offers due to the corona situation, and many try to get an appointment. The police post new appointments continuously, so please check regularly.

If there is no visible booking button on the receipt page when you are logged in to the application portal, it means that there are currently no available appointments now at the police station where you have sent the case. Then you have to check again for available hours later. You can not book an appointment to a place other than the one you chose when you filled out the registration form/application form.

Read more about appointments and attendance.

NAV does not require you to have a registration certificate from the police to receive unemployment benefit, but you must register as a job seeker with NAV.

If you have problems digitally applying for unemployment benefits, you must use the paper solution and submit claims by regular mail (external website).

You will be paid back the days spent on postal mail when the registration comes in later.

Please stay updated at nav.no (external website).

Have you been in paid employment for more than a year?

Then the following applies to you:
You keep your status as an employee if you can document that you are laid off and have registered as a job seeker with NAV.

Have you been in paid employment for less than a year?

Then the following applies to you:
You keep your status as an employee for 6 months if you can prove that you are laid off and have registered as a job seeker with NAV.

You can read more about layoffs and notification as job seekers and unemployment benefits at NAV.no (external website) (content in Norwegian)

No, you cannot obtain a copy of your registration certificate.

It is not necessary to provide proof of registration to register as a job seeker or to apply for unemployment benefit. If you are asked to upload a copy of the registration certificate in NAV's form, you do not need to do so.

If you have trouble applying for unemployment benefit digitally, you must use the paper solution and submit claims by regular mail (external website). You will be paid back the days spent on postal mail when the registration comes in later.

Stay updated on nav.no (external website)

Unfortunately, the UDI cannot answer questions about your rights in Norway.

You can find information about your health rights at helsenorge.no (external website)

You can find information about being laid off, unemployment benefits and care benefits at nav.no (external website).

It is the tax administration that issues D number, National identity number and tax cards. If you have any questions about this you must contact the tax administration. (external website, opens in new window)