Yes, the Government has introduced mandatory testing at the border for people who have resided in an area with a quarantine obligation (external website) (only available in Norwegian).
Persons who have resided in an area with a quarantine obligation during the last 14 days before arrival in Norway must test for Covid-19 at the border crossing point in Norway. The test must be antigen rapid test or PCR test.
Some exceptions to the requirement in the case have been mentioned on the Government's website.
This requirement applies in addition to the requirement for a negative test before entry to Norway for specific groups and the requirements for quarantine hotels and quarantine after entry.
Because of control considerations and test capacity, the government has closed some border crossing points. In the article on the government's page, you will find an overview of open border crossing points (external website).
The UDI does not know more than what is stated in the article on regjeringen.no. You will find updated information about the test requirement after entry on helsenorge.no (external website) when more details are ready.
Travelers from countries with a quarantine duty (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. For people arriving by plane, the test can be taken within 24 hours before the first flight's scheduled departure time. The flight can be a direct flight to Norway or a continuous flight journey to Norway with stopovers at other airports. The certificate must be in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, French, or German.
The requirement for a negative test does not apply to:
The requirement applies even if you have been issued a visa before 8 November, if entry occurs after 8 November at 24:00.
Information from the health authorities is available in 16 languages here (external website).
The Government has announced that they will limit the exceptions from quarantine hotel. The UDI does not know more than what was stated at the press conference, 10 February (external website).
This content is updated according to the new regulations regarding who must stay in a quarantine hotel that applied from 13 December at 17.00.
The health authorities are responsible for quarantine rules and quarantine hotels. If you have questions beyond the information we share here, go to helsenorge.no (external website).
If you arrive in Norway from a red country, you will be quarantined for ten days. As a general rule, everyone must stay in a quarantine hotel during the quarantine period. You will receive information about quarantine hotels from the police at the border crossing where you arrive in Norway.
If you travel with someone who is in the same household as you, you can carry out quarantine at the same place of residence. This means that you can share a bathroom and kitchen, and there is no requirement for a private room for each person.
If you can not document that you belong to one of the groups mentioned above, you have to stay in a quarantine hotel during the quarantine period.
If you are not going to stay in a quarantine hotel, you must fill in a self-declaration form that you can download from regjeringen.no (external website) (only available in Norwegian). This is to confirm that you have a suitable place to stay for the the quarantine period of ten days.
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.
Information from the health authorities is available in 16 languages here (external website).
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.
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.
No, an EU/EEA citizen can't apply to extend their stay in Norway for more than three months as a visitor or tourist. However, you can travel out of Norway, and then travel back and start a new three-month stay. Read more about this on our information pages about the EU/EEA regulations.
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.
Due to the outbreak in Nordre Follo, the police are closing their public offices in Ski, Grålum and Lillestrøm this week (week 4).
The police will contact you by phone or e-mail (external website) if your appointment is cancelled. The UDI cannot assist you with this or answer questions related to this.
Unfortunately, UDI cannot assist you in getting an appointment with the police.
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.
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.
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.
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)