The health authorities are responsible for information regarding quarantine.  You will find information about quarantine when you travel to Norway at helsenorge.no (external website).

The health authorities categorize countries by risk of infection. Countries and areas with a low risk of infection are referred to as "green countries". Countries and areas with a high risk of infection are referred to as "red countries".

Everyone who enters Norway from abroad are obligated to quarantine upon arrival, except for "the green" areas in Europe. Here is an overview of which countries and regions are exempt from the quarantine obligation at the National Institute of Public Health (external website).

If you are among those who must stay in quarantine when you come to Norway, you must document that you have a permanent address during the period you have a quarantine obligation when you enter Norway. For example, this can be a written confirmation from the person who will host you. What is considered a suitable place of residence for the quarantine implementation is up to the health authorities to define (external website).

Persons who cannot document having a place to stay at the same address for the ten days of quarantine can be denied entry to Norway.

UDI cannot answer any questions related to quarantine on entry.

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.

You may stay on the same terms if you register an application for renewal or permanent residence permit and pay a fee no later than seven calendar days before the permit expires.

If your case is not urgent, you have to wait for the police to make new appointments available in the application portal (external website). You cannot contact UDI to book an appointment. 

If you are applying for the renewal of a permit you have obtained for protection, you cannot register your application electronically on our application portal. Instead, you must send the application by mail to the police.

If you have registered an application for renewal or permanent residence permit and paid the fee on time (within seven days before the permit expires), then you can continue to work as before even if you are now not able to meet with the police.

If you are going to apply for a renewal of a permit which you were given after applying for protection, you cannot register your application electronically on our application portal. Instead, you must send the application by mail to the police.

You can still continue to work under the same conditions until you are able to meet with the police. You need to call the police to get a new appointment when it becomes possible to meet with the police again.

You must try to make a new appointment once the police open for booking for your type of case (external website).

I have planned to apply
If you have a temporary residence permit that is about to expire and are not given final exams in Norwegian and social sciences to meet the conditions for applying for a permanent residence permit, you must apply for the renewal of your temporary residence permit. 

I have applied
If you have applied for a permanent residence permit, you must sign up to take a test as soon as you have the opportunity. Once you have passed the test, you must submit documentation to the UDI.

We know that it may be difficult to get an appointment from the police to order a new residence card. When you have a permanent residence permit, you still have the same rights even if you do not have a valid residence card. For example, you still have the right to work, you have the same rights to support from NAV, and you are still registered as a resident of Norway in the National Register. The police also have access to systems where they can see that you have a permanent residence permit. You should not travel out of the country without a valid residence card, but for most, it is nevertheless not relevant to go abroad now.

Regarding booking a new appointment, you have to just check regularly on the application portal if new appointments have been made available. You cannot call the UDI to get an appointment at the police office.

You must meet with the police to get your residence card. You must try to find an available appointment in the application portal. It can be challenging to find an appointment because the police have limited offers due to the corona situation. The police make new appointments available regularly, so make sure to check frequently. You can find further information on the police´s website (external website).

If you have been granted a residence permit that gives you the right to work, and you have booked an appointment with the police to order a residence card, you can start working now even if you have not received a residence card yet.

If it is not possible to book an appointment with the police, you must contact UDI by phone or e-mail to report that you are in Norway and start working. You still have to meet with the police to order a residence card when this becomes possible.

The above also applies to you if you are going to work as an au pair in Norway. 

You can read more about tax cards and D-numbers on the Tax Administration's website (external website).

If you have got a positive answer on your application for Nowegian citizenship in 2020 and have been requested to get the decision letter at the police, you do not need to do this. UDI will send you the decision letter during July 2020.

Follow the information you will receive in the new letter. When you get this letter you can apply for a Norwegian passport. 

You can read more about this here.

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)

I have applied for protection and am waiting to be called in for an interview. 

• Information on change in waiting times in English (pdf, 53 kB).
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• Information on change in waiting times in Turkish (pdf, 85 kB).
• Information on change in waiting times in Arabic (pdf, 148 kB).

Information about what will happen with the interview now in Norwegian. 

We understand that many of you would like to know, but unfortunately, we do not know how the situation will evolve. We will update the information here when we know more.

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.

It is the government that decides which changes will happen and when they should take effect, but right now, the government will not be able to tell how the regulations will change. The best advice we can give you is to follow the information posted here, which will be updated as soon as anything changes. This is the advice you will also get if you contact the Ministry or us to ask how the regulations will change. 

If you are wondering about the possibility of meeting with the police to submit an application or order a residence card, you can find information on the police website (external website). You cannot contact UDI for an appointment.

If you are wondering about the quarantine rules when entering Norway and any changes to this, you will find information at helsenorge.no (external website).

Yes, if you are a resident of Svalbard, you can travel to mainland Norway now. This applies if you are going from Svalbard directly to the Norwegian mainland and if you are going from abroad to the Norwegian mainland. 

A "permanent resident" of Svalbard is a person who is validly entered in the population register for Svalbard. When traveling to Norway, you can document this by a print from the register. For people living in Barentsburg, being a resident of Svalbard is evident by documenting your work.

Visa requirements for nationals from countries outside the EU/EEA apply as usual.

Her you will find information and regulation about infection control and the corona situation in Norway at Helsenorge (external website). 

You can apply for family immigration permit renewal as "other family member".  

You must register the application on the Application Portal at least 7 days before your fiancé permit expires.  

Procedures on the Application Portal:  

• Log in to the Application Portal, select "Want to renew", then "Family Immigration".   (external website)
• Under " What kind of family member are you (the applicant)?", Select "Other family members".  
• Under the question "Please explain your relation to the reference person", give a reason why you did not have the opportunity to marry before your fiancé permit expires.  
• Pay the fee of NOK 2,600.  
• Book an appointment to deliver documents to the police when possible. Submit documents if you are told by the police.  

Although UDI has previously granted you a fiancé permit to get married, you are responsible for checking with the Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten) if you need new and updated documents from your home country to be able to marry in Norway, for example, if you need an updated certificate of no Impediment to marriage. See the information about marrying in Norway (external website).

You should get married as soon as the marriage authority is available.  

If you get married before UDI finalizes your application, you must let us know and send the marriage certificate to us. Then we will be able to process your application as a spouse application. 

Yes, you can get a renewed permit if you are going to do seasonal work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, or the fishing industry. You can work for the same employer as before, but you can also work for a new employer.

A new temporary regulation has been introduced, which is valid until 31.12.2020.

This regulation allows people who are here for seasonal work and who want to work with seasonal work beyond 6 months to apply for a renewed seasonal work permit.

If you have a valid residence permit as a self-employed person, you do not need to report to UDI or the police if you have lost all or part of your income.

You can stay in Norway as long as your residence permit is valid.

We do not know what significance it will have on an application for renewal of your residence permit, or an application for a permanent residence permit if you have lost all or part of your income. We will update this answer as soon as we have more information.

It will not have any consequences for you to work reduced, as long as you continue to work in a position that is at least 80%. You do not need to report this to UDI or the police.

Pay and working conditions must not be under the Norwegian standards, the position must provide a salary of at least NOK 246 246 annually before tax, and you must fulfill the other requirements for your residence permit as a skilled worker.

You can later apply for a renewal of your residence permit or for a permanent residence permit.

If you are laid off and still have a residence permit

If you have a valid residence permit as a skilled worker with an employer in Norway, you do not need to report to UDI or the police if you have been laid off. We do not revoke your residence permit if you have been fully or partially laid off.

You can stay in Norway as long as your residence permit is valid.

The time you are fully or partially laid off does not count if you later apply for a permanent residence permit.

If you are laid off, and your residence permit expires

From 23 June 2020, there are new rules for you who are fully or partially laid off and who have a residence permit that expires.

You can apply for a new residence permit as a skilled worker who has been laid off. Unfortunately, UDI cannot assist you with getting an appointment with the police.

Requirements

• You must have a residence permit as a skilled worker with an employer in Norway.
• You must have been laid off during the period 12 March to 31 October 2020.
• You must have enough money to live for in the period you are to have a residence permit. You have at least NOK 20 521 a month. This can be the unemployment benefit you receive from NAV. If you are partially laid off, this may also be your salary.
• If you are partially laid off, you must work in the percentage of employment that you are not laid off, and the salary and working conditions must not be worse than what is usual in Norway for the percentage of employment you are not laid off.
• You must pay the application fee for a residence permit for workers to be able to hand in your application. The police will refund this fee to you. If you have questions about the refund of your application fee in your case, you must contact your local police district about it. You cannot call UDI about this.

Rights and duties

• The time you have this residence permit does not count if you later apply for a permanent residence permit.
• You can get a residence permit until 31 October, 2020, but not beyond the length of your employment.
• If your family members already have a family immigration permit and live with you in Norway, they can apply to renew their permit. If your family members apply at the same time as you, you will receive answers to your applications at the same time.
• If you are no longer laid off:
  • If you must work full time again with your employer and work in the same type of position, you do not need to apply for a new residence permit. If you later apply for a permanent residence permit, you can still apply for a residence permit as a skilled employee with an employer in Norway to obtain a residence permit that counts.
  • If you later start working with a new employer but are working in the same type of position, you do not need to apply for a new residence permit. If you later apply for a permanent residence permit, you can still apply for a residence permit as a skilled employee with an employer in Norway to obtain a residence permit that counts.
  • If you later start in a new type of position, you must apply for a new residence permit, regardless of whether it is with the same employer or with a new employer. You cannot start in a new type of position until you have obtained a new residence permit.

This is how you apply

You must choose an application for renewal as a skilled worker.

If you lose your job

If you have a residence permit as a skilled worker with an employer in Norway and lose your job, you must report to the police where you live within seven days.

If the police where you live do not receive inquiries now, it is enough that you contact the police when they again receive inquiries (external website).

You can stay in Norway to apply for a new job for up to six months. Your residence permit must still be valid throughout this period.

If you then get a new job

• If you who have a residence permit as a skilled worker with an employer in Norway then get a new job but are going to work in the same type of position as before, you do not need to apply for a new residence permit. You usually have to report to the police where you live within seven days after you begin the new job. If the police where you live are not receiving inquiries now, you can contact the police when they receive inquiries again (external website).
• If you get a new job where you will have a different type of position, you must apply for a new residence permit. You cannot start in another type of position until you have obtained a new residence permit.

There are no changes to the regulations due to the corona situation. This means that the rules regarding the requirement to support yourself and not receive social assistance still apply.

The same exceptions to the requirement to provide for themselves and not receive social assistance also still apply. See information about the exceptions.

If you cannot be exempted from the requirement to provide for yourself, we may still accept:

• financial assistance from NAV (økonomisk sosialhjelp) which you have received for a short period of time to cover additional expenses which you do not normally have. By "short period of time" we normally mean between one and three months.
• financial assistance from NAV (økonomisk sosialhjelp) while you were waiting for sickness benefit, pregnancy benefit, parental benefit, retirement pension, unemployment benefit, work assessment allowance or support for single parents.
• housing allowance from Husbanken

If you did not receive social assistance when you applied for permanent residence and all other conditions were met, it does not matter if you receive social assistance before we process your application.

With regards to the requirement for the income, you had last year (the year before you apply and until UDI makes a decision), the unemployment benefit is counted as income.

With regards to the income you have now, and which income you are likely to have for at least one year to come (future income), unemployment benefit is not counted as income.

Regarding the requirement that you cannot have received financial assistance from NAV, it does not matter that you have received the unemployment benefit. Social security is not social assistance.

There may be reasons for making exceptions to the income requirement due to strong human considerations if you:

• no longer meet the income requirement due to the layoffs and loss of income caused by the corona situation, but you
• submitted an application for family immigration before 16 March 2020, and
• you fulfilled the requirements when the application for family immigration was submitted (registered online and fee paid).

We have yet not decided how we will evaluate applications that are submitted after these conditions arose so that the ability to earn an income has lapsed, and which did not fulfill the conditions when the application was submitted. We must look into the consequences in the long run for these applicants before we can decide this.

See updated information about the income requirement.

Please stay updated at nav.no (external website)

Unemployment benefits can be included in the requirement to support yourself. If you get paid enough to meet the minimum requirement, being temporarily laid off (permittert) will not affect your application.

If you had enough income when you applied for permanent residence and all other conditions were met, it does not matter if you lose income before we process your application.

See information about the requirement to financially support yourself.

Information about being laid off at nav.no (external website).

To renew your residence permit to study in Norway, you must show that you have sufficient means to cover your living expenses.

We know that many students have lost their part-time jobs because of the corona situation and thus also lost part of their income source to cover the cost of living and studying in Norway. To give you some extra time to find a new job or to raise enough funds to meet the requirement, we will wait to process your application until 1 October. Note that this only applies if you meet all other requirements for a renewed study permit.

If you find a new job or get enough funds by 1 October, you must send us documentation. If you are unable to document that you have sufficient funds by 1 October, your application will be rejected.

It is still important that you register a renewal application online and pay the fee well in advance before your current permit expires.

If you are delayed in your studies due to the coronavirus outbreak, we will take this into account when we process your renewal application.

It is important that you explain the reason for the delay and document this in your application.

You must try to leave as quickly as possible, but it will not have any consequences for you if you are unable to leave Norway before your residence permit expires as the situation is now.

You do not need to notify UDI or the police that you will not be able to leave Norway before the residence permit expires.

Yes, you can keep staying with your host family. 

You must try to leave as quickly as possible, but it will not have any consequences for you if you are unable to leave Norway before your Au-pair permit expires as the situation is now.

You must try to leave as quickly as possible, but it will not have any consequences for you if you are unable to leave Norway before your visa expires as the situation is now.

You do not need to notify UDI or the police that you are not able to leave Norway before your visa expires.

You must try to leave as quickly as possible, but it will not have any consequences for you if you are unable to leave Norway before your visa expires because of the corona situation. 

You do not need to notify UDI or the police that you will not be able to leave Norway before your visa expires.

UDI is now processing applications for foreign passports for individual travel. If you had applied for a foreign travel passport for a journey that has been canceled because of the corona situation, you can notify us by sending us a letter. Then we will close your case.

Although UDI will process travel visa applications and foreigners passport now, you must expect that the waiting time to get your application processed will be longer than we have previously informed. Even if you get a decision letter from UDI, you still have to wait for the travel document until you can get an appointment with the police. Since the police have limited service, it may take time.

We recommend that you follow the travel advice of Norwegian health authorities. You should travel as soon as advisable. If your immigrant's passport is no longer valid when traveling, you can apply for a new immigrant's passport. It is important that you, as far as possible, document and explain the reason why you did not travel during the period when the immigrant's passport was valid. You must also pay a new fee when you apply. 

We do not know the impact this will have on waiting times for applications we are processing, but it will likely lead to longer waiting times for some cases.

We update the waiting times for the different case types regularly.

Unfortunately, your application can not be moved to the front of the queue (prioritized) even though there are important reasons why you need to travel.

It is necessary to meet with the police to be issued a residence card and/or travel document. The police have limited service now because of the corona situation. Since there are restrictions on who can get an appointment now, we do not know when it will be possible to book an appointment. The police update the status of their services on their website (external website)

We will make a new assessment when the police service is less limited than now. You need a valid travel document and residence card to travel. 

If you were to submit an application from abroad, you must contact the embassy to which the application should be sent. If you were to submit the application from Norway, you must contact the police office where you were to submit the application. In both cases, you will be able to get a refund.