You must hand in these documents with your application for a residence permit (Immigration Act section 40) Checklist for family immigration with spouse who has a residence permit as a student in Norway
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How to use the checklist
Underneath is a list of the documents you need to submit when you apply for family immigration. Some of the documents you the applicant have to get and others the reference person need to get.
- Print the list.
- Mark every submitted document in the check list
- Sign the last page.
- You as the applicant should then submit this checklist, the questionnaire and copies of all the relevant documents in person. You must also bring the original documents.
On this page, we use the words 'reference person' and 'applicant'
- The reference person = the family member living in Norway.
- The applicant = the person who wants to move to Norway or continue living here and who needs a residence permit
Application documents
The signature form is the attachment you received via email when you registered your application online. Please print it and bring it with you. If you are handing in your application at a Danish embassy, please bring a filled-out application form instead. (www.udi.no/forms)
You can use this form Form for granting Power of Attorney, pdf, 710 kB (pdf, 199 kB) (www.udi.no/forms) or the form you received by email when you registered your application in the Application Portal.
Identity documents for the applicant
- If you hand in your application in Norway, you normally only need to show your passport and hand in the copies.
- If you hand in your application abroad, you must normally hand in both your passport and the copies. If you need your passport back before you receive an answer to your application, please contact the place where you hand in the application.
Documents about your family
Some reference persons must provide additional documentation on divorce:
You who are the reference person, must provide documentation from the country in which you previously married indicating that your previous marriage has been dissolved there if:
- you have previously been married to a person from the same country as the applicant, and
- your former spouse received a residence permit for family immigration with you
As documentation that previous marriages have been dissolved abroad, the UDI accepts:
- Divorce certificate or annulment certificate in the former spouse's home country or from the country where you and your previous spouse were married, or
- documentation from the former spouse's home country or the country where you and your former spouse married, showing that it is impossible to divorce or annul the marriage
If you cannot obtain documentation from abroad that your previous marriage is dissolved there, you must write an explanation the applicant can provide.
Documents to prove that the reference person is divorced from the previous marriage abroad
This requirement applies only if the reference person has previously been married to a person from the same country as you, AND the previous spouse received a residence permit for family immigration with the reference person.
Suppose this applies to the reference person in your case. In that case, you must provide documentation that the previous marriage of the reference person's previous marriage is dissolved aborad, even if it is registered dissolved in Norway.
- if the reference person was married in the home country of the previous spouse: Provide documentation from the home country of the previous spouse to explain why the reference person can't divorce or annul the marriage
- if the reference person was married in another country than the country the previous spouse is a citizen of: Provide documentation from the previous spouse’s home country and from the country where they married to explain why the reference person can't get a divorce or an annulment of the marriage
- if the previous marriage of the reference person is not registered in the previous spouse’s home country: Provide documentation showing that the reference person is not registered as married with the authorities of the previous spouse’s home country
Documentation of the income of the reference person
You must document that the reference person has an income of at least
NOK 320 274 per year pre-tax
. If the applicant is already in lawful employment in Norway, the applicant's income can be included in order to meet the requirement. See www.udi.no/incomerequirement for more information.
In the contract/confirmation it must be clear how long the employment will last and the scope (full time or part-time) of the employment. If your work is temporary, you should enclose a confirmation from your employer if it is possible to prolong your contract.
If the reference person has taken at least 60 credits in the last year, and both the applicant and the reference person are at least 23 years old, money in the applicant's bank account abroad (in the home country) can be included in order to meet the requirement. Then you must also hand in the bank statement for this account.
It must be specified in the statement from Lånekassen what period of time the support will be paid (the whole academic year or part of the academic year).
Housing documentation
Originals and copies of the documents
Requirements for documents from Norway
You do not need to bring originals of documents from Norwegian authorities. You are only to hand in a copy of the document. The copy does not need to be stamped.
Requirements for documents from other countries than Norway
- You must bring the original documents and your passport. If you apply from Norway, you must present the original documents and your passport. If you apply from abroad, you must submit the original documents and your passport. These documents will be checked by the embassy and will be returned to you at the same place as you submitted the application.
- The original documents from your home country must be legalised by the foreign authority. You can contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or equivalent in your home country to get information about how to get your documents legalised. No legalisation of your passport is required.
- You must also bring copies of all the documents and your passport.
- If you hand in your application abroad, the copies must be stamped by the authorities in your country, or by a notarius publicus.
- If you hand in your application to the police in Norway you do not need to have the copies stamped (neither the copies of your documents, nor the copies of your passport).
- If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they must be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
- You must also hand in a copy of the translations. If you hand in your application abroad, the copy of the translation must be stamped by the authorities in your country, or a notarius publicus.
- Do you have documents from different countries? Check at udi.no/apostille what you need to do to get documents from different countries certified.