You must hand in these documents with your application for a residence permit (Immigration Act section 40) Checklist for family immigration with spouse

The cover letter is the attachment you received via e-mail when you registered your application online. Please print it and bring it with you. If it was not possible for you to apply online, please bring a filled-out application form. (www.udi.no/forms)

You can use this form Form for granting Power of Attorney (pdf, 199 kB) (www.udi.no/forms) or the form you received by email when you registered your application in the Application Portal.

You need to print this list of documents (this page on the Internet you are looking at right now). Tick the box for all the documents you hand in, and hand in this list together with all the documents you are going to hand in. Remember to sign on the print-out.

• 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. 

You can find the form here (pdf, 290 kB) (www.udi.no/forms). Remember to sign on the last page of the form.

You have to answer all the questions in the form as accurately as you can, even if some of the questions are not apt to your situation.

• 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

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.

Are you uncertain whether the reference person meets the requirement for income? Check the requirements at www.udi.no/incomerequirement.

• If you have completed an education or a degree at an university college or university, or have completed a vocational training programme at upper secondary school level, you must submit a diploma and transcripts showing how long the education lasted, the level and the content.
• If you have taken education which you have not completed,  you must hand in documentation which shows how long the education lasted, the level and the content.

If you have previously handed in this documentation to the UDI, you do not have to hand it in again. 

• Work certificates: You must provide work certificates from previous employers that contain detailed information about:
• how long you worked there,
• what training you received,
• what work tasks you had and
• what qualifications you have.

Courses: If you have courses in the profession, you can attach documentation to this as a supplement to the work certificates. The documentation must contain information about the duration/number of hours and the content of the courses.

You only need to document work experience in addition to, or instead of, documentation of education if the work experience should be part of the assessment of whether or not you are a skilled worker. 

You can use the form, Explanation why I cannot hand in one or more documents (pdf, 662 kB) (www.udi.no/forms), to explain why you can’t hand in one or more of the documents. Remember to sign the form.