If you are taking part in the football cup Norway Cup, and need a visa to visit Norway, you must remember to apply well in advance.
Your team must be enrolled in Norway Cup before you apply for a visa. For more information and registration deadlines, please see the Norway Cup website (external website). Please remember that the players on the team must be in the right age group for the class you are enrolled in at Norway Cup.
In order to ensure that you will get an answer to your visa applications in time, you should hand in the application documents at the Visa Application Centre or the embassy at least two months before you are leaving. Please remember that you might have to wait some time to get an appointment for handing in the application.
In order to apply, all the participants must fill in an application form and meet in person at a Visa Application Centre or embassy. Please see the UDIs information about the application requirements, how to apply and where to hand in the application in your country. In some countries you will meet at the embassy of another Schengen country.
On the embassy’s checklists you will find information about what documents to hand in to apply for a visa.
In addition to the documents on the list you must hand in
Family members and other supporters who whish to travel to Norway in connection with Norway Cup must apply for a visitor’s visa as ordinary tourists. The applications will be processed separately from those of the participants.
If your football team is going to play in another tournament in the Schengen area before Norway Cup, for example Gothia Cup or Dana Cup, you should apply for a visa to the country you are visiting first. Please remember to ask for a visa for Norway Cup as well.