If both parents have been granted collective protection

When a child of foreign parents is born in Norway, the parents must apply for a residence permit for the child. This is to be done as early as possible following the birth.

Protection (asylum)

You may apply for protection (asylum) for your child.

If the child is eligible for collective protection, we will grant collective protection to the child. Read more about applying for protection. 

If you are living in an asylum reception centre you must present the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital to those working at the centre. The asylum reception centre will send it to the UDI regional office in charge, and UDI will register an application for the child.

If you do not live in an asylum reception centre, you are to visit the local police station where you live to hand in the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital. The police will then register an application for the child.

Family immigration

You may apply for a family immigration residence permit for your child.

If a child is granted a family immigration residence permit, its parents will normally have to obtain a passport for the child from their home country in order to travel outside Norway. The child can use the passport to visit its parents' home country.

If contacting the authorities or the embassy of the parents' home country in order to obtain a passport puts the parents at risk, it is possible to apply for a Norwegian immigrant passport (blue) for the child instead.

If neither the mother nor the father hold a residence permit that forms the basis for a permanent residence permit, then the child's permit will not form the basis for permanent residence either.

If one parent has been granted protection (asylum), and the other parent has been granted collective protection

When a child of foreign parents is born in Norway, the parents must apply for a residence permit for the child. This is to be done as early as possible following the birth.

Protection for family members of refugees (derived refugee status)

You may apply for protection for family members of refugees (derived refugee status) on behalf of the child.

Children who are granted derived refugee status will be issued a refugee travel document (green). Children cannot visit their parents' home country using a refugee travel document.

If the parents lose their refugee status at a later point in time, the child will lose its refugee status as well.

Protection (asylum)

You may apply for protection (asylum) for your child.

If the child is eligible for collective protection, we will grant collective protection to the child. Read more about applying for protection. 

In order to apply you must visit the local police station where you live and hand in the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital. The police will then register an application for the child.

Family immigration

You may apply for a family immigration residence permit for your child.

If a child is granted a family immigration residence permit, its parents will normally have to obtain a passport for the child from their home country in order to travel outside Norway. The child can use the passport to visit its parents' home country.

If contacting the authorities or the embassy of the parents' home country in order to obtain a passport puts the parents at risk, it is possible to apply for a Norwegian immigrant passport (blue) for the child instead.

If one of the parents has been granted protection (asylum), and the other parent is an EU/EEA citizen:

When a child of foreign parents is born in Norway, the parents must apply for a residence permit for the child. This is to be done as early as possible following the birth.

Protection (asylum)

You may apply for protection (asylum) for your child.

If the child is eligible for collective protection, we will grant collective protection to the child. Read more about applying for protection. 

In order to apply you must visit the local police station where you live and hand in the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital. The police will then register an application for the child.

The registration scheme for EU/EEA nationals and applications for a residence card for family members of EU/EEA nationals

Because one or both parents hold citizenship in an EU/EEA country, you do not need to apply for a residence permit for the child, but you must register the child with the police or apply for a residence card on the child's behalf. This applies also even if the child was born in Norway and has been issued a Norwegian national identity number.

• If the child is a citizen of an EU/EEA country, you can register the child via the registration scheme for EU/EEA nationals. Please note that the child must have its own passport before you can attend an appointment with the police.
• If the child is a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you may apply for the child to receive a residence card as a family member of an EU/EEA national. Please note that the child must have its own passport before you can attend the appointment with the police.

There is no deadline for registering your child/applying for a residence card for children under the EU/EEU regulations. UDI recommends registering children or applying for a residence card on their behalf as soon as they have a passport.

Family immigration

You may apply for a family immigration residence permit for your child.

If a child is granted a family immigration residence permit, its parents will normally have to obtain a passport for the child from their home country in order to travel outside Norway. The child can use the passport to visit its parents' home country.

If contacting the authorities or the embassy of the parents' home country in order to obtain a passport puts the parents at risk, it is possible to apply for a Norwegian immigrant passport (blue) for the child instead.

If one of the parents was granted collective protection, and the other parent has permanent residence (on the original basis of refugee status):

When a child of foreign parents is born in Norway, the parents must apply for a residence permit for the child. This is to be done as early as possible following the birth.

Protection for family members of refugees (derived refugee status)

You may apply for protection for family members of refugees (derived refugee status) on behalf of the child.

Children who are granted derived refugee status will be issued a refugee travel document (green). Children cannot visit their parents' home country using a refugee travel document.

If the parents lose their refugee status at a later point in time, the child will lose its refugee status as well.

Protection (asylum)

You may apply for protection (asylum) for your child.

If the child is eligible for collective protection, we will grant collective protection to the child. Read more about applying for protection. 

In order to apply you must visit the local police station where you live and hand in the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital. The police will then register an application for the child.

Family immigration

You may apply for a family immigration residence permit for your child.

If a child is granted a family immigration residence permit, its parents will normally have to obtain a passport for the child from their home country in order to travel outside Norway. The child can use the passport to visit its parents' home country.

If contacting the authorities or the embassy of the parents' home country in order to obtain a passport puts the parents at risk, it is possible to apply for a Norwegian immigrant passport (blue) for the child instead.

If the parents are granted permanent residence
If both parents:

• have been granted a permanent residence permit or Norwegian citizenship before the child reaches one year of age, or
• fulfil the requirements for permanent residence or Norwegian citizenship and submit their applications for a permanent residence permit or Norwegian citizenship to the police before the child reaches one year of age

it is also possible to apply for a permanent residence permit for your child. You must submit your child's application before the child reaches one year of age.

If one of the parents was granted collective protection status, and the other parent has permanent residence (not on the basis of refugee status):

When a child of foreign parents is born in Norway, the parents must apply for a residence permit for the child. This is to be done as early as possible following the birth.

Protection (asylum)

You may apply for protection (asylum) for your child.

If the child is eligible for collective protection, we will grant collective protection to the child. Read more about applying for protection. 

In order to apply you must visit the local police station where you live and hand in the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital. The police will then register an application for the child.

Family immigration

You may apply for a family immigration residence permit for your child.

If a child is granted a family immigration residence permit, its parents will normally have to obtain a passport for the child from their home country in order to travel outside Norway. The child can use the passport to visit its parents' home country.

If contacting the authorities or the embassy of the parents' home country in order to obtain a passport puts the parents at risk, it is possible to apply for a Norwegian immigrant passport (blue) for the child instead.

If the parents are granted permanent residence

If both parents

• have been granted a permanent residence permit or Norwegian citizenship before the child reaches one year of age, or
• fulfil the requirements for permanent residence or Norwegian citizenship and submit their applications for a permanent residence permit or Norwegian citizenship to the police before the child reaches one year of age

it is also possible to apply for a permanent residence permit for your child. You must submit your child's application before the child reaches one year of age.

If the mother has been granted collective protection and the father is either unknown or not staying in Norway:

When a child of foreign parents is born in Norway, the parents must apply for a residence permit for the child. This is to be done as early as possible following the birth.

Protection (asylum)

You may apply for protection (asylum) for your child.

If the child is eligible for collective protection, we will grant collective protection to the child. Read more about applying for protection. 

If you are living in an asylum reception centre you must present the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital to those working at the centre. The asylum reception centre will send it to the UDI regional office in charge, and UDI will register an application for the child.

If you do not live in an asylum reception centre, you are to visit the local police station where you live to hand in the confirmation of birth document you received from the hospital. The police will then register an application for the child.

Family immigration

You may apply for a family immigration residence permit for your child.

If a child is granted a family immigration residence permit, its parents will normally have to obtain a passport for the child from their home country in order to travel outside Norway. The child can use the passport to visit its parents' home country.

If contacting the authorities or the embassy of the parents' home country in order to obtain a passport puts the parents at risk, it is possible to apply for a Norwegian immigrant passport (blue) for the child instead.

If the mother's residence permit does not form the basis for a permanent residence permit, then the child's permit will not form the basis for permanent residence either.

There are no changes in the requirements for getting a residence permit in Norway or for those who may receive family immigration in Norway. Your family must consider what type of residence permit may be relevant to apply for.

If you are granted a residence permit for family reunification with someone who has collective protection, it will not form the basis for permanent residence. That is because collective protection does not form the basis for permanent residence.

Your family abroad can apply for family immigration according to standard rules once you have received collective protection.

You or your family member must submit an electronic application in our Application Portal. Your family member must go to a VFS Application Centre to personally hand in their application documents.

Due to the security situation, the VFS application centre and the embassy in Ukraine are closed (external website). Therefore, it is impossible to apply for family immigration from Ukraine now, but the Embassy in Ankara handles applications from Ukrainian citizens.

Information regarding how to submit your application can be found here.

The fee for adults who apply for family reunification with someone granted collective protection is NOK 7 800. If you are not already a family but wants to become one, the fee is NOK 10 500. There is no fee for children under the age of 18. A complete overview of the application fees for family immigration is available here.

If you are in Norway on a visitor visa or visa-free stay, you no longer have legal residence in Norway when your visa has expired or you have been here for more than 90 days. You will then no longer have legal residence and must leave Norway, unless you apply for a residence permit that gives you right to stay in Norway. This can be an application for protection or a residence permit on other grounds, if you meet the relevant conditions.

Because you do not have a residence permit, you do not have the rights a residence permit gives you. That means, among other things, that you do not have the right to work in Norway. 

UDI has no financial support schemes.

If you have questions about your health rights, please visit helsenorge.no (external website).

Healthcare for persons without legal residence in Norway (external website).

You must apply for a residence permit or for protection to obtain rights in Norway.

If you apply for protection, you will be granted rights once you register your application.

If you apply for another residence permit, you will only be granted rights after you have received a positive decision on an application for a residence permit.

You, as an employer, may submit an application on behalf of your employee.

If you are a seasonal worker from Ukraine and your seasonal work permit has expired or expires in less than two months, you can apply for collective protection. Here you will find information on how to apply for protection.