What are the reasons why collective protection is not being extended?

In both the advance notice and the rejection decision, we explain the reasons why we are considering not extending collective protection. In the rejection decision, we also take into account the information you have provided us.

The reasons are:

  • You have stayed abroad for more than six months of your permit.
  • There are grounds for revoking/withdrawing your permit, for example because:
    • you have moved from Norway, or we have reason to believe that you have moved
    • you were not residing in Ukraine when the war broke out on 24 February 2022
    • you applied after 27 September 2024 and your last permanent place of residence was in one of the areas that UDI considers to be safe
  • You no longer belong to the group eligible for temporary collective protection, because:
    • you are also a national of a country that the Norwegian immigration authorities consider to uphold human rights in a way that makes it unlikely that its citizens face persecution
    • you are no longer covered by collective protection as a family or household member of a person who was granted the permit under the Immigration Regulations section 7-5a letters a, b, or c.