Why can UDI withdraw your citizenship?
UDI may withdraw your citizenship if you have given incorrect information or withheld important information, for example about your identity or the basis for your citizenship.
If you have provided incorrect information about, for example:
- Identity
- Asylum grounds
- Marriage or cohabitation
- Did not intend to remain in Norway at the time of the decision
- Had moved from Norway at the time of the decision
- Punishable circumstances in Norway or abroad
- Residence abroad
- Employment
If you travel to your home country, UDI may consider whether your permit should be withdrawn.
The UDI can also withdraw your citizenship if the UDI has made an error in the processing of the case or the application of the law.
The UDI cannot withdraw your citizenship if it is disproportionate to you and your immediate family, considering the seriousness of the relationship and your connection to Norway. The best interests of the child will be a fundamental consideration in this assessment.
As a general rule, a child's citizenship is not withdrawn.
As a general rule, a child's citizenship shall not be withdran due to a mistake made by parents or grandparents. This also applies to persons who have reached the age of majority but were under 18 when they applied for or were granted Norwegian citizenship. In a few exceptions, a child's citizenship may be withdrawn if the child does not have a strong connection to Norway.
If the child's citizenship is not withdrawn and the child is registered with the wrong identity, the UDI can change it to the child's correct identity.
A child's citizenship cannot be withdrawn if one of the child's parents is still Norwegian. The same applies if the child becomes stateless.
The rules on withdrawal of citizenship are set out in Section 26 of the Citizenship Act.