When you meet at the police to order a residence card, we notify the Tax Administration that you have been granted a residence permit. The Tax Administration decides whether you will be given a d-number or a national identity number.

About two weeks after you met at the police, you will receive a letter from the Tax Administration with your national identity number or your d number.

If you have changed your address in Norway since you applied for a residence permit, you must inform the police about this when you meet there, so that the correct residence address is registered in the National Registry.

If you have questions about tax deduction cards because you are going to work in Norway, you will find information on the Tax Administration's website about how foreign citizens apply for tax deduction cards (external website).

If you received a d-number when you should have received a national identity number, you must contact the National Registry (external website).

• Your decision letter from the UDI states how long you permit is valid.
• If you wish to continue living in Norway, you must remember to renew the permit 2–3 months before it expires.
• If you do not renew your permit, you may experience problems travelling into and out of Norway, lose the right to work in Norway or have problems when you apply for a permanent residence permit or citizenship.

• The decision letter from the UDI will tell you whether the time you have this residence permit may be included if you later apply for a permanent residence permit.
• See information regarding the requirements for permanent residence permit.

You are entitled to different types of health care (external website) depending on your situation.

• You decision letter from the UDI states what type of work you can do and, if relevant, the employer you will be working for.
• If you change employer or position, you must normally apply for a new residence permit. You must be granted a new permit before you can start in the new job.

• After you have arrived in Norway and been issued your residence card, you can travel into and out of Norway for as long as your residence permit is valid.
• You must bring your passport and your residence card when you are travelling.
• You can visit the other Schengen countries up to 90 days.
• You can travel into and out of Norway for as long as the permit is valid, but you must live in Norway for at least a total of six months each year.

If you move from Norway before your residence permit has expired, you can notify us. The UDI can revoke (cancel) you permit from the date you leave Norway. This may be in your interest, because you then will be able to document to other Schengen-countries that you no longer have a residence permit in Norway. If you apply for a visitor’s visa to another Schengen country while you still hold a valid residence permit in Norway, you can risk not being granted a visitor’s visa.

This is how you notify us:

1. Write a letter and explain that you have moved from Norway. Ask the UDI to revoke the rest of your residence permit. Write the date you left Norway and your postal address abroad.

2. Remember to write your full name, and your DUF-number or your Norwegian national identity number

3. Sign the letter

4. Send the signed letter by mail or upload the letter to the UDI through the form for sending additional documents to the UDI (external website, opens in new window). 

The UDI can revoke your residence permit if you:

• do not receive the salary stated in your offer of employment
• live outside of Norway for more than six months in total in a year
• work more than what is stated in your employment contract, or work less than what is stated in your employment contract