Received an answer Your application for labour immigration has been granted
Questions and answers
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How do you travel to Norway?
If you are not already in Norway when your application is granted, you can now travel to Norway.
First, you must check whether you need a visa to enter Norway. Please check whether you need a visa.
If you do not need a visa
You can travel to Norway at any time within the deadline stated in your decision (normally six months).
If you need a visa
- The visa you need is called an entry visa
- The UDI will ask the embassy which is responsible for your case to issue you this visa; you do not need to apply for one.
- The Visa Application Centre where you handed in the application or the embassy will contact you to agree on a time for you to come and collect your visa. It will take up to a week for them to contact you. You will collect your visa at the same place as you handed in the application.
- The visa will state the latest date on which you can travel to Norway. You must therefore notify the embassy about when you plan to go, so that the visa is valid when you need it.
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How to get your residence card
What is a residence card?
A residence card is a plastic card in credit card format that proves that you have been granted a residence permit in Norway. The police will order your residence card.
How do you obtain a residence card?
- You must pre-book an appointment to be issued a residence card. You must normally do this through the Application Portal.
- You can make the booking before you travel to Norway.
- The appointment has to be either during the first seven days you are in Norway, or the first available appointment you can find.
- You must meet at the local police office in the area where you are going to live, at the time you have booked the appointment for.
If you are under the age of 18, your parents or guardian must accompany you to the police.
Booking an appointment via the Application Portal
If you used the Application Portal to register your application, you can now log in to the Application Portal to book an appointment (external website).
Booking an appointment over the phone
If you did not use the Application Portal Norway when you applied for a residence permit, you must instead call your local police district to book an appointment. You cannot call the UDI to book an appointment.
What happens when you go to the police?
The police will take your fingerprints and photo, and will then order your residence card.
How long will it take until you get the card?
It will take at least ten working days from your appointment with the police until you receive the card in the post.
Please check that you are registered with the correct postal address and that your name is on your letter box. If not, the card will not reach you. If the card is lost in the mail, it will take another ten working days until you can get a new one.
If you are planning trips to abroad, you should therefore make sure there is plenty of time between your appointment with the police and your planned departure date.
If you have not received your residence card by mail or if you have any questions about residence cards, you must contact the local police office where you applied for a residence card. (external website)
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How do you get an address in Norway, a national identity number or a d number and a tax deduction card?
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).
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How long is your residence permit valid?
- 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.
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Will this residence permit be included if you later want to apply for a permanent residence permit?
- 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.
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Can your family come to Norway?
To find out which family members can apply to come and live with you in Norway, see family immigration.
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What kind of health care are you entitled to?
You are entitled to different types of health care (external website) depending on your situation.
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What job can you do and for what employer can you work?
- 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.
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Can you travel to other countries while living in Norway?
- 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.
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Are you going to move from Norway before your residence permit expires?
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).
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Can you lose your residence permit?
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
