Want to renew: Family immigrationGuide for applicants

If you have a residence permit that can be renewed, it is important that you apply for renewal well in advance of your residence permit expiring.

Want to apply: Protection (asylum) and travel document for family members of refugeesGuide for applicants

Spouses, cohabitants and children of a person who has received a residence permit as a refugee in Norway, may apply for family immigration. After they have arrived in Norway they can apply for refugee status and travel document for refugees.

CitizenshipGuide for applicants

This information is for persons with Norwegian citizenship.

Want to apply: Diplomats, military personnel and their familiesGuide for applicants

Rules for diplomats, military personnel, their employees and family members who are planning to work in Norway.

Want to apply: Job seekersGuide for applicants

You must normally have received a job offer in Norway before you can apply for a residence permit for work purposes. If you are a skilled worker, you may in some exceptional cases get a residence permit to stay in Norway while you look for work.

Want to apply: Citizenship for people who have used the registration scheme for EU/EEA nationalsGuide for applicants

The requirements for Norwegian citizenship are not the same for everyone. How old you are, when you came to Norway and who you are married to, can affect how long you must have lived in Norway before you can apply.

Policies for circular migration: Policies for circular migration and temporary labour migration schemes (2014)European Migration Network

This Ad Hoc Query concerns circular migration and temporary labour migration schemes (2014).

Want to renew: Brexit: UK nationals and family membersGuide for applicants

If you are a British citizen with a residence permit under the Separation Agreement (Brexit) between Norway and the United Kingdom, or a family member of such a person, you can renew your permit or apply for permanent residence.

Registered as moved from Norway in the National Population RegisterDefinition of word or term

UDI decides which foreign citizens with a Norwegian national identity number (fødselsnummer) should be registered as moved from Norway in the National Population Register.

Human traffickingDefinition of word or term

Human trafficking is when one or more persons exploit someone, for example for the purpose of prostitution, work, begging or crime.

Have applied: Expulsion and lifting of an entry banGuide for applicants

When you have been to the embassy and submitted an application to have an entry ban lifted together with an application for a residence permit or a visitor visa, both applications are forwarded to UDI.

FormsDefinition of word or term

All of UDI's application forms, and standard contracts which must be submitted with different types of applications, can be found on this page. 

Booking and attending an appointmentDefinition of word or term

How to book an appointment to submit application documents to the police, SUA (Service Centre for Foreign Workers), or embassy / Visa Application Centre (VFS).

Procedures for processing family immigration applications from persons expelled for two or five years who have children in NorwayMessages

22.02.2023

As of 1 March 2023, UDI introduced new procedures for processing applications for family immigration from persons who have been expelled from Norway with a time-limited entry ban, and who have children in Norway.

Possible changes in the social security for refugees (2015)European Migration Network

Finland asks if European states plan changes to their social security systems as a result of the migration situation.