Received an answer: Immigrant’s passport and travel documentGuide for applicants

Once we have considered your application, you will be informed of whether you have been granted an immigrant's passport or a refugee travel document or whether your application has been rejected.

Guide to waiting time for application for work immigrationDefinition of word or term

In order to tell you how long you have to wait for an answer to your application for a residence permit, we ask you to answer three questions. 

Want to apply: Assisted return to SomaliaGuide for applicants

If you are staying in Norway without a valid residence permit, you must return to your home country or another country where you have a residence permit. You can apply for support to return home and start a new life. This is called assisted return.

Change in the requirement to financially support yourself in order to get a permanent residence permitMessages

26.03.2024

From 18 April 2024, the requirement that you cannot have received financial assistance under the Social Services Act is lifted. You are still required to have your own income.

Power of attorney / Authorisation Definition of word or term

If you want someone to act on your behalf in connection with your application, you must authorise a person to do so. This person can for example be your employer, a family member or another person who you trust.

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s (UDI) privacy declarationOther/About UDI

UDI processes personal data that we need in order to consider immigration cases and carry out our other tasks.

Requirement to financially support yourself in order to get a permanent residence permitDefinition of word or term

If you are between 18 and 67 years old and are going to apply for a permanent residence permit, you must have had your own income during the last 12 months.

Requirements and exceptions for naturalization (2017)European Migration Network

The Netherlands has requested the Member States to give an answer to what requirements they have for granting citizenship, and which exceptions, if any, may apply for specific groups.

Received an answer: Your application for labour immigration has been grantedGuide for applicants

If you have been granted a residence permit for work purposes, you can now travel to Norway. When you have been to the police and the police have ordered your residence card, you can start working.

Guide to waiting time for applications for permanent residenceDefinition of word or term

In order to tell you how long you have to wait for an answer to your application for a permanent residence permit or permanent right of residence, we ask you to answer a few questions.

Skilled workers who can hand in their application for residence permit in NorwayDefinition of word or term

If you can document that you are qualified as a skilled worker, you can hand in your application for a residence permit to the police in Norway. 

Social benefits and rights for beneficiaries of international protection (2018)European Migration Network

This EMN Inform presents an overview of five social benefits and arrangements for rights granted by Member States and Norway to beneficiaries of international protection: (1) education, (2) healthcare, (3) financial allowances, (4) housing and (5) family.

Sexual minoritiesDefinition of word or term

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons have the same rights as everyone else in Norway and can live openly. It is prohibited to discriminate, harass and threaten them because they belong to a sexual minority.

What is assisted return?Return

UDI and International Organization for Migration (IOM) offer practical support and financial grants to those who want to return home.

Tracing UMAs’ families (2006)Statistics and analysis

A comparative study of some European countries’ practices and experiences in tracing the parents or caregivers of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers.