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If you are staying in Norway without a legal 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.
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A comparative study of some European countries’ practices and experiences in tracing the parents or caregivers of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers.
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25.03.2024
Unfortunately, there are some applications for right of residence that we must wait to process.
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Once you have submitted your application for a refugee travel document or an immigrant's passport to the police, the police will send it to UDI.
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If you have applied for a residence permit for work purposes in Norway, you must normally wait until you have received an answer to your application before you can start working.
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Some people who apply for protection (asylum) will be granted a limited residence permit in Norway because there is doubt about their identity or because their identity has not been adequately documented.
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If you have held a Norwegian passport without being a Norwegian citizen and in good faith believed that you were a Norwegian citizen, you can apply for Norwegian citizenship without having a residence permit in Norway.
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Before applying for Norwegian citizenship, please check that your stay in Norway meets the requirements for duration and continuous residence.
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While you wait for an answer to your application for Norwegian citizenship, it is important that you make sure that you have a valid residence permit, and that you notify us if your situation changes.
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30.01.2024
UDI is making some changes to the information services from 1 February 2024. Here you can read about the changes.
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The main objective of the study is to increase the scientifically based knowledge about the interaction between migration flows and migration regimes, particularly in the case of Norway.
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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.
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You cannot apply for assisted return to Syria, but you can apply for assisted return to another country where you have a residence permit.
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A national identity number is an ID number for those residing in Norway for six months or more.
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An ordinary asylum reception centre provides housing for asylum seekers who are waiting for, or who have received, an answer to their application.