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21.03.2024
The duty to return to Gaza, after receiving a final decision, has been temporarily suspended. This means that no one will be forcibly returned to Gaza at this time.
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If you are applying for Norwegian citizenship, and are between 18 and 67 years of age, you are required to pass the citizenship test or the social studies test in Norwegian.
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A leave of absence is when you have permission to be away from the reception centre without losing your place at the centre.
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Information about kindergartens and schools.
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If your application is rejected, you can appeal the decision. The consulate will then reconsider your case.
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30.08.2022
The Storting has decided to raise requirements for proficiency in spoken Norwegian to the B1 level for those seeking to obtain Norwegian citizenship. The changes will enter into effect on 1 October 2022. More information is available below.
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A return decision entails that you are obligated to leave Norway and/or the EU / Schengen area by a specified date (deadline for departure)
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Special rules apply to Russian nationals from the Barents region who wish to work in Northern Norway (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark counties).
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UDI processes personal data that we need in order to consider immigration cases and carry out our other tasks.
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You can apply for family immigration if you wish to move to be with a family member in Norway.
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You can apply for family immigration if you wish to move to be with a family member in Norway.
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If you are a Nordic citizen over the age of 18 and you have lived in Norway for seven years, you can submit notification of citizenship instead of applying. As a rule, you cannot become a Norwegian citizen by notification if you are under the age of 18.
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A reanalysis of qualitative data from the 2011 Fafo project "No way in, no way out: A study of living conditions of irregular migrants in Norway" (Øien and Sønsterudbråten 2011).
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Two people can get married if they are both over the age of 18, agree to the marriage and want to marry. A child marriage is a marriage between two children, or an adult and a child. A forced marriage is when someone is married against their will.