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If you are an EU/EEA national who are going to work and live in Norway for more than three months, you have to register. Read more about how to register.
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There are special rules for applying for citizenship if you have previously been a Norwegian citizen or have had a Norwegian passport.
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There are special rules for applying for citizenship if you have previously been a Norwegian citizen or have had a Norwegian passport.
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If you are under the age of 18, and your father was a Norwegian citizen when you were born, you might have to submit a notification in order to become a Norwegian citizen.
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If you are now a citizen of one or more of the Nordic countries, and have previously been a Norwegian citizen, you can submit a notification to get back your Norwegian citizenship.
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If you are a Nordic citizen over the age of 12 and you have lived in Norway for the last two years, you can apply for Norwegian citizenship. If you are under the age of 12, you can only apply if you have one Norwegian parent or apply with one parent.
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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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If you are a statless person and are born in Norway, you can apply for Norwegian citizenship.
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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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If you are a Swedish, Danish, Icelandic or Finnish citizen, all you need to do to live in Norway, is to report a move to the National Registry.
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Different rules apply regarding eligibility for Norwegian citizenship for people with residence permits in Norway, people with residence cards for family members of EU/EEA nationals, Nordic nationals and people who have previously been Norwegian citizens.
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You have been granted a residence permit, but it may have a time limit. In order to renew your residence permit, you must obtain a passport from the government in the country you are a citizen in.
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You can submit a simple notification of citizenship if you have previously been a Norwegian citizen, but lost your Norwegian citizenship because you became a citizen of another country or did not give up your previous citizenship.
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If you have a residence permit in Norway and do not have a valid passport from your home country, you can apply for a Norwegian immigrant's passport if there are very special circumstances.
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If you are an EU/EEA national who are going to study and live in Norway for more than three months, you have to register. Read more about how to register.