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If you are staying in Norway without a legal residence permit, you must return to your home country. You can apply for support to return home and start a new life.
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You have handed in an application and would like more information about what is happening with your application and when you will receive an answer.
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Contact UDI if you are an employer or client who wants to enquire whether a person has the legal right to work in Norway.
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Those who do not need a visa to visit Norway, can stay here for up to 90 days. There are additional rules you must follow.
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Here you can find information about what you need to think about as an employer when employing a worker who is a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA.
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If your travel document (passport) is lost or stolen while you are travelling abroad, you can apply for a temporary travel document to return to Norway. This is a kind of emergency passport.
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01.09.2023
Iraqis who had received a residence permit in Norway, even though there was known doubt about their identity, and wanted to become Norwegian citizens, could apply until 1 September 2020 to participate in a time-limited identity clarification programme.
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If you hold a residence permit in Norway and it is not possible for you to obtain a passport from your home country, you can apply for a refugee travel document or an immigrant's passport. You can use this document instead of a passport.
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If you are going to live outside of Norway for more than two years, you will normally lose your permanent residence permit, but you can apply to keep it.
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If you arrive in Norway without a visitor visa, you may be issued an emergency visa on the border if there are very important and unexpected reasons why you had to travel.
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With permanent right of residence, you can reside and work in Norway indefinitely if you are an EU/EEA national or a family member of an EU/EEA national. You also have extra protection against expulsion.
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If you are in Norway or the EU / Schengen area and your application for a residence permit has been rejected or you have received an expulsion decision, you have an obligation to leave by your deadline for departure.
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If you have a residence permit in Norway, and it is not possible for you to obtain a passport from your home country, you can apply for a Norwegian immigrant's passport.
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This study aims to provide an overview of the Norwegian legislation and regulations pertaining to the misuse of the right to family reunification for citizens of countries that are not members of the EU or EEA/EFTA, and the experience with misuse
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