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15.04.2021
From 16 April 2021, you must give your fingerprints and a photo of your face when you submit your application to the police or a VFS Application Centre/embassy if you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA.
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27.09.2021
To be granted family immigration, the person living in Norway (the reference person) must generally have an income. As of 1 October 2021, introduction benefits will no longer count as income when UDI assesses the income requirement.
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If you have been granted an immigrant's passport for a single journey, you must attend an appointment with the police.
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15.12.2021
From 2022, there may be more variation in the waiting time for residence permit applications during a transitional period. UDI is changing how we process applications, aiming for more applicants to get their application decision faster.
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UDI will comment on individual cases if an applicant chooses to give a journalist insight into their case.
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03.09.2019
The Government has decided that Norwegian authorities recognise some Somali passports as travel documents from 1 August 2018.
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01.04.2020
The fee for applying for family immigration has now been reduced to NOK 7 800 for spouses, cohabitants and parents of refugees who are applying for family reunification
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11.03.2022
On Friday 11 March. the Government decided that Norway would provide temporary collective protection to Ukrainian citizens. Ukrainians who have come to Norway will have their application processed faster.
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28.09.2021
If you have had a residence permit as a seasonal worker in Norway and still cannot return to your home country due to coronavirus restrictions, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit.
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You can apply for family immigration if you have close family in Norway.
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If you have a valid residence permit in Norway but now wish to move back to your home country, you can apply for a grant from the Norwegian authorities.
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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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UDI decides which foreign citizens with a Norwegian national identity number (fødselsnummer) should be registered as moved from Norway in the National Population Register.
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VIS is a central IT system for the Schengen countries. It contains personal information, including fingerprints, about those who apply for a visitor visa and the name and address of the person or organisation who invited the applicant.