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If you have completed higher education or have completed vocational training, you can apply for a residence permit as a skilled worker. You must normally already have received a job offer, or have your own business.
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If you hold a residence permit in Norway and you suddenly have to go on an important trip abroad, you can apply for a Norwegian immigrant's passport for a single journey. It cannot be possible for you to obtain a passport from your home country in time.
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If you wish to study or go to school in Norway for more than three months, you must apply for a study permit. If you are granted a study permit, you will also be able to work for up to 20 hours a week while you are studying and full-time during holidays.
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If you plan to travel to Norway to receive medical treatment over a period of more than 90 days, you must apply for a residence permit in advance. If you need someone to accompany you, he or she can also be granted such a residence permit.
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If you are staying in Norway without a valid 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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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 stay in Norway without a valid residence permit, you must return to your home country or 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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If you are an EU/EEA national you have the right to live, work and study in Norway.
Depending on where you are from, family members of an EU/EEA national can either apply for a residence card or use the registration scheme.
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If you are travelling together, you may apply for visitor visas for your group instead of for each person individually. You can visit Norway for up to 90 days on a visitor visa, and you can also travel anywhere in the Schengen Area during the same period.
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Spouses, cohabitants and children of a person who has received a residence permit as a refugee in Norway, may apply for family immigration. After they have arrived in Norway they can apply for refugee status and travel document for refugees.
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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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If you have been expelled from Norway, and want to return, you can apply to have the entry ban lifted.
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If your application for a visitor visa is granted, a visa will be affixed to a page in your passport so that you can travel to Norway.
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There are different types of residence permits for people who are going to carry out research or participate in vocational training.
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Information for people who wish to live at a reception centre or who want to move to a private address.