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UDI is responsible for processing applications from foreign nationals who wish to visit or live in Norway, running asylum reception centres, and expulsion cases. You will find information about UDI and the immigration administration below.
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The primary objective of this study is to generate new knowledge about return migration from Norway and its significance in broader processes of integration, exclusion and withdrawal from Norwegian society.
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The synthesis report is based on national contributions from 25 countries including Norway. The study attempts to identify approaches, methods, actors, strategies that have either targeted and/or have proven effective in reaching out with information.
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EMN Norway Occasional Paper which explores the term ‘sustainable migration’ as a potentially innovative term, describing a particular approach to the conceptualization of migration from poorer to richer countries in the world.
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Based on several personal interviews with Somali and Afghan immigrants in Norway, the report describes and analyses how the practice of withdrawal of residence permits affects the lives of the immigrants, their families and networks.
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This essay sets the goal for Norway responding to the problems of today and creating a dynamic policy framework for migration that allows policy makers to use migration strategically in meeting the challenges of the future.
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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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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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12.06.2018
On 20 April 2018, a new requirement was introduced for applicants seeking a residence permit to get married in Norway (fiancé permit). Both prospective marriage partners must be at least 24 years old.
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D numberDefinition of word or term
A D number is a temporary identification number that you receive from the Norwegian Tax Administration when you need an identification number in Norway, but do not meet the criteria to being assigned a national identity number.
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If you plan to apply for a visitor visa to visit someone in Norway, for example family, friends, a business or an organisation, they must send you a written invitation.
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Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons have the same rights as everyone else in Norway and can live openly. It is prohibited to discriminate, harass and threaten them because they belong to a sexual minority.
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Some people who apply for protection (asylum) will be granted a limited residence permit in Norway because there is doubt about their identity or because their identity has not been adequately documented.
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31.08.2023
If you have sufficient income the required residence time for Norwegian citizenship is less. If you have sufficient income, you are required to have resided in Norway six out of the last ten years.
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D-visa is an entry visa for spouses (and any underage children they have in common) that want to travel to Norway while they are waiting for an answer, or before they have applied for family immigration.