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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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Special rules apply to Russian nationals from the Barents region who wish to work in Northern Norway (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark counties).
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If you are applying for Norwegian citizenship, and are between 18 and 67 years of age, you are required to pass the citizenship test or the social studies test in Norwegian.
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A leave of absence is when you have permission to be away from the reception centre without losing your place at the centre.
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Information about kindergartens and schools.
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If your application is rejected, you can appeal the decision. The consulate will then reconsider your case.
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30.08.2022
The Storting has decided to raise requirements for proficiency in spoken Norwegian to the B1 level for those seeking to obtain Norwegian citizenship. The changes will enter into effect on 1 October 2022. More information is available below.
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You can apply for family immigration if you wish to move to be with a family member in Norway.
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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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UDI processes personal data that we need in order to consider immigration cases and carry out our other tasks.
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You can apply for family immigration if you wish to move to be with a family member in Norway.
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02.03.2015
If you are an EU/EEA national and lose your job in Norway, you can search for a new job here.
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13.12.2018
If you are applying for Norwegian citizenship after 1 January 2019, it is now a requirement that you have a passport from Somalia. If you do not already have a Somali passport, you must get one now.
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A reanalysis of qualitative data from the 2011 Fafo project "No way in, no way out: A study of living conditions of irregular migrants in Norway" (Øien and Sønsterudbråten 2011).