Requirements for both

• Your marriage/partnership must have been validly entered into.
• You must have plans to live together in Norway. 
• You must not have been forced to marry (forced marriage). 
• Your marriage must not be a proforma marriage/ marriage of convenience.
• You must be at least 24 years old.

Requirements for the applicant

• You must pay an application fee.
• You must document your identity. If you have a valid passport, that is usually valid proof of identity. 
• You must not be subject to a prohibition against entry to Norway or Schengen.

Requirements for the reference person

• You must have or have applied for a residence permit as a student at a university college or university.
• You must have at least one year left of your studies in Norway.
• You must have an income of at least 

  NOK 264 264 per year pre-tax

  . This can be income from employment, loans or grants received in connection with studies, and money that you or the applicant has in an account. You cannot have received financial assistance from NAV (økonomisk sosialhjelp) during the last 12 months.

How to apply

Requirements for both

• Both of you must be over the age of 18.
• You are going to live together in Norway.
• You must meet one of the following two requirements:
  • You must have lived together for at least two years and neither of you can be married to someone else. If you have lived together in Norway, both of you must have had legal residence.
  • You have, or are expecting, a child together. You are both unmarried or divorced.
• You must be at least 24 years old.

Requirements for the applicant

• You must pay an application fee.
• You must document your identity. If you have a valid passport, that is usually valid proof of identity. 
• You must not be subject to a prohibition against entry to Norway or Schengen.

Requirements for the reference person

• You must have or have applied for a residence permit as a student at a university college or university.
• You must have at least one year left of your studies in Norway.
• You must have an income of at least 

  NOK 264 264 per year pre-tax

  . This can be income from employment, loans or grants received in connection with studies, and money that you or the applicant has in an account. You cannot have received financial assistance from NAV (økonomisk sosialhjelp) during the last 12 months.

How to apply

Requirements for the applicant

• You must document your identity. If you have a valid passport, that is usually valid proof of identity. 
• If only one of your parents is living in Norway, your other parent must consent to you living in Norway. This is only necessary if your parents have joint parental responsibility.
• If you are adopted, the adoption must be valid in your home country and must be approved by the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs in Norway (external website). This is only necessary if the adoption took place after one or both of your adoptive parents moved to Norway. 

Requirements for the reference person

• You must have or have applied for a residence permit as a student at a university college or university.
• You must have at least one year left of your studies in Norway.
• You must have an income of at least 

  NOK 264 264 per year pre-tax

  . This can be income from employment, loans or grants received in connection with studies, and money that you or the applicant has in an account. You cannot have received financial assistance from NAV (økonomisk sosialhjelp) during the last 12 months.

How to apply