Arrival centres

This is a new type of centre introduced in 2015. Coordinated registration of asylum seekers. Arrival centre process:

• Registration with the police
• Registration in the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration's (UDI) asylum reception centre system
• Compulsory tuberculosis testing and medical examination
• Information from the Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers (NOAS) about the further asylum process

After a few days, asylum seekers will be transferred on.

Unaccompanied minor asylum seekers under the age of 15

• Unaccompanied minor asylum seekers under the age of 15 are sent to special care centres that are the responsibility of the Norwegian Children, Youth and Family Affairs Service (Bufetat) (external website).

Transit reception centre

• There are special transit reception centres for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers between the ages of 15 and 18.

Integration reception centre

• An offer of accommodation where the residents are obliged to follow the municipality’s full-time qualification programme.
• Integration reception centres are aimed at adults and families that have been granted residence permits, or that most probably will be granted residence permits. 

Ordinary reception centres

• Asylum seekers are moved to ordinary reception centres after their asylum interview with the UDI.
• Asylum seekers stay in these centres while their application is being processed.
• Unaccompanied minor asylum seekers between the ages of 15 and 18 will be placed in separate centres or units adapted to their needs.

Specially adapted units

• These units are specially adapted for asylum seekers with special physical or mental needs.
• They are primarily intended for asylum seekers who suffer from mental problems, but are not so ill as to need psychiatric treatment.
• Staying in a specially adapted unit is voluntary.