How do family members of EEA citizens get a D number or a national identification number?
If you are a family member of an EU/EEA citizen, you must contact the Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten) to be assigned a D number or a national identity number (fødselsnummer).
You will be assigned a national identity number from the Norwegian Tax Administration by reporting your move to Norway (external website) after registering or by being granted a residence card as a family member of an EU/EEA citizen.
A D number (external website) is a temporary identification number. A national identity number (external website) is permanent.
Suppose you want to start working before you have been registered as a family member to an EU/EEA citizen or granted a residence card as a family member to an EU/EEA citizen. In that case, you must apply to the Norwegian Tax Administration for a tax deduction card (external website). Before you start working, you must provide documentation showing that your family member has the right to reside in Norway. Having the right to reside means that the EU/EEA citizen is either an employee, self-employed, a student, has their own funds, or is employed by a foreign enterprise. Student and those in Norway on their own funds must have insurance.