Guide to waiting time in family immigration cases

In order to tell you how long you have to wait for an answer to your application, we ask you to answer a few questions.

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The applicant is a citizen of : United Kingdom

What is the residence permit or citizenship of your family member in Norway?: Norwegian/Nordic citizen

What type of application have you submitted?: First time application (do not already have a family immigration permit)

What alternative describes your situation?: Have a spouse/registered partner in Norway

Where did you hand in your application?: At a Visa application centre/ embassy/consulate abroad

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Important information about waiting times this summer

Unfortunately, we expect that the waiting times for those who have applied for family immigration will increase somewhat over the next few months. The reason for this is that we have fewer case officers this year than last year, and that many have summer holidays in July and August.

Can my case be prioritised?

We continue to process applications in the order of who applied first. In addition, we prioritise processing the most urgent cases, i.e. cases that concern vulnerable groups such as children who are alone without care persons and people with acute and/or life-threatening illness. Other reasons, such as that the fact you want to travel abroad on holiday or that the waiting time has changed since you applied, are not sufficient reasons for your case to be given priority.

If you are unsure whether your case can be prioritised, you can read more about this here.

Information for those who have submitted an application for family immigration

In the period from 1 July 2024 to 1 September 2024, we will be processing applications submitted up to and including 30 April 2023. If your case requires any additional investigations, you will have to wait longer for a decision.

If you handed in your application later than this, you will have to wait longer. Unfortunately, as of now, we are unable to give any more information about when those who have applied after 30 April 2023 can expect to have their case processed. This is because UDI has many applications that are waiting to be processed. We will update the waiting times as soon as we have more information.

We will not be able to provide any further information about the waiting time for your application even if you contact us

We understand that many people want to contact us because of the waiting time. Our most important source of information about waiting time is this website. The information is updated regularly. We will not be able to provide any other information about the waiting time for your application than what you will find here. You therefore do not need to contact us if you have questions about the waiting time for processing your application.

If UDI has to do or has done additional investigations

The waiting times for the police or the embassy to conduct an interview, take DNA samples or carry out other investigations vary from place to place. You can find information about waiting times at the police on the police's website (external website) and about waiting times at the embassy on the various embassies' websites (external website). UDI cannot answer how long you will have to wait for additional investigations to be carried out at the police or at the embassy.

If you or the reference person has been interviewed by the police or the embassy, we aim to process the application within 4 months from the date we received the application back from the police or the embassy. The waiting time of 4 months applies in cases where the UDI has sent the application to the police or the embassy for an interview to be carried out. This does not apply to applications where an interview was conducted at the embassy in connection with submitting the application. In these cases, the waiting time described at the top of this page applies.

This information was last updated on 27 June 2024.

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Waiting times may change

Your waiting time may change while your application is in with UDI. If so, it is the updated waiting time that will apply, even if we indicated a different waiting time when you submitted your application.

Answers to frequently asked questions

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