You must have enough money to finance your stay in Norway and your return journey. You must be able to document that you have sufficient means to support yourself during your stay in Norway and the Schengen area. If you can document this, you do not need a sponsorship form. This may be documented by presenting bank statements.

Whether your funds are considered sufficient will be assessed individually in each case. The following amounts serve as general guidelines for what is regarded as a sufficient minimum:

• NOK 300 per day is regarded as a sufficient minimum if you will be staying with family or friends, or in accommodation that has been booked and paid for in advance.
• NOK 1,300 per day is regarded as sufficient if you have not documented pre-booked or pre-paid accommodation for the entire duration of your stay. If several people are travelling together, the amount should be at least NOK 1,000 per person per day.

There are no advantages to providing a sponsorship form if you have enough money. On the contrary, including unnecessary documentation with your application will make it take longer to process your application because we will have more documentation to review.

If your sponsor in Norway has filled out an electronic sponsorship form and you include a 4-word sponsor code with the application (along with other relevant documentation), we will normally not need to collect any further sponsor information. This will usually cut down on the time needed to process the application. 

If the visa application does not include a sponsor code or documentation showing sufficient funds, you should expect it to take longer to process the application because the immigration authorities will have to verify the information shown in the paper sponsorship form.  

Visitors who do not require a visa must still use the paper-based option.

Applicants submitting an application for a group visitor visa, for two or more people of the same nationality travelling together, must still use the paper-based option. The sponsorship form is individual and must be submitted for each of the applicants who cannot document that they have at least 500 NOK per day during their stay in Norway and the Schengen area.

Visa applications that are to be submitted to the Governor of Svalbard or to a different Schengen country where Norway is represented must still use the paper-based option.  

If you have been granted a multiple-entry visa, you can only use the electronic sponsorship form for your first entry. You must have the paper form with you for subsequent entries. 

This also applies to applicants who have already submitted a visa application. The electronic sponsorship form is only valid if it has been linked to the application form by entering a four-word code. This is because the form is automatically submitted to the immigration administration's case processing system. If it is uploaded later via the uploading solution or via email and post, we will not be able to verify the eID (electronic signature).

All relevant information is registered and stored in the relevant case in the Visa Information System (VIS) in accordance with applicable regulations and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s (UDI’s) privacy declaration. This also applies to information about you as an inviter and/or sponsor, as well as to information about you if you are not an applicant or sponsor in a visa case, but are nevertheless associated with such a case as a private individual or a business.

If you, as the sponsor in Norway, have filled out an electronic sponsorship and the person visiting includes a 4-word sponsor code with the application (along with other relevant documentation), we will normally not need to collect any further information about you. This will usually cut down on the time needed to process the application. 

If, on the other hand, the visa application does not include a sponsor code or documentation showing sufficient funds, the applicant should expect it to take longer to process the application because the immigration authorities will have to verify the information shown in the paper sponsorship form.  

In order to act as a financial sponsor, you will need to fill out a sponsorship form. If you are going to sponsor more than one person, you must send in a separate form for each person visiting you. 

Sponsor requirements 

The sponsor must: 

• live in Norway 
• have a national identity number (fødselsnummer) 
• be at least 18 years of age.

How to sponsor a visa applicant 

1. You must fill out an electronic sponsorship form.
2. You must send the 4-word sponsor code to the person who will be visiting you.
3. The applicant must fill out an application for a visitor visa and provide the 4-word code.
4. The applicant must print out a copy of the electronic sponsor form and hand it in together with the other application documents at a foreign service mission or application centre.

As an alternative, you may use our paper-based option, Sponsorship form (pdf, 988 kB). Please note, you should expect it to take a bit longer for us to process.   

1. Fill out and sign the form before sending it to the person who will be visiting. The form must be signed by hand. You can send the form to your visitor by email or post.  
2. The person applying for a visa to visit must submit the sponsorship form, together with their other application documents, to the foreign service mission or application centre.  
3. If the applicant is granted a visa, they must bring the sponsorship form with them when entering Norway. 

Please note: The sponsorship form can only be used for one (1) entry into the Schengen area. If the applicant is issued a visa for multiple entries, the sponsor will have to fill out a separate sponsorship form for each visit.  

In order to act as a financial sponsor, you will need to fill out a sponsorship form as a representative of the company/organisation. If you are going to sponsor more than one person, you must send in a separate form for each person visiting you.

Requirements for sponsors in companies/organisations

The company/organisation must: 

• be registered in Norway. 
• be in operation. 

How to sponsor a visa applicant 

1. The company/organisation must specify a representative in Altinn. You will find instructions under the heading How to gain access as a sponsor acting on behalf of a company/organisation.
2. The representative of the company/organisation must fill out an electronic sponsorship form. 
3. You must send the 4-word code to the person who will be visiting you.
4. The applicant must fill out an application for a visitor visa and provide the 4-word code.
5. The applicant must print out a copy of the electronic sponsor form and hand it in together with the other application documents at a foreign service mission or application centre.

As an alternative, the representative may use our paper-based option, Sponsorship form (pdf, 988 kB). Please note, you should expect it to take a bit longer for us to process.   

1. The company/organisation must stamp the sponsorship form using its official stamp and send the completed form to the person being sponsored as a visitor. The representative must sign the form by hand. The form can be sent to the person visiting by email or post.
2. The person applying for a visa in order to visit must hand in the sponsorship form, together with the other application documents, to the foreign service mission or application centre.
3. If the applicant is granted a visa, they must bring the sponsorship form with them when entering Norway. 

Please note: The sponsorship form can only be used for 1 entry into the Schengen area. If the applicant is issued a visa for multiple entries, the sponsor will have to fill out a separate sponsorship form for each visit.  

After you have completed the electronic sponsorship form, you (as the sponsor) will receive a four-word code that must be forwarded to the person who is visiting you. The code will appear on the screen once you have confirmed the information on the summary page. You will also receive the code by email.

1. You must fill out a sponsorship form (pdf, 988 kB).
2. You must send the form, completely filled out and signed, to the person who is going to visit. The form must be signed by hand. The form can be sent to the person by email or post.
3. The person visiting you must have the sponsorship form with them when travelling. 

Please note: If you act as a sponsor on behalf of a company or organisation, you must specify a contact person in the form. The company/organisation must also stamp the sponsorship form using its official stamp. 

When you have filled out and signed the sponsorship and invitation form (electronic form) and the applicant has submitted it, either as a paper form or electronically by filling in the four-word code, then the information associated with you will be included in the applicant’s case. The sponsor does not have a separate case with the immigration authorities.

If you would later like to gain access to the personal data the immigration authorities have stored about you, you will need to contact UDI’s Information Service. Before contacting us, make sure that you have information about the applicant so that we can retrieve the case in question from our system.  

You will find more information on how the immigration authorities handle your personal data in UDI’s privacy declaration. 

It is not possible to change or delete a sponsorship form that has been submitted to the immigration authorities. After you, the applicant, have completed an application, the electronic sponsorship form is linked to an application form and entered into our case processing system. Once in the system, it is stored as a case document associated with the your case. You will find further information about how long we store your data in UDI’s privacy declaration. 

If you or the sponsor discovers any incorrect information in the sponsorship form, you can use a paper form and send it online to UDI. 

It is not possible for a sponsor to withdraw the financial guarantee for the trip after the form has been submitted to UDI. The sponsor may, however, withdraw the invitation. If a sponsor withdraws an invitation, you will be without a purpose for the visit unless another purpose can be documented.  

A sponsorship and invitation form is valid for 1 entry. If you have been granted a multiple-entry visa, you must present a separate sponsorship form upon each entry.  

A sponsorship and invitation form is valid for 6 months. Unused sponsorship forms are therefore deleted automatically after 6 months.  

All relevant information is registered and stored in the relevant case in the Visa Information System (VIS) in accordance with applicable regulations and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s (UDI’s) privacy declaration. This also applies to information about you as an inviter and/or sponsor, as well as to information about you if you are not an applicant or sponsor in a visa case, but are nevertheless associated with such a case as a private individual or a business.