If you are staying in Norway without a legal residence permit, you must return to your home country or another country where you have a residence permit. You can apply for support to return to Morocco and start a new life. This is called assisted return.
Who are you?
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Adult
You are eligible to apply for return if
- your application for protection (asylum) or for a residence permit has been rejected
- you are waiting for a decision on your application for protection (asylum)
- you do not have legal residency and you do not have an application registered with UDI
Not all applications will be approved.
What kind of support will you be given?
- a plane ticket to your home country
- health checks and necessary vaccinations
- help to obtain a passport and travel documents. You must cooperate on this.
- advice from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- help to plan your journey
- a financial grant
- advice and guidance in Marocco to help you to start work or education
Financial grant
You have to apply early to receive as much money as possible.
- If you apply before your deadline for leaving the country has expired, or before you are given a deadline for leaving, you will receive NOK 15,000 in cash.
- If you apply after your deadline for leaving the country has expired, you will receive NOK 5,000 in cash.
- In addition to this, you can get a reintegration grant of 2 000 euros that may be used for vocational training, courses or education, or starting up a business. You will not get this money paid out in cash, but you will receive advice and guidance from Caritas Morocco and Fondation Orient-Occident to decide what to spent the money on.
How will your return be organised?
- You will be told in advance when you are to leave, and you will travel as an ordinary passenger on a scheduled flight.
- You can receive help during the journey and in connection with stopovers.
- Transport will normally be arranged for you all the way to your place of origin.
How to apply?
- You must create a user account and fill in the UDI application form for assisted return.
- IOM, the asylum reception centre where you live and the UDI regional office can help you to apply.
If your application for assisted return is rejected
- If you disagree with the decision from UDI, you can write an appeal. When you appeal, you should explain why the decision is wrong. You should also submit any new information or new documents, if applicable.
- You can submit your appeal on Appealing a decision (external website), or by post to:
UDI Returenheten – VARP
Postboks 2098 Vika
NO-0125 Oslo
Norway- If UDI does not reverse its decision after considering your appeal, it will be assessed again by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
- You still have the obligation to leave Norway. If your deadline for departing Norway has passed, you do not have the right to stay in Norway while your appeal is being processed.
- If you leave Norway while your appeal is being processed, please send us an email at varp@udi.no with your contact information, so that we can get in touch with you.
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return, you must notify UDI by email: varp@udi.no, or by phone: +47 23 35 16 00.
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Families with children under the age of 18
Who can apply for assisted return?
- families with children whose application for protection (asylum) or another application for residence has been rejected
- families with children who are waiting for a decision on their application for protection (asylum)
- families with children who do not have legal residence and have not previously been registered with a case with UDI
Not everyone will have their application granted. You can contact the IOM for advice (external website).
What kind of support will you be given?
- a plane ticket to your home country
- health checks and necessary vaccinations
- help to obtain a passport and travel documents. You must cooperate on this.
- advice from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- help to plan your journey
- a financial grant for each family member who returns
- advice and guidance in Marocco to help you to start work or education
Financial grant
You have to apply early to receive as much money as possible.
- If you apply before your deadline for leaving the country has expired, or before you are given a deadline for leaving, you will receive NOK 15,000 per adult and NOK 25,000 per child who was under the age of 18 when you applied for assisted return, in cash.
- If you apply after your deadline for leaving the country has expired, you will receive NOK 5,000 per adult and NOK 5,000 per child who was under the age of 18 when you applied for assisted return, in cash.
- In addition to this, you can get a reintegration grant of 2 000 euros per person in the family that may be used for vocational training, courses or education, or starting up a business. You will not get this money paid out in cash, but you will receive advice and guidance from Caritas Morocco and Fondation Orient-Occident to decide what to spend the money on.
How will your return be organised?
- You will be told in advance when you are to leave, and you will travel as an ordinary passenger on a scheduled flight.
- You can receive help during the journey and in connection with stopovers.
- Transport will normally be arranged for you all the way to your place of origin.
How to apply?
- You must create a user account and fill in the UDI application form for assisted return.
- You must fill in one form per person, also for children. You can use the same user account.
- IOM, the asylum reception centre where you live and the UDI regional office can help you to apply.
- Normally, both parents and all their children in Norway who are under the age of 18 must apply at the same time. Contact the IOM or UDI for advice if not all of you plan to apply.
If your application for assisted return is rejected
- If you disagree with the decision from UDI, you can write an appeal. When you appeal, you should explain why the decision is wrong. You should also submit any new information or new documents, if applicable.
- You can submit your appeal on Appealing a decision (external website), or by post to:
UDI Returenheten – VARP
Postboks 2098 Vika
NO-0125 Oslo
Norway- If UDI does not reverse its decision after considering your appeal, it will be assessed again by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
- You still have the obligation to leave Norway. If your deadline for departing Norway has passed, you do not have the right to stay in Norway while your appeal is being processed.
- If you leave Norway while your appeal is being processed, please send us an email at varp@udi.no with your contact information, so that we can get in touch with you.
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return, you must notify UDI by email: varp@udi.no, or by phone: +47 23 35 16 00.
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Unaccompanied minors
What kind of support can you be given?
- a plane ticket to your home country
- health checks and necessary vaccinations
- help to obtain a passport and travel documents. You must cooperate on this.
- advice from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- help to plan your journey
- follow-up for up to 12 months after you have returned to your home country
- a financial grant of up to NOK 20 000 in cash
- a financial grant of NOK 22 000, in services for example for housing, education, starting a business, work training, medication, food and clothes.
- NOK 10 000 in cash to caregivers, if they collaborate on the return
- You can ask to travel together with an IOM employee, a healthcare employee, or a friend, if you cannot or do not wish to travel alone.
How will your return be organised?
- You will be told in advance when you are to leave, and you will travel as an ordinary passenger on a scheduled flight.
- You can receive help during the journey and in connection with stopovers.
- Transport will normally be arranged for you all the way to your place of origin.
How to apply?
- You must create a user account and fill in the UDI application form for assisted return.
- IOM, the asylum reception centre where you live and the UDI regional office can help you to apply.
If your application for assisted return is rejected
- If you disagree with the decision from UDI, you can write an appeal. When you appeal, you should explain why the decision is wrong. You should also submit any new information or new documents, if applicable.
- You can submit your appeal on Appealing a decision (external website), or by post to:
UDI Returenheten – VARP
Postboks 2098 Vika
NO-0125 Oslo
Norway- If UDI does not reverse its decision after considering your appeal, it will be assessed again by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
- You still have the obligation to leave Norway. If your deadline for departing Norway has passed, you do not have the right to stay in Norway while your appeal is being processed.
- If you leave Norway while your appeal is being processed, please send us an email at varp@udi.no with your contact information, so that we can get in touch with you.
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return, you must notify UDI by email: varp@udi.no, or by phone: +47 23 35 16 00.
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Vulnerable adults
You can be granted support as a vulnerable applicant if you
- are a young adult in the 18 to 23 age group who came to Norway as an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- are a possible victim of human trafficking
- are a victim of violence, coercion or exploitation
- have special medical needs
- are single and over the age of 60
What kind of support can you be given?
- a plane ticket to your home country
- health checks and necessary vaccinations
- help to obtain a passport and travel documents. You must cooperate on this.
- advice from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- help to plan your journey
- follow-up for up to 12 months after you have returned to your home country
Financial support
To get as much money as possible, you must apply early
- If you apply before the deadline for leaving the country, or before getting a deadline, you can get NOK 15 000
- If you apply after the deadline for leaving the country, or before getting a deadline, you can get NOK 5 000
- A financial grant up to NOK 22 000 in services for example for housing, education, starting a business, work training, medication, food and clothes.
- You can ask to travel together with an IOM employee, a healthcare employee, or a friend, if you cannot or do not wish to travel alone.
How will your return be organised?
- You will be told in advance when you are to leave, and you will travel as an ordinary passenger on a scheduled flight.
- You can receive help during the journey and in connection with stopovers.
- Transport will normally be arranged for you all the way to your place of origin.
How to apply?
- You must create a user account and fill in the UDI application form for assisted return.
- IOM, the asylum reception centre where you live and the UDI regional office can help you to apply.
If your application for assisted return is rejected
- If you disagree with the decision from UDI, you can write an appeal. When you appeal, you should explain why the decision is wrong. You should also submit any new information or new documents, if applicable.
- You can submit your appeal on Appealing a decision (external website), or by post to:
UDI Returenheten – VARP
Postboks 2098 Vika
NO-0125 Oslo
Norway- If UDI does not reverse its decision after considering your appeal, it will be assessed again by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
- You still have the obligation to leave Norway. If your deadline for departing Norway has passed, you do not have the right to stay in Norway while your appeal is being processed.
- If you leave Norway while your appeal is being processed, please send us an email at varp@udi.no with your contact information, so that we can get in touch with you.
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return, you must notify UDI by email: varp@udi.no, or by phone: +47 23 35 16 00.
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Dubliner
- You are a 'Dubliner' if you have been registered as an asylum seeker in another European country before you applied for asylum in Norway, or if you have been granted a visa or residence permit in another European country.
- You can apply for voluntary return if you wish to return to your home country instead of being sent back to the European country where you are registered.
- You must apply as soon as possible after your arrival in Norway. If not, you will be sent back to the European country where you are registered.
- If you are granted assisted return you will get a deadline. Then, you must travel within that deadline.
Not everyone will have their application granted. You can contact the IOM for advice (external website).
What kind of support will you be given?
- a plane ticket to your home country
- help to obtain a passport and travel documents. You must cooperate on this.
- advice from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- help to plan your journey
- NOK 5,000 in cash
- a reintegration grant of 2 000 euros that may be used for vocational training, courses or education, or starting up a business. You will not get this money paid out in cash, but you will receive advice and guidance from Caritas Morocco and Fondation Orient-Occident to decide what to spend the money on.
How will your return be organised?
- You will be told in advance when you are to leave, and you will travel as an ordinary passenger on a scheduled flight.
- You can receive help during the journey and in connection with stopovers.
- Transport will normally be arranged for you all the way to your place of origin.
How to apply?
- You must create a user account and fill in the UDI application form for assisted return.
- IOM, the asylum reception centre where you live and the UDI regional office can help you to apply.
If your application for assisted return is rejected
- If you disagree with the decision from UDI, you can write an appeal. When you appeal, you should explain why the decision is wrong. You should also submit any new information or new documents, if applicable.
- You can submit your appeal on Appealing a decision (external website), or by post to:
UDI Returenheten – VARP
Postboks 2098 Vika
NO-0125 Oslo
Norway- If UDI does not reverse its decision after considering your appeal, it will be assessed again by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
- You still have the obligation to leave Norway. If your deadline for departing Norway has passed, you do not have the right to stay in Norway while your appeal is being processed.
- If you leave Norway while your appeal is being processed, please send us an email at varp@udi.no with your contact information, so that we can get in touch with you.
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return
If you wish to withdraw your application for assisted return, you must notify UDI by email: varp@udi.no, or by phone: +47 23 35 16 00.
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If you are deported by the police
If you are deported by the police to Morocco, you will get NOK 3 000 in cash in addition to a € 1 000 reintegration grant that you may use for vocational training, courses or education, or starting up a business in Morocco.
The reintegration grant of € 1 000 will not be paid out in cash. Fondation Orient-Occident, on behalf of Caritas, will give you practical assistance in investing the money after you have returned to Morocco. The reintegration grant is conditional on your collaboration with these organisations. Contact Foundation Orient Occident within one month after you have returned. You will receive contact information when your application for reintegration grant has been approved.
If UDI believes that you will be particularly vulnerable if you are deported, we can increase the reintegration grant to € 3 000. This reintegration grant will not be paid out in cash.