Brexit

No. If you are applying for a residence permit under the Brexit regulations, you do not go to the police station when you apply. After you complete the online application, you will receive an email from the police with instructions to upload documents. Your case is then processed by the police or sent to UDI.

Once your application is granted, you will receive an automatic message to book an appointment with the police to give fingerprints and have your photo taken so that a residence card can be issued. You book the appointment through My Page.

Yes, if you had your fingerprints and photo taken in connection with your previous permit, you are still required to have them retaken now.

However, if you first booked an appointment and appeared at the police station to submit your current application for a residence permit according to the Brexit regulations (did not follow the normal application procedure) and gave fingerprints and took a photo then, you do not need to do it again. Please note that an automatic email about booking an appointment is sent out when an application is granted. In this specific case, you can disregard that email.

Yes. You can continue to live and work in Norway, even if your residence permit has expired. If you apply for a residence permit according to the Brexit regulations, you can continue to work in Norway even if you applied after the one-month deadline before the expiration of your previous permit.

UDI cannot guarantee entry after your residence permit has expired.

Here is information about travelling without a valid residence card.

Please note that this applies even if you are visa-free. For further information, please consult our page Visit Norway without a visa.

You still have the right to live and work in Norway if you had a Brexit permit that expired, provided the conditions for continued residence are met. This means you must be an employee, self-employed person, student, or have sufficient funds to support yourself – or be a family member of such a person.

If you wish to travel or otherwise document your legal residence in Norway, you are required to apply for a new permit to obtain a valid residence card. You cannot get a residence card without a valid residence permit.

You need to order a new card.

We recommend that you apply for a permanent residence permit so that we can assess whether the stay outside Norway falls under the exceptions. We accept stays abroad longer than six months if they are less than 12 consecutive months and are due to either:

• pregnancy or childbirth
• serious illness
• research stays, studies, or vocational training
• posting/secondment, or
• military or civilian conscription (here we can accept stays longer than 12 months)

If you have been out of Norway for more than six months in the course of one year, and your stay does not fall under any of the listed exceptions, you no longer have residence according to the Brexit regulations. If you wish to continue living in Norway, you are required to apply for a different permit.

If you are unsure whether you meet the requirements for a permanent residence permit, we recommend that you apply for a permanent residence permit anyway so that UDI can assess whether you meet the requirements.

If the requirements for a permanent residence permit are not met but you meet the conditions for a new temporary permit, we will grant a new temporary permit.

Yes. There is no requirement that you have completed training or passed tests in Norwegian and social studies to apply for a permanent residence permit under the Brexit regulations.

You are required to provide documentation showing that you have had enough money to live in Norway for the last five years. You cannot have received financial social assistance or benefits from Norwegian authorities. You can document that you have had sufficient funds by uploading:

• bank statements, confirmations, or annual statements from your bank showing that you have had enough money in your account, or
• bank statements showing regular deposits into your account, in addition to documentation of the source of these funds, or
• documentation showing that you have received a pension from your home country, or
• documentation showing your spouse’s or cohabitant’s income in Norway.

This list is not exhaustive. When completing your application, you will also receive a checklist with suggested documents you can upload to show that you have had sufficient funds.

Once you have completed the application, you will receive an email from the police with instructions on how to upload the documents. It is also possible to forward documents to UDI later.

If you have a permanent residence permit granted under the Brexit regulations, you may stay outside Norway for up to five consecutive years without losing your residence permit. This is a right you have and is not something you can apply for. If you stay outside Norway for more than five years, you will lose your permanent residence permit, and you cannot apply to stay outside Norway beyond this period.

No. Please do not apply for a new residence permit, as you will still have your permit. However, we advise you to order a new residence card.

Yes. Both you and your family may apply for a temporary residence permit under the Brexit regulations for those living in Norway.

Please visit this page for a link to the application form. You can disregard the information stating that you must have resided in Norway previously, and you also do not need to justify why the application is being submitted late.

If you have a cohabitant or spouse with whom the relationship was not established before December 31, 2020, your cohabitant or spouse must apply for a temporary residence permit under ordinary Norwegian rules.

The deadline for applying for a residence permit in Norway under the Separation Agreement between Norway and the UK expired on 31 December 2021.

This applies to you if you had a right of residence in Norway under EEA rules before 31 December 2020, but did not apply for a residence permit under the Separation Agreement (Brexit) by the application deadline on 31 December 2021:

If you did not apply by the deadline, your rights have, in principle, lapsed.

If you have not applied, you may still apply if there are special reasons why you were unable to apply before the deadline. If you apply now, you are required to explain why you did not apply by the deadline. UDI will then assess whether or not to process your case, based on your explanation.

Yes. If you are the child of a British citizen with a Brexit permit, you can apply for a residence permit under the Brexit regulations at any time.

If you are a family member other than a child, your relationship to the British citizen must have been established before December 31, 2020, for you to be able to apply under the Brexit regulations.

If the relationship was established after this, you must apply for a residence permit under ordinary Norwegian rules.

No. If you have a different residence permit, you cannot apply for a permanent residence permit under the Brexit regulations, even if you have lived and worked in Norway since before December 31, 2020. You must follow the rules that apply to the permit you hold.

Our application page provides information on how to apply for a permanent residence permit.

If you have a residence permit under the Brexit regulations, your residence card should state "SEPARASJONSAVTALEN EØS/EFTA-UK".

A permanent residence permit under the Brexit regulations gives you better rights. For example, you can be outside Norway for five years before it lapses, compared to two years for other permanent residence permits.

The requirements for obtaining the different permits are also different. To meet the requirements for a permanent residence permit under the Brexit regulations, you must have met the conditions for a right of residence for five continuous years (as under the EEA regulations).

This means that you must have lived in Norway and been an employee, self-employed person, student, or had sufficient funds to support yourself, or been a family member of such a person for five continuous years.

For an “ordinary” permanent residence permit, other requirements apply, which you can read more about on the Want to apply page.

Applying for a permanent residence permit under the Brexit regulations is free of charge.