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Family immigration
Important information about checklists
These checklists serve as a general guide for most applicants. Once you complete the application form electronically, you will receive a personalised checklist based on your situation. If you have already applied, you can log in and find the checklist on your application (external website).
If you are applying from a country where it is not possible to apply electronically, you should select the checklist that applies to you on this page.
Checklists for family immigration for children
Child under 18 who has one or both parents in Norway
Checklists for family immigration for parents
Parents (and siblings) who have a child under 18 who has been granted protection (asylum) in Norway
Parents who are going to live with a Norwegian child under 18 on a permanent basis
Parents who are going to visit a child in Norway for up to nine months
Parents who have a child over 18 in Norway
Checklists for spouses and cohabitants
Checklists for applications for family immigration with a family member who has a residence permit as a student
A spouse who has a residence permit as a student in Norway
Cohabitant who has a residence permit as a student in Norway
Children who have a parent in Norway who has a residence permit as a student
Checklists for applications for family immigration with a family member who has a residence permit for work
A spouse who has a residence permit for work in Norway
Cohabitant who has a residence permit for work in Norway
Children who have a parent in Norway who has a residence permit for work
Checklists for other applications
Children between the age of 18 and 21 who have previously had a lengthy stay in Norway
Children over 18 who are dependent on their parents
You who have a parent who was a Norwegian citizen when you were born
Checklists for renewals
Family members of persons who have a residence permit for work
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Family immigration with an EU/EEA national (residence card)
Important information about checklists
These checklists serve as a general guide for most applicants. Once you complete the application form electronically, you will receive a personalised checklist based on your situation. If you have already applied, you can log in and find the checklist on your application (external website).
If you are applying from a country where it is not possible to apply electronically, you should select the checklist that applies to you on this page.
Checklist for residence card for spouse of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for cohabitant of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for child or grandchild of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for someone who is going to marry an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for parent or grandparent of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for full sibling, under the age of 18, of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for a foster child of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for family member, in need of care, of an EU/EEA national
Checklist for residence card for other family members of an EU/EEA national
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Family immigration with a Norwegian citizen according to the EEA regulations
Important information about checklists
These checklists serve as a general guide for most applicants. Once you complete the application form electronically, you will receive a personalised checklist based on your situation. If you have already applied, you can log in and find the checklist on your application (external website).
If you are applying from a country where it is not possible to apply electronically, you should select the checklist that applies to you on this page.
Checklist for residence card for spouse of a Norwegian citizen according to the EEA regulations
Checklist for residence card for cohabitant of a Norwegian citizen according to the EEA regulations
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Work
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
Skilled workers
Checklist for skilled worker (with an employer in Norway)
Checklist for athletes or coaches
Checklist for religious leader/teacher
Checklist for self-employed persons (with a company in Norway)
Checklist for independent contractor (self-employed person with a company abroad)
Checklist for posted employee (employee of foreign company who are going on assignment in Norway)
Seasonal workers
Job seekers
Checklist for a job seeker who has recently graduated in Norway or is a researcher
Checklist for job seeker with a visa free citizenship
Russian workers
Checklist for unskilled Russian worker
Checklist for Russian cross border worker
Exchange programmes, culture and organisational work
Checklist for employee of a humanitarian, non-profit or religious organisation
Checklist for participant from the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec)
Checklist for artist, musician, performer or their required support staff
Checklist for working holiday for young adults from Australia
Checklist for working holiday for young adults from Canada
Checklist for working holiday for young adults from Japan
Checklist for working holiday for young adults from New Zealand
Checklist for working holiday for young adults from Argentina
Checklist for working guest in agriculture
Checklist for other types of cultural stay and pleasure cruise
Seamen
Family members of diplomats and NATO personnel
Checklist for spouse, cohabitant and children of diplomats or NATO personnel
Vocational training and research
Checklist for researcher with own funds
Others
Checklist for journalists, media personnel and security and maintenance crew on laid-up ships
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Work (renewals)
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
Skilled workers
Checklist for renewal for skilled worker (with an employer in Norway)
Checklist for renewal for athletes or coaches
Checklist for renewal for religious leader/teacher
Checklist for renewal for self-employed persons (with a company in Norway)
Checklist for renewal for independent contractor (self-employed person with a company abroad)
Job seekers
Checklist for renewal for a job seeker who has recently graduated in Norway or is a researcher
Russian workers
Checklist for renewal for Russian cross border worker
Checklist for renewal for unskilled Russian worker
Exchange programmes, cultural and organisational work
Checklist for renewal for employee of a humanitarian, non-profit or religious organisation
Checklist for renewal for participant from the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec)
Checklist for renewal for artist, musician, performer or their required support staff
Checklist for working holiday for young adults from Canada
Checklist for renewal for working holiday for young adults from Australia
Checklist for renewal for working holiday for young adults from Japan
Checklist for renewal for working holiday for young adults from New Zealand
Checklist for renewal for working holiday for young adults from Argentina
Checklist for renewal for working guest in agriculture
Checklist for renewal for other types of cultural stay and pleasure cruise
Seamen
Checklist for renewal for seamen
Family members of diplomats and NATO personnel
Checklist for renewal for spouse, cohabitant and children of diplomats or NATO personnel
Vocational training and research
Checklist for researcher with own funds
Others
Checklist for journalists, media personnel and security and maintenance crew on laid-up ships
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Permanent residence permit
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
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Citizenship
If you have filled in a form in My applications
If you have filled in an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
If you are sending an application on paper
If you cannot use the electronic form in My applications and must fill in the application on paper, you must use the checklist for your type of application or notification below:
Checklist for application for citizenship
Checklist for Nordic citizens who are giving notification of Norwegian citizenship
Checklist for application to keep your Norwegian citizenship
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Au pair
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
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Studies
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
First time applications
Checklist for students in higher education/vocational school and high school students
Checklist for folk high school or a denominational college students
Checklist for skilled workers who need additional education
Applications for renewal
Checklist for renewal for students in higher education/vocational school and high school students
Checklist for renewal for skilled workers who need additional education
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Immigrant's passport and travel document for refugees
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist (external website).
Checklist for immigrant's passport
Checklist for immigrant's passport for a single journey
Checklist for renewal of immigrant's passport or travel document for refugees
Checklist for refugee status for family members of refugees and refugee travel document
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Renewal of protection (asylum) and strong humanitarian considerations
Checklist for renewal of residence permit for strong humanitarian considerations
For this type of application, there is no checklist. When you meet with the police, you must hand in:
- your travel document for refugees
- your passport from your home country, if UDI or UNE has asked you to hand this in. Please note! We do not require that you get a passport if this could put you or others in danger
- completed application form
- if you wish to change information about your date of birth, place of birth and/or citizenship: Application form to change date of birth, place of birth and/or citizenship (pdf, 628 kB).
- if you have changed your name in the National Population Register since the last time you applied: Name change form (pdf, 542 kB)
Checklist for renewal of residence permit for protection
For this type of application there is no checklist. You only need to bring
- your Norwegian immigrant's passport (blue passport), if you have been given one
- passport from your home country, if UDI or UNE has asked you to hand this in. Please note! We do not require that you get a passport if this could put you or others in danger.
- filled in application form
- if you wish to change information about your date of birth, place of birth and/or citizenship: Application form to change date of birth, place of birth and/or citizenship (pdf, 628 kB).
- if you have changed your name in the National Population Register since the last time you applied: Name change form (pdf, 542 kB)
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The registration scheme for EU/EEA nationals
These checklists serve as a general guide. When you complete the registration form electronically, you will receive a personalised checklist based on your situation. If you have already applied, you can log in and find the checklist on your application (external website, opens in new window).
Please note that if your documents are in a language other than Norwegian or English, they must be translated into Norwegian or English by an authorised or certified translator. The translation must include the translator’s name and the date of translation.
Checklist for employee
- a valid identity card or passport
- employment certificate (ansettelsesbevis — to be filled in by your employer) (pdf, 857 kB) or employment contract that is in accordance with the provisions of the Working Environment Act
- if you are going to work for a recruitment agency: documentation of at least one specific assignment
If your documents are in a language other than Norwegian or English, they must be translated into Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
Checklist for student
- a valid national identity card or passport
- confirmation of admission to an approved educational institution or an upper secondary school
- European Health Insurance Card or private health insurance
- personal declaration stating that you have enough money to support yourself
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If you are under the age of 18:
- If none of your parents are going to live in Norway, you must hand in a birth certificate and a written consent from the person or persons who have parental responsibility for you. The consent must be confirmed by a Notary Public. You must also hand in a certified copy of the valid photo ID of those who have parental responsibility.
- If only one of your parents is going to live in Norway, you must hand in a birth certificate and either a written consent from the other parent, together with a certified copy of his or her valid photo ID, or a court order stating that the parent living in Norway has full parental responsibility. The consent must be confirmed by a Notary Public.
If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they have to be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
You must check whether the European Health Insurance Card covers you while you are a student in Norway. You should check with the authorities in your home country how they will assess your extended stay in Norway as a student. If they find that you, as a student in Norway, can be considered to have moved your habitual residence, you are no longer covered by your European Health Insurance Card. In that case you need private health insurance for the first 12 months you are a student in Norway.
Checklist for family member
- A valid national identity card or passport
- Documentation of the family relationship, for example marriage certificate or birth certificate
- Documentation of the basis for residence of the EU/EEA national that you came to Norway with or wish to be reunited with:
- if employee: documentation which shows that he or she is working, for example pay slips, employment contract and/or a confirmation from the employer
- if self-employed: documentation which shows that he or she is self-employed, for example preliminary accounts or income statement (næringsoppgave), invoices, transcript from the Brønnøysund register centre, proof of registration in the VAT register, contracts/receipts for purchase/rental of business premises, car, equipment or similar.
- if student: Documentation which shows that he or she is a student at an accredited educational institution or an upper secondary school, and a declaration which states that he or she has enough funds to support him/herself and the family.
- if person with own funds: documentation which shows that he or she has enough funds to support him/herself and the family, for example a pension or money in a bank account.
- If your family member is a Norwegian citizen and you have lived together in another EU/EEA country, you should use the checklists for family immigration with a Norwegian citizen according to the EU/EEA regulations.
- If the EU/EEA national who you came to Norway with or wish to be reunited with is staying in Norway as a student or with own funds: documentation which shows that you have private health insurance which is valid for the coming 12 months.
- If the family member is under the age of 18, and only one parent is going to live in Norway, you must hand in either a written consent from the other parent, together with a certified copy of his or her valid photo ID, or a court order stating that the parent living in Norway has full parental responsibility. The consent must be confirmed by a Notary Public.
- If you are under 18, one of your parents must go with you when you hand in your application to the police or at a VFS Application Centre/embassy. It is sufficient that only one of your parents goes with you, as long as you include valid ID documentation for both parents. The parent who will not be accompanying you must also provide a written statement, with signature, in which he or she gives consent for you to be registered in Norway, in accordance with the EEA regulations.
As a rule, the documents must be from the country where the marriage, birth or other event took place. If your relationship to the family member is registered in another EU/EEA country, it may be sufficient to provide us with documentation issued by that EU/EEA country.
If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they have to be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
Checklist for persons with own funds
- a valid national identity card or passport
- documentation that you have enough money to support yourself and your family (for example savings and property in Norway or a pension)
- private health insurance, or you must document that you are entitled to healthcare with a S1 certificate. You can obtain an S1 certificate from the country that disburses your pension (external website). See HelseNorge for information on Healthcare rights of pensioners moving to Norway (external website)
If your documents are in a language other than Norwegian or English, they must be translated into Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
Checklist for employee of foreign enterprise (service provider)
- a valid national identity card or passport
- employment contract with your employer abroad
- documentation from client in Norway or employer in another EEA country confirming assignment and its duration (the assignment must be temporary)
If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they have to be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
Checklist for self-employed
- a valid national identity card or passport
- proof that you are self-employed. You can prove this by different combinations of the following documents:
- transcript from the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities/Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises (external website, opens in new window))
- contracts with customers
- budget and/or accounts
- documentation of reporting value added tax
- contracts or receipts regarding purchase/rent of business premises, car, equipment/tools or similar
- invoices for payment for services rendered
If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they have to be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
Checklist au pair
- a valid national identity card or passport
- an employment contract, signed by the au pair and the host family. You have three options:
- The UDI employment certificate for EEA nationals (pdf, 857 kB). This is the easiest option
- An employment contract that is in accordance with the provisions of the Working Environment Act (external website)
- The UDI's contract for cultural exchange between au pair and host family (pdf, 782 kB). This contract must be used by au pairs from countries outside the EU/EEA. If you and the host family wish to use this contract you can make changes to it, but the changes must be in accord with the provisions of the Working Environment Act (external website). The contract must clearly state how much you will be paid per hour or per month, and how many hours you will work each week. As an EU/EEA national you can work more than what it says in this contract, if you receive extra pay.
If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they have to be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.
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Permanent right of residence
Important information about checklists
These checklists serve as a general guide for most applicants. Once you complete the application form electronically, you will receive a personalised checklist based on your situation. If you have already applied, you can log in and find the checklist on your application (external website).
If you are applying from a country where it is not possible to apply electronically, you should select the checklist that applies to you on this page.
Family members: List of documents you can hand in when applying for permanent right of residence
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Order new residence card
If you have filled out a form in My applications
If you have filled out an application form in My applications, you must log in and go to your application to see your personal checklist.
Checklist which shows what you must bring to your appointment with the police:
- signed cover letter
- valid passport
- if you have had another passport in the last four years: your old passport
- your old residence card (if you have it)
- if you have changed your name: documentation of the name change
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Lifting a prohibition against entry
- your passport or other proof of identity and a copy of all the pages in your passport
- documentation of the date of departure from Norway, for example an exit stamp in your passport or tickets that shows when you left Norway
- documentation showing the reasons why you want to travel to Norway, for example a medical certificate or a summons to attend a court case
- if you were expelled from Norway because of criminal offences, you must submit a new, dated certificate of good conduct from the country where you live now.
The documents must be in Norwegian or English. If you submit documents in other languages, you must enclose a translation by an authorised translator.