How to Apply for a Visa

Family reunification means that a family member abroad is reunited with one or more family members already living in Norway. The aim of the provisions on family reunification is to protect already established family ties. Primary closest family members such as spouses, cohabitants who have lived together for at least two years and children under 18 years of age could be granted a residence perm...

If your intention is to get married or enter into partnership during your stay in Norway, it is possible to apply for a work and residence permit where the intention is to get married or enter into partnership ("fiancé permit"). If granted you will be given a six months work and residence permit and during this period marriage or partnership must be contracted. If marriage is not contracted...

Please find below a list of applications to be used when applying for an ordinary visa to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and/or Iceland and different types of permits for Norway.

Norway has signed the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees from 1951 (Refugee Convention), and is therefore obliged to grant refugees protection. The Immigration Act of 1988 determines who is entitled to protection in Norway. Asylum is given only to persons who have a well-founded reasons to be granted an asylum or residence permit. Social and economical difficulties do not qualify...