What is the income requirement for a family immigration application?
At UDI, we refer to the income requirement as the «subsistence requirement» – the terms mean the same.
The subsistence requirement for family immigration applications is decided by policy and is set by the Storting. It may change over time. More information about the Income requirement in family immigration cases.
There are two aspects to the subsistence requirement . You must usually fulfil both a requirement about previous income while also showing the probability that you will earn a certain level of income in the future.
The applicant and the reference person are themselves responsible for fulfilling the subsistence requirement.
If the person living in Norway (the reference person) has protection (asylum), the subsistence requirement is dropped if the following all apply:
- the family relationship was established before the reference person came to Norway and
- the application is submitted online within 6 months of the reference person being granted protection and
- the applicants have met in person at an application centre within 1 year of the reference person being granted protection.
In some cases, UDI can or must make exceptions from all or parts of the subsistence requirement. We are unable to answer whether exceptions can be made in your case. More information is available on the webpage, UDI 2010-118 Subsistence requirement in family immigration applications (external website).