If you have lost your travel document while travelling, you should contact the nearest Norwegian Foreign Service mission and apply for a laissez-passer for entry to Norway. Please note, you must have a valid residence permit in Norway to be issued a laissez-passer. When you return to Norway, you must hand in the laissez-passer to your local police. To obtain a new travel document, you need to submit an application for renewal with a separate attachment in which you explain the loss of your travel document.

If you have a permanent residence permit which has expired, or if your residence card was lost or stolen, you will also need to apply for an entry visa (D visa). You are to submit your application to the Norwegian Foreign Service mission serving the area where you are (external website). 

If you enter a country where your travel document is restricted, your Norwegian travel document may be confiscated in accordance with Section 12-4, third paragraph, letter f (external website) of the Immigration Regulations. UDI will, however, notify you in advance so that you have the opportunity to comment on the matter, if you have not already been given the opportunity to do so during a conversation/interview with the police.

The fact that you have travelled to a country where your travel document is restricted may also have consequences for any applications to renew a residence permit and travel document, in addition to the fact that revocation of your residence permit may be considered.

The parent who is abroad must grant consent for the child’s application. They are to do so via the nearest Norwegian Foreign Service mission (external website). The person granting consent must then appear at the relevant embassy and provide identification. Use the form Consent to application for travel document for children below 18 years and minors (udi.no). (pdf, 198 kB)

You can apply for an ‘immigrant's passport for a single journey’ to obtain a passport from your home country's embassy.

You can apply for an ‘immigrant's passport for a single journey’ if:

• you do not have a valid travel document or a passport from your home country, and
• your home country does not have an embassy in Norway, and
• it is the first time you are applying for an ‘immigrant's passport for a single journey’

If you have been granted an immigrant's passport before but did not use it, you must submit a written explanation with your application. If you have to travel to your home country to obtain a passport or any necessary supporting documentation, you must attach documentation to confirm it (e.g. confirmation from the embassy).

For more information, see Want to apply: Immigrant’s passport for a single journey - UDI.

After you receive your residence card, you can travel in and out of Norway for as long as the residence permit is valid. You must take your travel document and residence card with you when you travel. You can visit other Schengen countries for up to 90 days. You cannot travel to your home country. If you later apply for a permanent residence permit, the general rule is that you cannot have stayed outside Norway for more than a total of ten months over the past five years.