You must hand in these documents with your application for a residence permit (Immigration Act section 44) Checklist for parents who are living with a Norwegian child and are going to continue to live with the child under 18 on a permanent basis
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How to use the checklist
Underneath is a list of the documents you need to submit when you apply for family immigration. Some of the documents you the applicant have to get and others the reference person need to get.
- Print the list.
- Mark every submitted document in the check list
- Sign the last page.
- You as the applicant should then submit this checklist, the questionnaire and copies of all the relevant documents in person. You must also bring the original documents.
Application documents
The signature form is the attachment you received via email when you registered your application online. Please print it and bring it with you. If you are handing in your application at a Danish embassy, please bring a filled-out application form instead. (www.udi.no/forms)
You can use this form Form for granting Power of Attorney, pdf, 710 kB (pdf, 199 kB) (www.udi.no/forms) or the form you received by email when you registered your application in the Application Portal.
Identity documents for the applicant
- If you hand in your application in Norway, you normally only need to show your passport and hand in the copies.
- If you hand in your application abroad, you must normally hand in both your passport and the copies. If you need your passport back before you receive an answer to your application, please contact the place where you hand in the application.
if applicable a document confirming that the applicant is granted asylum in the country.
Documents about your family
Originals and copies of the documents
Requirements for documents from Norway
You do not need to bring originals of documents from Norwegian authorities. You are only to hand in a copy of the document. The copy does not need to be stamped.
Requirements for documents from other countries than Norway
- You must bring the original documents and your passport. If you apply from Norway, you must present the original documents and your passport. If you apply from abroad, you must submit the original documents and your passport. These documents will be checked by the embassy and will be returned to you at the same place as you submitted the application.
- You must also bring copies of all the documents and your passport.
- If you hand in your application abroad, the copies must be stamped by the authorities in your country, or by a notarius publicus.
- If you hand in your application to the police in Norway you do not need to have the copies stamped (neither the copies of your documents, nor the copies of your passport).
- If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they must 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 also hand in a copy of the translations. If you hand in your application abroad, the copy of the translation must be stamped by the authorities in your country, or a notarius publicus.
- Do you have documents from different countries? Check at udi.no/apostille what you need to do to get documents from different countries certified.
Please note! The UDI does not require apostille or legalisation of the documents but be aware that other public agencies may require this.