You must submit these documents when you apply for a residence permit Checklist for skilled worker who are going to take additional education

• 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. 

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)

• If you have completed an education or a degree at an university college or university, or have completed a vocational training programme at upper secondary school level, you must submit a diploma and transcripts showing how long the education lasted, the level and the content.
• If you have taken education which you have not completed,  you must hand in documentation which shows how long the education lasted, the level and the content.

If you have previously handed in this documentation to the UDI, you do not have to hand it in again. 

• Work certificates: You must provide work certificates from previous employers that contain detailed information about:
• how long you worked there,
• what training you received,
• what work tasks you had and
• what qualifications you have.

Courses: If you have courses in the profession, you can attach documentation to this as a supplement to the work certificates. The documentation must contain information about the duration/number of hours and the content of the courses.

You only need to document work experience in addition to, or instead of, documentation of education if the work experience should be part of the assessment of whether or not you are a skilled worker. 

Check here which recognition authority you must contact  (http://www.nokut.no/en/Foreign-education/Other-recognition-systems/Regulated-professions/List-of-regulated-professions/)

If you are going to attend Norwegian language classes somewhere else than at a university/university college, the provider must be on the list of approved providers of tuition on Kompetanse Norge's website (external website).

You must have funds equivalent of NOK 151 690 for the entire year, documented by a bank statement from your account or a detailed work contract for any part time work you do. You can not be self-employed or run your own business in Norway. If you have several bank accounts in Norway, you must enclose a bank statement for all your accounts.

This can be a house, apartment, a room in a shared flat or similar. If you are renting, you must hand in a written rental contract which is approved by the house owner, manager or housing co-operative.  

It is reccomended (but not required) that the apartment number (dwelling number) is stated on the contract. This number consists of an H and four digits, for example H0101. When you are filling in the application form, we will ask you for this number.

If the educational institution/school is organising accommodation for you, it is sufficient that they have written this in your letter of admission, you do not need to hand in a separate rental contract. 

You can use this form Form for granting Power of Attorney (pdf, 677 kB) (www.udi.no/forms) or the form you received by email when you registered your application in the Application Portal.