Please submit these documents when you apply for a renewal of your residence permit Checklist for renewal for students at a university college/a university/a vocational school or in upper secondary education
The applicant is the person who wishes to visit or live in Norway.
How to use the list
When you turn up at your appointment with the police, you must hand in this list and copies of the documents on this list. You must also present the original documents.
If any of your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, you must hand in a translation of the documents into Norwegian or English.
It is your responsibility to make sure that you have handed in all of the documents on the list which are required for your application. If all relevant documents are not handed in, you may have to wait longer for an answer or your application may be rejected.
Documents which you must hand in when you apply to renew your residence permit
- 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)
You must show that you have funds equivalent of
NOK 128 887 per year
or that you will have a yearly income equivalent of this sum (or a combination of funds and income).
You must document this in one or more of these ways:
- Statement of support from the State Education Loan Fund (Lånekassen) or documentation which shows that you receive other types of grants.
- A work contract for part time work in Norway which shows how many hours you will work per week, your pay and the duration of the contract.
- A bank statement from your account/all your accounts in a Norwegian bank.
- You can not be self-employed or run your own business in Norway.
You must document this in one or more of these ways:
- Receipt of payment of the tuition fee from the school/university/university college
- Statement of support from the State Education Loan Fund (Lånekassen) or documentation which shows that you receive other types of grants
- A work contract for part time work in Norway which shows how many hours you will work per week, your pay and the duration of the contract.
- A bank statement from your account in a Norwegian bank, or a statement from the educational institution that you have deposited the amount in an account that the educational institution has opened for this purpose.
The money for the tuition fee comes in addition to the sum of
NOK 128 887 per year
which you must show that you have for your living expenses.
A bank statement which shows all transactions and how much money you had in your account every month for the last six months. If you have several bank accounts in Norway, you must enclose a bank statement for all your accounts.
The educational institution must fill out this form: Statement on study progress, pdf, 835 kB, Norwegian language only (pdf, 598 kB) (www.udi.no/forms)
If you want a representative to follow up your application in UDI on your behalf
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.