You must hand in these documents when you apply for a residence permit (Immigration Regulations § 6-1 (1)) Checklist for skilled worker (with an employer in Norway)

• 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 your employer in Norway is going to apply for a residence permit on your behalf, with a written authorisation from you, it is sufficient that your employer hands in a copy of your passport.

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)

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. If you do not yet know where you are going to rent, you can instead write an explanation on a separate sheet regarding where you are planning to live and how you will organise this. 

It is recommended (but not required) that the apartment number (dwelling number) is stated on the contract if you are renting an apartement. This number consists of an H and four digits, for example H0101. You will be asked to provide this number when filling out your application.

UDI Offer of employment form (pdf, 1,0 MB) (www.udi.no/forms)  

• If you are going to work in an industry in which a collective agreement applies, you must hand in a copy of the first page of the agreement and a copy of the page showing the pay rates, where the employer has marked the pay rate you have been offered.
• If you are going to work in an industry in which no collective agreement applies, you must hand in documentation which shows that the pay you have been offered is not poorer than is normal for someone in your occupation in the place you are going to work, for example wage statistics from a trade association.
  • If the position requires a master's degree and the pay you have been offered by your employer is at least 

    NOK 480 900 per year pre-tax

     or the position requires a bachelor's degree and the pay you have been offered by your employer is at least 

    NOK 448 900 per year pre-tax

     you do not have to hand in any documentation.

• 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.

If your employer in Norway is going to apply for a residence permit on your behalf, with a written authorisation from you, it is sufficient that your employer hands in a copy of the documentation of your education. You may be asked to show the original documentation at a later point in time.

• 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.

You do not need information as detailed as this if you are going to work in the IT industry.

• Courses: If you have completed courses in the profession, you can attach the relevant documentation 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 basis for assessing whether or not you are a skilled worker. 

If your employer in Norway is going to apply for a residence permit on your behalf, with a written authorisation from you, it is sufficient that your employer hands in a copy of the documentation of your work experience. You may be asked to show the original documentation at a later point in time.

For example: Visitor's visa, residence permit in another Schengen country and /or documentation which shows when you travelled into Norway/Schengen.

If you have a residence permit in Norway, you do not have to hand in anything. 

Check here if approval or authorisation is necessary in your profession, and which recognition authority you must contact. (external website)

(https://hkdir.no/en/foreign-education/lists-and-databases/regulated-professions)

In the confirmation, the client (customer) must write

• what period you will carry out the assignment with them,
• enter the number of hours per week you will work with them, and
• provide a detailed description of your work tasks.

The client (customer) must sign the confirmation of assignment

You can find the register of the Labour Inspection Authority here: www.arbeidstilsynet.no/registre/registrerte-bemanningsforetak/ (external website)

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.

Read more about who and how to get this here. If you want an early employment start, you must request this when you hand in your application to the police.