If you have new documentation which is important for your application, you can send it to the UDI.
Please go to our guide to waiting time for citizenship applications.
In order for your decision to reach you as soon as possible, it is important that you notify us if you change your postal address from the one you stated in your application.
You must notify the UDI if something happens in your life that may have a bearing on your application for Norwegian citizenship.
This could for example be that
Many people want to have an answer to their application quickly. However, very special circumstances are required for your case to be moved to the front of the queue.
You have to report your new address to the National Population Register (external website) as soon as you know you will be moving. The UDI automatically receives your new address from the registry.
If you are in Norway, and you move before your application has been processed, you must notify the police that you are moving no later than one week after you have moved. You can notify the police where you are moving to, or where you lived before.
If you are abroad, and you move before the UDI has processed your application, you must notify the embassy or consulate you applied to. If you fail to do this, you risk not receiving the answer to your application.
After you have been granted Norwegian citizenship, it may take some time until you receive a Norwegian passport.
When you are granted Norwegian citizenship, your residence card is no longer valid, even if the card has not expired. Suppose you have a passport from another country and do not have a Norwegian passport. In that case, you must be aware that it can be difficult to document that the visa rules that apply to Norwegian citizens also apply to you.
There is usually no passport control on travels between Schengen countries.
When you re-enter Norway, you may have to document that you have legal residence in Norway at the border control. People with passports from outside the EU/EEA usually document this with a valid residence card.
If you travel without a Norwegian passport or Norwegian ID card, you may experience problems at the border control into Schengen/Norway, or at an ID check in another Schengen country. In other words, you may have difficulties re-entering Norway after your stay abroad.
Suppose you are granted Norwegian citizenship while being abroad. In this case, you should be prepared to answer questions when entering Norway about why you still travel with a travel document / alien's passport / other country's passport and residence card and do not have a Norwegian passport. You must then explain that you became a Norwegian citizen while abroad and therefore have not had the opportunity to get a Norwegian passport.