Have applied Visit and holiday
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What happens to your application while you wait?
- Once you have submitted all the application documents to the embassy, the embassy will decide within 15 days whether you can be granted a visa.
- If the embassy is in doubt about whether you can be granted a visa, they will forward your case to the UDI.
- The UDI's case officers consider the cases in the order in which they are received. When your application is first in line, a case officer will consider your application and make a decision.
- UDI can not guarantee that you case will be processed within 45 days, unfortunately, due to the number of cases waiting to be processed.
- Once your application has been processed, the embassy will notify you. If you have authorised someone to represent you in connection with your case, this person will be notified and has to inform you.
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How do you send us new information?
If you have new documentation for your case, you must send it to the embassy.
If the UDI asked you to send us the documentation, you can send it directly to us. You can send it to the person who asked for it, or send it in as described on this page.
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What is the possibility of you getting a visa?
You can find information about this under Want to apply: Visit and holiday.
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How long do you have to wait for an answer to your application?
How long do you usually have to wait for an answer?
If your application is processed by the embassy in the country you live in,
you will normally receive an answer within 15 days after handing in your application at the Visa Application Centre, the consulate or the embassy.If your application is processed by an embassy in another country, this will take a few more days, since your application will be sent by courier to and from the embassy. You’ll find information on the embassy’s web pages on how long this will take.
Which applications will it take longer before receives a reply?
Most cases are processed by the embassy, but if the embassy is in doubt about whether you can be granted a visa, they will forward your case to the UDI. In such cases, applicants will receive an answer within 45 days after the application is registered at the embassy.
Note that it will take a couple of days from when the case is delivered to the application center, consulate or embassy until it is registered at the embassy. The waiting time applies from the day the application is registered with the embassy.
Appeals concerning rejections
You will normally receive an answer to your appeal within 8 months of submitting your application for a visitor's visa to the Visa Application Centre, embassy or consulate.
In connection with the corona situation and the opening of the borders, UDI has been given several tasks that must be prioritized. The waiting time may therefore change and get longer while your appeal is being processed. Here you can read what can make the waiting time change and how you can stay up to date.
This information was last updated on
20 July 2022
. It will be updated again on
23 August
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What can you do to contribute to receiving an answer as quickly as possible?
- Make sure that your application is completed correctly and in full.
- Make sure that you enclose all the necessary documents, please see our checklist.
- Make sure that your, and your sponsor’s, contact information is up-to-date.
- It is also a good idea to make sure that the person who has invited you to Norway has power of attorney from you, so that we can give important information to him or her.
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Can your case be moved to the front of the queue?
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.