If you have sought protection in Norway after fleeing the war in Ukraine, the Norwegian immigration authorities will decide whether your application is to be processed as part of a group of applications or individually. Group assessment of applications is undertaken for the sake of granting collective protection, whereas individual assessment is carried out to assess applications for protection (asylum) in line with standard procedure.

It may already be evident during the registration process that your application does not fulfil the eligibility requirements for collective protection. If this is the case, your application will be immediately rerouted for standard processing.

In other instances, it may not become apparent until a later stage that the requirements for collective protection have not been met. These applications will then be transferred for processing according to the standard procedure for applications for protection.

If your application was initially assessed for collective protection but later transferred for processing as a standard application for protection, we will send you a letter by post to notify you of this change.

The first thing UDI will do is to check whether you have applied for protection or resided in another country. If this is the case, we will consider whether you should instead return and apply for a residence permit there. If this applies to you, we'll let you know as soon as we have looked at your application. You do not need to do anything until you hear from us.

If you have not applied for protection or have resided in another country, we will process your case according to ordinary protection regulations. Here you will find information about the conditions for obtaining ordinary protection.

If you want your application to be processed as an ordinary asylum application, you do not need to do anything. Your application will be processed as soon as we can, but you should expect it to take time before you get an answer. Unfortunately, we do not have more information about the waiting time for these applications now.

If you do not want your application to be processed as an ordinary asylum application, you must withdraw your application. You will find instructions for how to withdraw your application for protection here.

Information about the rights and obligations you have when granted ordinary protection is available here. (In Norwegian and English only.)

While being an asylum seeker, you can only work if you have been granted a work permit. You can read more about how to apply for a work permit while you wait for a response to your application for protection here. (In Norwegian and English only).

You can find information about the waiting times for collective protection and applications for individual protection here.

You can find information for persons who live in private housing and have been told that their application will be processed as an application for ordinary protection here.

Here you will find information about what will happen when we process your application for ordinary protection. (Only available in Norwegian and English.)

Here you can read about the conditions for being granted ordinary protection. (Only available in Norwegian and English.)

If you do not want UDI to process the application individually, you must withdraw your application. 

If your application is rejected, or if you choose to withdraw it and you do not have valid residence in Norway on other grounds, you are generally obliged to leave. That means you have to travel out of the country.

You can still stay in Norway if
• you have another valid residence permit in Norway
• you are waiting for a response to another application for a residence permit in Norway
• you have stayed in Schengen for less than 90 days

To withdraw your application for protection, you must do the following:

• Complete the form (85 kB pdf) (external website)
• Sign the form
• Scan or take a photo of the completed and signed form
• Send the form as an email attachment to pu@politiet.no

After you have sent the form, the police will contact you.

To withdraw your application, you must write a letter to UDI in which you clearly state that you are withdrawing your asylum application. The letter must include your DUF number and your signature. You can find your DUF number on your residence card or on case papers from UDI.

Send the letter to UDI by post to:

Utlendingsdirektoratet 
Postboks 2098 Vika 
0125 Oslo

When we receive your letter, we will remove your application from consideration. You can apply for protection again later if your other residence permit loses its validity.

You can only apply for another type of residence permit if you meet the requirements for applying from Norway. These requirements can be, for example, that you are a legal resident and a skilled worker, or that you have had a valid residence permit for the last 9 months.

You must familiarise yourself with which residence permits are relevant for you, and whether you have the right to apply from Norway. You can find this information by filling in information about which residence permit you want to apply for and answering the questions on our website.