Received an answer Your application for a study permit has been granted
Questions and answers
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How do I travel into Norway?
Travelling to Norway
If you are not already in Norway when your application is granted, you must now check when you can travel to Norway.
First, you must check whether you need a visa to enter Norway. Please check whether you need a visa.
If you do not need a visa
You will notified by the embassy or the Visa Application Centre where you handed in the application when you are allowed to travel to Norway. You will also be notified about the date you have to enter Norway at the latest.
If you have questions, contact the embassy or Visa Application Centre where you handed in the application.
If you need a visa
- The visa you need is called an entry visa
- The UDI will ask the embassy which is responsible for your case to issue you this visa; you do not need to apply for one.
- The Visa Application Centre where you handed in the application or the embassy will contact you to agree on a time for you to come and collect your visa. It will take up to a week for them to contact you. You will collect your visa at the same place as you handed in the application.
- The visa is usually valid for 30 days, and show when you can travel to Norway.
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How to get a residence card if you applied before 16 April 2021
What is a residence card?
A residence card is a credit-card-sized plastic card that proves that you have been granted a residence permit in Norway. The police will order your residence card.
How do you obtain a residence card?
- You must pre-book an appointment to be issued a residence card. You must normally do this through the Application Portal.
- You can make the booking before you travel to Norway.
- The appointment has to be either during the first seven days you are in Norway, or the first available appointment you can find.
- You must meet at the appointed time with the local police office where you are going to live.
If you are under the age of 18, your parents or guardian must accompany you to the police.
Booking an appointment via the Application Portal
If you used the Application Portal to register your application, you can now log in to the Application Portal to book an appointment (external website).
Booking an appointment over the phone
If you did not use the Application Portal Norway when you applied for a residence permit, you must instead call your local police district to book an appointment. You cannot call UDI to book an appointment.
What happens when you go to the police?
The police will take your fingerprints and photo, and will then order your residence card.
How long will it take until you get the card?
It will take at least 20 working days from your appointment with the police until you receive the card in the post.
Please check that you are registered with the correct postal address and that your name is on your letter box. If not, the card will not reach you. If the card is lost in the mail, it will take another ten working days until you can get a new one.
If you are planning trips to abroad, you should therefore make sure there is plenty of time between your appointment with the police and your planned departure date.
If you have not received your residence card by mail or if you have any questions about residence cards, you must contact the local police office where you applied for a residence card (external website).
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How to get a residence card if you applied on 16 April 2021 or later
What is a residence card?
A residence card is a credit-card-sized plastic card that proves that you have been granted a residence permit in Norway. The police will order a residence card for you.
If you have applied from Norway, you might receive your residence card without meeting at the police station again. If this applies to you, the police will send you the residence card in the mail. This means that you do not have to book an appointment. Read below to find out when you must book an appointment.
What do you need to do to receive the card in the mail?
- If you are a new postal recipient in Norway: fill in this form (external website, opens in new window) and hand it in at a post office or in-store post office. Remember to bring identification.
- If you are already a registered postal recipient, check that your correct postal address is registered with Posten (external website). The site requires login with BankID or MinID.
- Make sure you have your name on your letterbox, otherwise you will not receive the card. If the card gets lost in the post, it will take some time before you can get a new one.
- You should not book trips abroad until you have received your new residence card.
How long will it take until you get the card?
It will take at least 20 working days from your appointment with the police until you receive the card in the post.
You must book an appointment to get a residence card
- If you have applied from abroad.
- If you have an expired Norwegian alien's passport or refugee travel document which you have not already given to the police.
- If your application was submitted by another person with a power of attorney (i.e. you must book an appointment with the police yourself to get a residence card).
- If you have applied for a residence permit in accordance with the Brexit regulations (you will be notified to book an appointment after your application has been processed).
- If you have applied for protection for the first time with the police, the police will summon you to class. You do not have to book an appointment yourself.
At the police station, the police will take a photo of you and register your fingerprints.
How to book an appointment?
Booking an appointment electronically:
If you filled in and sent the application electronically, you can now log in here to book the appointment.
Booking an appointment by phone:
If you did not fill in an electronic application form when you applied for a residence permit, you must instead call your local police district to book an appointment. UDI cannot help you to book an appointment.
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Do I need to be tested for tuberculosis?
Some people must be tested for tuberculosis when they come to Norway.
You must get tested if
- you come from a country with a high incidence of tuberculosis. This means that your country is on The Norwegian Institute of Public Health's list of countries with high and very high incidence of tuberculosis (external website), and
- you are going to stay in Norway for more than three months
What should you do to test yourself?
If you are required to be tested for tuberculosis, you must contact the municipality where you will live. The municipality carries out the testing. You must test yourself as soon as possible after arrival to Norway.
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How do I register my address in Norway, get a national identity number or a D number and a tax deduction card?
Register your address
- If you are a new postal recipient in Norway: fill in this form (external website) and hand it in at a post office or in-store post office. Remember to bring identification.
- If you are already a registered postal recipient, check that your correct postal address is registered with Posten (external website). The site requires login with BankID or MinID.
- Make sure you have your name on your letterbox.
If you have changed your address in Norway since you applied for a residence permit, you must inform the police of this when you meet with them, so that your correct address of residence is registered in the National Population Register (Folkeregister).
National identity number or D number
When you meet at the police station to order a residence card, we notify the Tax Administration that you have been granted a residence permit. The Tax Administration decides whether you will be given a D number or a national identity number.
About two weeks after you met with the police, you will receive a letter from the Tax Administration with your national identity number or your D number.
If you received a D number when you should have received a national identity number, you must contact the National Population Register (external website).
Tax deduction card
If you have questions about tax deduction cards because you are going to work in Norway, you will find information on the Norwegian Tax Administration's website about how foreign citizens apply for tax deduction cards (external website).
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Can my family come to Norway?
If you have been granted one of the following types of permit, your spouse or cohabitant and children can apply for family immigration permit:
- study permit to study at a university or university college
- residence permit for a Norwegian language course for skilled workers
- residence permit for additional education
If you hold another type of study permit, your family cannot apply for family immigration.
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What kind of healthcare am I entitled to?
You are entitled to different types of healthcare (external website) depending on your situation.
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Can I work?
- If you are granted a study permit, you are automatically also granted permission to work part-time for up to 20 hours per week, including remote work, in addition to your studies and full-time during holidays.
- You can apply for a permit to work full-time during the academic year if the work is part of your education plan. You have to ask for this in writing when you apply, or later.
- You can not be self-employed or run your own business in Norway
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Can I travel to other countries while living in Norway?
You can travel into and out of Norway for as long as the permit is valid, but you must live in Norway for at least a total of six months each year.
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How do I renew my permit?
Your decision states how long your permit is valid for and whether it can be renewed. If you wish to continue living in Norway, you must remember to renew your permit or apply for a new one 2–3 months before the permit expires. If you do not, you may experience problems travelling into and out of Norway and lose the right to work in Norway while you are waiting for a new permit.
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Can I lose my residence permit?
In some cases, you may lose your residence permit.
Losing a permit means that UDI has decided that the residence permit is no longer valid. It may mean that you are no longer allowed to live in Norway or that you will be granted a new residence permit, and your residence period in Norway will restart.
There may be different reasons why you lose your residence permit, for example, if you:
- do not study
- live outside of Norway for more than a total of six months in one year
- work more than your permit entitles you to
Here you will find more information about revoking a residence permit.