Citizenship for stateless persons who are born in Norway

If you are a statless person and are born in Norway, you can apply for Norwegian citizenship.
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The applicant is the person who wishes to become a Norwegian citizen.

If you are a citizen of two or more countries, and one of them is an EU/EEA country, please choose the EU/EEA country. 

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When can you apply?

  • You should not apply before you meet all the requirements.
  • The waiting times for processing citizenship applications vary. If you apply too early, and we process your application before you meet all the requirements, your application will be rejected.
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Need for clarification in the wake of Norway’s recognition of Palestine as an independent state

We are awaiting clarification concerning who will be considered citizens of Palestine and who will remain eligible to apply for citizenship based on the rules for those who are stateless. If you were a stateless Palestinian at the time when Norway recognised Palestine as a state, you should wait to apply for citizenship until we can provide the correct information regarding which rules will apply for you.

We will publish updated information as soon as the question has been resolved.

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