• If you have been expelled from Norway, you are subject to a prohibition on entering Norway for two, five years, ten years or permanently.
• If this applies to you, you have either been deported from Norway by the police, or you have received a letter from the UDI informing you that you have been subject to a prohibition against entry.
• You cannot return to Norway until the prohibition against entry has expired.
• If you nevertheless wish to return to Norway before the prohibition against entry has expired, you have to submit an application. 
• The UDI can lift the prohibition against entry or allow you to come to Norway for a short visit. We will consider the grounds you state and your need to enter Norway in relation to the grounds for your expulsion as well as public order and safety concerns.
• If you have been expelled from Norway for a period of two or five years, and you have children in Norway with Norwegian citizenship, residence permit or right of residence according to the EU/EEA regulations, you can apply for family immigration within six months of the date when the prohibition against entry expires. You must fulfill the requirements for a new residence permit, except for the requirement of not being subject to a prohibition against entry, at the time UDI makes a decision in the case of family immigration. Although a new permit can be granted before the prohibition against entry expires, you cannot travel to Norway until after the prohibition against entry has expired.

You can apply to have the prohibition against entry lifted.

• If you have been expelled from Norway and/or the Schengen area, you are subject to a prohibition on entering Norway for one, two, five years, ten years, or permanently.
• The letter you have received from UDI states whether the prohibition against entry applies to Norway or the entire Schengen area.
• You may have been registered in the Schengen Information System (SIS).
• If this applies to you, you have either been deported from Norway by the police, or you have received a letter from the UDI informing you that you have been subject to a prohibition against entry.
• You cannot return to Norway until the prohibition against entry has expired. If the prohibition against entry applies to the whole Schengen area, you must leave the Schengen area and cannot enter the Schengen area until the prohibition against entry has expired.
• If you nevertheless wish to return to Norway before the prohibition against entry has expired, you have to submit an application. 
• The UDI can lift the prohibition against entry or allow you to come to Norway for a short visit. We will consider the grounds you state and your need to enter Norway in relation to the grounds for your expulsion.
• If you have been expelled from Norway for a period of two or five years, and you have children in Norway with Norwegian citizenship, residence permit or right of residence according to the EU/EEA regulations, you can apply for family immigration within six months of the date when the prohibition against entry expires. You must fulfill the requirements for a new residence permit, except for the requirement of not being subject to a prohibition against entry, at the time UDI makes a decision in the case of family immigration. Although a new permit can be granted before the prohibition against entry expires, you cannot travel to Norway and Schengen until after the prohibition against entry has expired.
   

You can apply to have the prohibition against entry lifted.