If you want to stay in Norway / the Schengen Area for any number of days after your visitor’s visa is set to expire, you must apply to renew your visa. You are not allowed to stay on a visitor's visa for more than 90 days within a period of 180 days regardless of your situation. If you have a visitor’s visa which is about to expire, you must return to your home country. If you stay in Norway for longer than what your permit allows, you could face expulsion from Norway / the Schengen Area.

If you meet the requirements for applying for a residence permit in Norway, you can apply before your visa expires. As a general rule, you must be a skilled worker to be allowed to submit your application while you are in Norway.

Separate rules apply when applying from within Norway for applications for family immigration. If you follow the guide on this webpage, you will find what requirements need to be met for a family immigration application to be approved as well as if you can submit your application while in Norway.

Если Вы имеете разрешение на пребывание в Норвегии, срок которого истекает, Вы, как правило, должны вернуться на родину. Если Вы удовлетворяете требованиям для получения иного разрешения на пребывание, чем то, которое имеется у Вас в настоящее время, Вы можете подать заявление из Норвегии при условии, что являетесь квалифицированным специалистом или имели действительное разрешение на пребывание в Норвегии в течение последних 9 месяцев. Заявление о новом разрешении на пребывание должно быть подано до истечения срока действия имеющегося у Вас разрешения.

В случае, если Вы не подали заявление о выдаче нового разрешения на пребывание в Норвегии до истечения срока действия имеющегося, и не выехали из Норвегии в установленный для выезда срок, это может привести к выдворению Вас из Норвегии и Шенгенской зоны.

As a general rule, we cannot move any applications ahead in the queue on the basis of an applicant wanting to travel to one of the affected areas. If you have requested to be given priority, and UDI has granted your request, it will still take some time to process your application.

As a general rule, we cannot prioritise an application because the applicant wants to travel to an earthquake-stricken area. If you have requested to be given priority, and UDI has granted your request, it will still take some time to process your application.  

No. To apply for protection, you must be in Norway or on the Norwegian border. It is not possible to apply for protection (asylum) in Norway if you are staying in another country.

På grunn av situasjonen i ditt hjemland, kan det være vanskelig for deg å få besøksvisum til Norge. Vi gjør ingen unntak fra regelverket for dere som er rammet av jordskjelvet i Tyrkia eller Syria.

As a general rule, we cannot move any applications ahead in the queue on the basis of an applicant being in one of the affected areas. If you or your family have requested to be given priority, and UDI has granted the request, it will still take some time to process your application. It may be necessary even to carry out additional investigations such as an interview and/or a DNA test.

If you have lost a valid residence card as a result of the earthquake, you will have to apply for an entry visa (D visa). More information on how to apply for an entry visa is available on the website of the Royal Norwegian embassy in Ankara (external website).  

Please note, if you have also lost your passport from your home country, you will have to contact the authorities there in order to be issued a new passport before you can apply for an entry visa.

If you have a Norwegian travel document for refugees, you are not supposed to contact the authorities in your home country. In that case, you must contact the Norwegian embassy in Turkey to apply for a travel document called 'laissez-passer'.

You must have a valid visitor’s visa or a residence permit to be allowed to enter Norway.

You still need to submit your application to one of VFS Global’s application centres in Türkiye. Centres are open in the following locations: Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya. Information is available on the VFS Global website (external website).

For more information about the application process, please visit the website of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ankara (external website).

På grunn av situasjonen i ditt hjemland, kan det være vanskelig for deg å få besøksvisum til Norge. Vi gjør ingen unntak fra regelverket for dere som er rammet av jordskjelvet i Tyrkia eller Syria.