Visa Information

Overview

The purpose of the visit is to travel to Norway as a tourist, either by taking a trip organised by a tour operator, or through individual booking of tickets and accommodation.

A Schengen visa only allows foreign nationals to visit Norway and the other Schengen countries for up to 90 days.

Please click on each of the tabs above for more information. For information about who is eligible to apply for a visa at the Visa Application Centre, please see Jurisdiction to Apply.

You can also find additional information about Visitor’s visa on the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara .

Visa Fees

When you apply for a visa or residence permit to Norway, you will pay the fee online when registering your application at the Application Portal Norway.

Attention Please :

The following are exempted from the fee when submitting an application for Schengen Visa:

• Children under 6 years of age
• Pupils, students and their accompanying teachers if the purpose of the travel is studying or educational training
• Researchers from third countries travelling in the Schengen area to do scientific research as defined by the European parliament and council recommendation 2005/761/EC of 28 September 2005
• Representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Participants aged 25 years or less in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Spouses, children and dependent ascendants of an EU/EEA national who is exercising free movement rights in Norway, when visiting the person.

Please inform visa application centre staff if you are entitled to be exempted. The fee will then be reimbursed by the Embassy to the credit card that made the payment.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note:

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR charge for each application.

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

The processing time for applications is normally up to 15 calendar days after the embassy or consulate has received the application. In some cases, applications are sent to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), and the processing time in these cases may be up to 45 calendar days.

Download Forms

The application form for Norway visa needs to be filled online. To launch an online application form, please visit the Application Portal Norway.

Overview

A Schengen visa only allows foreign nationals to visit Norway and the other Schengen countries for up to 90 days.

Please click on each of the tabs above for more information. For information about who is eligible to apply for a visa at the Visa Application Centre, please see Jurisdiction to Apply.

You can also find additional information about Visitor’s visa on the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara.

Visa Fees

When you apply for a visa or residence permit to Norway, you will pay the fee online when registering your application at the Application Portal Norway.

Attention Please :

The following are exempted from the fee when submitting an application for Schengen Visa:

• Children under 6 years of age
• Pupils, students and their accompanying teachers if the purpose of the travel is studying or educational training
• Researchers from third countries travelling in the Schengen area to do scientific research as defined by the European parliament and council recommendation 2005/761/EC of 28 September 2005
• Representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Participants aged 25 years or less in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Spouses, children and dependent ascendants of an EU/EEA national who is exercising free movement rights in Norway, when visiting the person.

Please inform visa application centre staff if you are entitled to be exempted. The fee will then be reimbursed by the Embassy to the credit card that made the payment.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note:

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR charge for each application.

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

The processing time for applications is normally up to 15 calendar days after the embassy or consulate has received the application. In some cases, applications are sent to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), and the processing time in these cases may be up to 45 calendar days.

Download Forms

The application form for Norway visa needs to be filled online. To launch an online application form, please visit the Application Portal Norway.

Overview

The purpose of the travel is to visit family or friends in Norway. The person you are going to visit will have to provide an invitation and in most cases a financial guarantee.

A Schengen visa only allows foreign nationals to visit Norway and the other Schengen countries for up to 90 days.

Please click on each of the tabs above for more information. For information about who is eligible to apply for a visa at the Visa Application Centre, please see Jurisdiction to Apply.

You can also find additional information about Visitor’s visa on the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara.

Visa Fees

When you apply for a visa or residence permit to Norway, you will pay the fee online when registering your application at the Application Portal Norway.

Attention Please :

The following are exempted from the fee when submitting an application for Schengen Visa:

• Children under 6 years of age
• Pupils, students and their accompanying teachers if the purpose of the travel is studying or educational training
• Researchers from third countries travelling in the Schengen area to do scientific research as defined by the European parliament and council recommendation 2005/761/EC of 28 September 2005
• Representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Participants aged 25 years or less in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Spouses, children and dependent ascendants of an EU/EEA national who is exercising free movement rights in Norway, when visiting the person.

Please inform visa application centre staff if you are entitled to be exempted. The fee will then be reimbursed by the Embassy to the credit card that made the payment.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note:

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR charge for each application.

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

The processing time for applications is normally up to 15 calendar days after the embassy or consulate has received the application. In some cases, applications are sent to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), and the processing time in these cases may be up to 45 calendar days.

Download Forms

The application form for Norway visa needs to be filled online. To launch an online application form, please visit the Application Portal Norway.

Invitation form for persons visiting family or friends (only in Norwegian – can be filled out digitally). Please be aware that the invitation letter should come from the main person that you are going to visit. Examples: Your biological family member, your spouse/fiancée, boy -or girlfriend, etc. For more information about Invitation for a visitor’s visa, please click here.

Financial guarantee - If you are visiting family or friends, the person you will be visiting will normally have to provide a financial guarantee. For more information about Guarantee for applicants visiting on a visitor's visa, please click here.

Power of attorney – this form is submitted together with the application if the applicant wishes to give another person authorization to follow up on the case on his/her behalf.

Overview

The purpose of the travel is to attend courses, internships, participation in Study/Exchange programs/Summer schools; participate in sports, training, cultural exchange programs, tours and participation in conferences, workshops, etc.

A Schengen visa only allows foreign nationals to visit Norway and the other Schengen countries for up to 90 days.

Please click on each of the tabs above for more information. For information about who is eligible to apply for a visa at the Visa Application Centre, please see Jurisdiction to Apply.

You can also find additional information about Visitor’s visa on the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara.

Visa Fees

Attention Please :

The following are exempted from the fee when submitting an application for Schengen Visa:

• Children under 6 years of age
• Pupils, students and their accompanying teachers if the purpose of the travel is studying or educational training
• Researchers from third countries travelling in the Schengen area to do scientific research as defined by the European parliament and council recommendation 2005/761/EC of 28 September 2005
• Representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Participants aged 25 years or less in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Spouses, children and dependent ascendants of an EU/EEA national who is exercising free movement rights in Norway, when visiting the person.

Please inform visa application centre staff if you are entitled to be exempted. The fee will then be reimbursed by the Embassy to the credit card that made the payment.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note:

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR charge for each application.

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

The processing time for applications is normally up to 15 calendar days after the embassy or consulate has received the application. In some cases, applications are sent to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), and the processing time in these cases may be up to 45 calendar days.

Download Forms

The application form for Norway visa needs to be filled online. To launch an online application form, please visit the Application Portal Norway.

Overview

The purpose of the travel is to visit an EU/EEA citizen exercising free movement rights in Norway. Only spouses and children can apply, as well as parents who are dependent ascendants of the EU/EEA citizen exercising free movement rights in Norway.

A Schengen visa only allows foreign nationals to visit Norway and the other Schengen countries for up to 90 days.

Please click on each of the tabs above for more information. You can also find additional information about Visitor’s visa on the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara.

Visa Fees

Attention Please :

The following are exempted from the fee when submitting an application for Schengen Visa:

• Children under 6 years of age
• Pupils, students and their accompanying teachers if the purpose of the travel is studying or educational training
• Researchers from third countries travelling in the Schengen area to do scientific research as defined by the European parliament and council recommendation 2005/761/EC of 28 September 2005
• Representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Participants aged 25 years or less in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations.
• Spouses, children and dependent ascendants of an EU/EEA national who is exercising free movement rights in Norway, when visiting the person.

Please inform visa application centre staff if you are entitled to be exempted. The fee will then be reimbursed by the Embassy to the credit card that made the payment.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note:

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR charge for each application.

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

The processing time for applications is normally up to 15 calendar days after the embassy or consulate has received the application. In some cases, applications are sent to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), and the processing time in these cases may be up to 45 calendar days.

Download Forms

Visa Applications are usually processed within 7 days (excluding day of submission at Visa Application Centre), if all required documentation is in order. We advice you to submit your application well in advance.

Overview

If you wish to come to Norway to work, you need a residence permit. You must normally have found a job first. What residence permit you should apply for depends on your competence and the type of work you will be doing in Norway.

If you wish to study or go to school in Norway for more than three months, you must apply for a study permit. If you are granted a study permit, you will also be able to work for up to 20 hours a week while you are studying and full-time during holidays.

Although voluntary work through the Erasmus+ program is not defined as “work”, you still need a work permit in Norway before you can start the assignment. The applicant or another person has to register the application for a work permit in the Application Portal Norway, pay the fee, and book an appointment at the Visa Application Centre for submitting the application with the supporting documents. The case processing time in the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is 4 weeks.  

Once the decision has been taken by the UDI, the Embassy will send the passport with the visa or rejection letter (in case there is no power of attorney) to the Visa Application Centre. The applicant can track the application at the web page of the Visa Application Centre, and will be informed when the passport is returned to the Visa Application Centre. The Visa Application Centre also has a courier service which the applicant can order when submitting the application.

Once you have been informed the case is granted, you must book an appointment with the police in Norway in order to get a Residence Card. See information on UDI's website on how to do this. Please be aware that you cannot start your assignment in Norway before you have been to the police to get a Residence Card.

As an au pair, you can improve your language skills and learn about Norwegian society by living with a Norwegian family. In return, you will provide services such as light housework and/or child care for the host family.   Turkish citizens and persons legally residing in Turkey can apply for a residence permit for study, work and other purposes at the Visa Application Centre.

Comments: Third country nationals (exempt Syrian nationals) with a minimum of 6 months of legal residence in Turkey, can hand in their applications at the VFS Visa Application Centers. They have to register their applications  at  the Application Portal Norway.

Please see the websites of the Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy for more information about different residence permits for work, study and other purposes.

Visa Fees

Work permit - please check

Study and au pair permit - please check

For a complete list of fees, please see the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. The fees are paid at the Application Portal Norway.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note: 

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR VFS service fee charged for each application. VFS Service fee can only be paid in cash in Euro at the Visa Application Centers

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Please click on the links below for some of the most used checklists:

Work

Checklist for skilled worker

Checklist for seconded employee (service provider) Also to be used by imams from Diyanet.

Checklist to be used by voluntary workers in the Erasmus+ program

Study

Check list for students and high school students

Au pair

Check list for au pair

For all other checklists, please visit the website of the Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI).

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

Please click to see case processing times.

Download Forms

The application form for a residence permit in Norway needs to be filled online. To register an application online, please log on to the Application Portal Norway.

Please click on the links below for some of the most used checklists:

Work

Checklist for skilled worker

Checklist for seconded employee (service provider). Also to be used by imams from Diyanet.

Checklist to be used by voluntary workers in the Erasmus+ program

Study

Check list for students and high school students

Au pair

Check list for au pair

For all other checklists, please visit the website of the Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI).

Form for granting Power of Attorney (pdf, 710 kB)

Overview

Family immigration is also called family reunification or forming a family. Those who apply for family immigration are usually the spouse, cohabitant or child of someone who lives in Norway. Other types of family members who may apply are parents who have children in Norway, those who are going to marry someone in Norway (fiancées/fiancés), foster children and full siblings.

Turkish citizens and persons legally residing in Turkey can apply for a residence permit for family immigration purposes at the Visa Application Centre.

Comments: Third country nationals (exempt Syrian nationals) with a minimum of 6 months of legal residence in Turkey, can hand in their applications at the VFS. They have to register their applications at the Application Portal Norway.

Please see the websites of the Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI) and the Norwegian Embassy for more information about different family immigration permits.

Visa Fees

Family immigration permit – please check: https://www.udi.no/en/word-definitions/fees/#link-3593 . Applications for children under the age of 18 are free.

For a complete list of fees, please see the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. The fees are paid at the Application Portal Norway.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note: 

• Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR VFS service fee charged for each application.
• VFS Service fee can only be paid in cash in Turkish Liras at the Visa Application Centers.
• Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

Please click here for the required documents.

Please click here for the visa application checklist for the third country nationals

Checklist for family immigration with spouse

Checklist for family immigration for those who are getting married

Checklist for family immigration for children who have parents in Norway

For all other checklists, please visit the website of the Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI).

Please be aware that “Proof of the existence of family relations (Tam Tekmil Vukuatlı Nüfus Kayıt Örneği)” should be submitted in all family immigration cases, even if it is not listed in the checklist from UDI.

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

Please click to see case processing times.

Download Forms

The application form for a residence permit in Norway needs to be filled online. To register an application online, please log on to the Application Portal Norway.

Below you find some of the most used checklists in English and Turkish:

Checklist for family immigration with spouse

Checklist for family immigration for those who are getting married

Checklist for family immigration for children who have parents in Norway

For all other checklists, please visit the website of the Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI).

Form for granting Power of Attorney (pdf, 710 kB)

Overview

If you wish to come to Norway through family immigration you must, as a rule, have been granted a residence permit before entering Norway. However, in exceptional cases when there is no doubt that all the criteria are met, you may enter Norway before you have been granted a residence permit. In such cases, you need an entry visa if you are subject to the visa requirement – a visa for applying for or waiting for a decision on an application for family immigration (D-visa).

The main purpose of the entry visa scheme is that the applicant can get an entry visa to Norway and submit the application for a residence permit at the police in Norway. By that, the applicant can wait in Norway until the application for a residence permit has been processed, and the processing time will be considerable shorter since the police will handle the case themselves and not send it on for further processing in the UDI. Correspondingly, persons who have already applied for a residence permit can be granted an entry visa so that they can travel to Norway to wait for their application to be decided.

A D-visa can only be granted in certain exceptional cases. It is a condition that there is no doubt about whether the conditions for family immigration are met.

The Embassy will reject applications for a D-visa if the conditions are not met, or if the Embassy is in doubt about whether all the conditions are met.

Only Turkish citizens can apply for a D-visa at the Visa Application Centers. However, since UDI considers that there is a need to interview the reference in most family immigration cases where the applicant is a Turkish citizen and in all cases where the reference is under 25 years old, most Turkish citizens will not be eligible for a D-visa. If the Embassy considers that there is a possibility that there will be an interview of the reference in the family immigration case, the application for a D-visa will be rejected. The Embassy cannot interview the reference on behalf of the police in Norway.

The D-visa will only be granted if the Embassy has been provided with documents proving that the relationship is of a long-lasting and serious character, for instance documentation showing that the applicant and the reference have been living together for a longer period.

The application for a D-visa will normally not be granted if the reference has come to Norway on a family immigration permit.

In addition to spouses, also joint children who wish family immigration can apply. For more information about D-visas in family immigration cases, please see UDI Circular 2013-001 and the web site of the Norwegian Embassy.

D-visas can also be given for the spouses/joint children of skilled workers with residence permits in Norway. Please see UDI Circular 2013-004. If you have questions about D-visas for waiting for a decision in a residence permit case with another purpose than family immigration, please contact the Embassy.

In order to apply for a D-visa you must register an application for a C-visa in the Application Portal. The Embassy will change this into an application for a D-visa when they receive the application from the Visa Application Centre.

Please note:

D-visa is an entry visa which gives the applicant the right to wait in Norway for the decision in a residence permit case. It is not a residence permit, and the D-visa does not give the applicant right to work or access to any welfare services or health service benefits in Norway. If you have been granted a D-visa, the Embassy recommends that you purchase a private health insurance that will cover the whole period until your application for a residence permit has been decided.

Visa Fees

 The fee for applying for an entry visa for waiting for a decision in a residence case is 90 Euro. Applications for children under the age of 18 are free.

For a complete list of fees, please see the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. The fees are paid at the Application Portal Norway.

The applicant may request to have the passport returned from the embassy while the application is being processed. If the applicant later resubmits the passport for issuance of visa, VFS may request the applicant to pay EUR 7 to cover the Resubmission Courier.( This service is only available for Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya). (EUR 0 for Ankara)

Please note: 

Except from visa fee, there will be 10 EUR VFS service fee charged for each application.

Visa fees are only paid with credit card through the Application Portal Norway.

Documents Required

The D-visa will only be granted if the Embassy has been provided with documents proving that the relationship is of a long lasting and serious character. In addition to the documentation required for an application for family immigration, you have to submit the documentation below if you apply for a D-visa for joining a spouse in Norway:

• A written statement from the reference about the relationship between the applicant and the reference, before and after the marriage took place. The reference should carefully explain how and where they met, and elaborate on the time they have spent together.
• The contact between the applicant and the reference should be documented (with a copy of the Norwegian spouse's passport showing entries to and exits from Turkey, and if applicable, a copy of the applicant's passport showing visits in Norway). ) / documentation showing that you have been living together.
• If photos are submitted (optional) they have to be in A4-size.

The additional documents are not necessary if you are joining a spouse which has a residence permit as a skilled worker in Norway.

You may not submit documents required for a C-visa when submitting an application for a D-visa.

Please note that whenyou apply for a D-visa, you have to submit all the documents required for a family immigration permit, even though you might have submitted the same documents earlier.

Photo Specifications

A Photograph submitted with the application for a visa should comply with the following specifications:

• Must be an up-to-date photograph (dated max 6 month old)
• Must be a color photograph printed on normal photographic paper
• Should be sized between 35 – 45 mm
• Full face taken straight forward 30 mm from point of the chin to top of hair
• Taken against a white background
• Without sunglasses
• Without hat or other head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons
• Spectacles should not have toned or reflecting glasses
• The frame of the spectacles may not cover the eyes

For further details with samples click here.

Please note that the Visa application Centre may not accept photographs that do not meet these specifications. In case photos are not meeting the requirements mentioned above Submission Officer might ask to provide updated / recent photos. If they wish, applicants could get their proper sized biometric photographs from our Visa Application Center’s photobooth facility.

Processing Time

The case-processing time for a D-visa application is approximately 2 months. After the application is submitted, the applicant will be summoned for an interview at the Embassy. The Embassy will not interview the applicant if the applicant already has been interviewed in a family immigration case that is being processed by the UDI.

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 In order to apply for a D-visa, you need to register an application for a C-visa. To register an application online, please log on to the Application Portal Norway.

Checklist for family immigration with spouse

Checklist for family immigration for children who have parents in Norway

Form for granting Power of Attorney (pdf, 710 kB)