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Norway’s immigration authority changes price of several application fees

Norway’s immigration directorate (UDI) has changed the prices of its application fees, with paperwork to move with and visit family in Norway becoming significantly more expensive. 

Published: 9 January 2024 16:04 CET
Pictured is the financial district of Oslo.
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) has increased its application fees. Pictured is the financial district of Oslo. Photo by Marian Rotea on Unsplash

The cost of applying for several permits in Norway has changed compared to 2023, the updated list of fees on the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s (UDI) website shows. 

Moving to Norway to be with a family member is the most expensive application, costing 11,900 kroner. This is an increase of 1,400 kroner compared to 2023.

READ MORE: How much it costs to apply for residency and citizenship in Norway

The cost of renewing a family immigration permit has been increased heavily. Renewing a permit before expiration will cost applicants 4,400 kroner. Previously, renewing a permit would cost 2,600 kroner if done before expiration. 

After expiration, applicants need to pay a fee of 11,900 kroner. 

The fee for a parent applying to visit a child in Norway for up to nine months has been increased by 2,400 kroner compared to 2023 to 11,900 kroner. 

Study permits for applicants over 18 have had the application fee reduced by 500 kroner to 5,400 kroner. The permit for researchers with their own funds has also seen a slight reduction. 

Meanwhile, an au pair permit has seen a price increase of 200 kroner to 9,300 kroner. 

Applying for a permanent residence permit has also become slightly more expensive, costing 4,000 kroner after the price increases. 

The cost of applying for Norwegian citizenship, and applying for a work permit has remained the same. 

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IMMIGRATION

Norway to consider alternatives to deportation in cases with children

The Norwegian government will soften the current deportation rules and make it easier for those with children to remain in Norway, it announced Wednesday. 

Published: 8 May 2024 15:54 CEST
Norway to consider alternatives to deportation in cases with children

The country’s justice ministry announced it instructed the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) to temporarily halt deportation cases involving children. 

The suspension of deportations in cases where children are involved will apply until a new set of rules is put in place by the authorities.

Norway’s government has said that it would work on new guidelines for deportation cases where the party facing expulsion has children in Norway. 

“The government believes that, to a greater extent than today, a reaction other than deportation should be considered if the person who has broken the Immigration Act has children in Norway,” the Norwegian Ministry of Justice wrote on its website. 

However, exceptions to the suspension have been made, including “particularly serious breaches” of the country’s asylum rules and those who would not be granted residence anyway. 

The suspension follows an agreement between the minority government, which consists of the Labour and Centre parties, and its budgetary partner, the Socialist Left Party. 

“Finally, children who grow up in Norway will, as a general rule, not have to see their mother and father forcibly deported,” Birgit Oline Kjerstad an MP for the Socialist Left Party said to public broadcaster NRK. 

In a press release, the government announced that one solution to deportation was to increase the time it takes for the person in question to be eligible for permanent residence. 

Additionally, the government plans to have the new regulations in place at some point this year. 

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