Norway — Visa Types

Norway visa types (15)

Visitor Visa — Tourism (Schengen C) — Schengen short-stay visa for tourist visits to Norway of up to 90 days in 180 days.

Visitor Visa — Business (Schengen C) — Schengen short-stay visa for business meetings, negotiations, conferences and short commercial visits.

Visitor Visa — Family Visit (Schengen C) — Schengen short-stay visa for visiting family, partners or hosts in Norway for up to 90 days.

Airport Transit Visa (Type A) — Transit permission for listed nationalities changing planes at Oslo Airport without entering Schengen.

Residence Permit — Skilled Worker — Work and residence permit for higher-educated or vocationally trained workers with a Norwegian job offer.

Residence Permit — Seasonal Worker — Short work permit for seasonal jobs or holiday stand-ins, usually in agriculture, forestry, fish, restaurant or tourism.

Residence Permit — Self-Employed with Company in Norway — Work permit for skilled sole proprietors whose presence is needed to establish or run a long-term business.

Residence Permit — Job Seeker (Graduates and Researchers) — Short permit to remain in Norway while seeking skilled work after Norwegian study or research.

Residence Permit — Study — Study permit for full-time university, vocational, upper-secondary, folk-high-school or bible-school study.

Residence Permit — Researcher with Own Funds — Research stay for master's-level researchers hosted by a Norwegian university or institute without a Norwegian employer.

Residence Permit — Family Immigration — Family reunification for spouses, cohabitants, fiancés, children and other close family of Norway residents.

Residence Permit — Working Holiday — Long holiday with casual work for young citizens of six partner countries.

Residence Permit — Humanitarian, Non-Profit or Religious Worker — Work stay for employees of humanitarian, non-profit or religious organisations in Norway.

Residence Permit — Artist, Musician or Performer — Short work stay for cultural performances and necessary support staff.

Permanent Residence Permit — Indefinite residence and work in Norway after three years on qualifying permits.