Residence permit - Application online

Sist oppdatert: 2011-05-25 // If you wish to apply for å residence permit in Norway you can now register your appliction online.

Please note that you cannot apply for visas at the Embassy.

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Stockholm now offers online registration of applications for persons wishing to apply for residence permits to Norway. This is done on the new Application Portal Norway.

The Embassy highly recommends that you apply online as the electronic applications have faster case processing times than paper applications.

Your reference person can also apply for a residence permit on your behalf. However you are the only person who can come to the Embassy with the necessary documents.

How to apply:

1. Please register your online application on the Application Portal Norway, you will find the link to the portal below, and afterwards book your appointment with the Embassy by telephone. 

2. Refer to our website, with link to the UDI website, for detailed information regarding which supporting documents are required. All persons applying for a residence permit must provide full documentation in addition to their application. Persons who fail to provide the necessary and required documentation will be asked to come back another time with the missing documentation.  Here you wil find checklists of required documentation for applications related to family immigration.  

3. Once you have submitted your online application, you must come to the Embassy and submit the required documentation. Please call the Embassy to make an appointment. The consulate section’s opening hours are every weekday from 09:30-12:00 except Thursdays when we are open from 13:00-15:00.

How can we help:

1. We recommend that you read our detailed instruction on how to register online. This is provided at the end of this article.
2. Feel free to call the consulate section, Mon-Fri from 13:00-15:00, +46 8 587 236 00.
3. Again, if you have any queries, you can also send an email to emb.stockholm@mfa.no

How to register online

• Go to http://selfservice.udi.no
• Click on register new user
 • Fill in the necessary boxes: username – password – first name – email – confirm email
• After you have done this an email will be sent to the address provided. Open the email, click on the site given and then activate your account
• Go to the application portal. Enter your username and password, then click log-on
• Choose the type of application you wish to apply for
• Fill in the application. Please note that boxes with a star (*) are mandatory and must be filled in
• Once you have completed the application and submitted it you will receive an email confirmation
• On the summary page you will see a cover letter. You must print this out
• Close all tabs and log out of the programme.

Please remember to bring the cover letter, all the necessary supporting documents and original passport when you come to the Embassy. A list of the required supporting documentation can be found on www.udi.no. Here you will find a checklist of required documentation for applications related to family immigration.  


What you must do before coming to the Embassy:

• You must bring all the original supporting documentation required, as well as a perfect copy of each original.
• The copies must be A4 in size, with no staples, stickers or torn pages.
• The copy of your passport must be in colour.
• All originals will be returned to you, the Embassy only requires to see them. The Embassy will keep the copies.


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