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Family immigration

If you have close relatives who live or are going to settle in Norway, you can apply to come live with them. You must apply for a family immigration permit and fulfil the application requirements. In addition, the person living in Norway must be able to secure support and housing for the person applying for family immigration.

Did you know

...that 40 % of enquiries to UDI concern family immigration?

Norway.no help desk also receives frequent enquiries regarding family immigration. UDI (Norwegian Directorate of Immigration) has information pages in 24 languages about family immigration.

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