Before you apply
- The embassy only receives applications from Norwegian citizens. If you wish to apply for an Immigrant's passport or travel document, please see the UDI's website.
- The Embassy cannot recieve applications for national ID-cards.
- All applications must be submitted in person at the embassy in Canberra. Applicants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by at least one parent/legal guardian. Please complete the form below for more information about how parents/legal guardians can provide their consent.
- The embassy will try to travel to New Zealand and Perth once a year to receive applications for passports at the consulates. However, this cannot be guaranteed. When a decision has been made to travel and a date has been set, information will be published on our website and on the online appointment portal.
- Alternatively, all applicants may apply in Norway or at another Norwegian embassy abroad.
- When applying for a passport, the application form will automatically collect some information from the Norwegian National Population Registry. If there are any issues with the registration in the Registry, this may cause problems for the passport application.
In the embassy's experience, the following issues commonly come up in connection with passport applications:
1) Registration of citizenship. Anyone who emigrated from Norway between 1960 - 1975 may be registered with citizenship unknown.
2) Registration of name. If you have ever changed your name abroad, you must register the name change in Norway. The name change must be registered before you can apply for a passport.
3) Due to a technical update in the Registry some years back, the registration of place of birth has been deleted from the Registry for many people.
If you are unsure if any of these issues apply to you, we recommend that you contact the Registry (Norwegian Tax Administration) to verify that you are registered correctly before you make an appointment to apply for passport.