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Passport

Here you can find information about applying for a Norwegian Passport and questions relating to citizenship.

Applying for a Norwegian Passport

Adults and children over the age of 12 must apply for a biometric passport at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa. Please note that all applicants over 12 must apply in person at the Embassy.

Children under 12 years can apply through a Norwegian Honorary Consulate. All Norwegian citizens applying for a passport must have a Norwegian personal number. To apply for a personal number and passport for children under 12 please contact your nearest Consulate to set up an appoitment.

In accordance with the Norwegian Passport Act the applicant must provide proof of his or her identity and Norwegian citizenship. The Norwegian Nationality Act is based on the principle of singular citizenship, any person who acquires another nationality by application or explicit consent shall lose his or her Norwegian nationality. On 6 December 2018, the Norwegian parliament decided that in the future it will be allowed to have other citizenship in addition to a Norwegian citizenship. Read more about this here.

Passport Renewal

You must hand in the original and copy of the following documents.

For children under 18 years of age:

passport for both parents (copy of ID page)
Child's Norwegian passport (copy of ID page)
valid Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) card / work visa in Canada / 'Search for Citizenship Records' form from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
signed passport application form (available at the Consulate or Embassy)
1 Passport photo* - meeting the photo requirements (*for children under 12)
Parents' marriage certificate (must be legalized or have Apostille if the marriage has not previously been registered in Norway)

For individuals over 18 years of age:

Norwegian passport (copy of ID page)
valid Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) card / work visa in Canada / 'Search for Citizenship Records' form from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
verification from the Embassy of valid personal number

Please note that individuals over 12 applying for a passport at the Embassy in Ottawa do not need to bring a photo.

The processing time for a passport is 20 working days, after a completed application is received by the Embassy.

Passport Validity
adult passport: 10 years
children between 10 – 16: 5 years
children between 5-10: 3 years
children 0 - 4: 2 years

Passport Cost
persons under 16 years of age - 43 CAD
persons over 16 years of age - 72 CAD
courier shipment - up to 30 CAD

The Embassy will accept credit card and debit card payments. The Consulates accept cash payments.

Please contact the Embassy to verify your personal number and to set up a passport appointment.

Lost or stolen passport

Personal number

All Norwegian passports are issued through an 11-digit personal number. Those who do not have a personal number must apply for one through the Embassy or Consulate before he/she can apply for a passport.

Individuals who require a personal number must apply in-person at the Honorary Consulate or Embassy. Personal numbers can only be issued in conjunction with passport applications.

Applying for a personal number for a child

The following original documents are required:

Signed passport application form (available at the Consulate or Embassy)
1 Passport photo - meeting the photo requirements
Both parents' original passports
Valid Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) card / work visa in Canada / 'Search for Citizenship Records' form from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Applicant's long-version birth certificate
Parents wedding certificate (must be legalized or have Apostille if the marriage has not previously been registered in Norway) or signed Acknowledgement of Paternity form (must be signed at the Embassy in Ottawa)

All individuals over 12 years old have to apply for a passport in-person at the Embassy in Ottawa.

Applying for a personal number as an adult

Norwegians living in Canada might not have a personal number even though they have previously had a Norwegian passport. If a Norwegian citizen wishes to renew their passport, they must have a personal number. The application for the personal number can be handed in at the Honorary Consulate or at the Embassy.

To apply for a personal number as an adult, you will need to include:

Certified copies of any old Norwegian passports or original birth certificate
Proof of status is Canada (valid PR card, visa, Search of Citizenship record or Canadian passport + ‘bibehold’)
Marriage license if the individual has changed their name since leaving Norway

Once the personal number has been issued, the individual will need to come to the Embassy in Ottawa to apply for their Norwegian passport.

A personal number will be issued within 6-8 weeks of the application.

Emergency passport

In case of an emergency, a temporary handwritten emergency passport may be issued. An emergency passport is only valid for one return journey and must be surrendered at the end of the trip. The fee is the same as for a regular passport.

Please note you must research whether your intended destination accepts handwritten (non-biometric) passports since not all countries do.

Please call or email your nearest Consulate or the Embassy to enquire about emergency travel documents/emergency passports. Please include the full name, date of birth and flight details for all the persons wishing to travel.

Please note that the application for an emergency passport must be handed in in-person at the Embassy and Consulate.

The Norwegian Nationality Act

The Norwegian Nationality Act and the Nationality Regulations regulate how a person can become a Norwegian national and how Norwegian nationality can be lost.

Recent amendments in Norway's citizenship law states that any child born after 1 September 2006 will automatically become a Norwegian citizen if the mother or father is a Norwegian national. Any person adopted by a Norwegian national also automatically receives Norwegian citizenship, if the requirements in the Act are satisfied.

For more information on regulations for Norwegian citizenship, see the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.

Retain Citizenship after turning 22

If you are a dual citizen you might need to apply for keep your Norwegian citizenship after turning 22 years old.

According to the Norwegian Nationality Act, a Norwegian citizen, who has been granted dual citizenship by birth, loses his/her Norwegian citizenship at the age of 22 if he/she has not applied to keep it or lived in Norway for two years or more.

The Norwegian national can apply before the age of 22 to keep his/her Norwegian citizenship, if the national can prove and document sufficient ties to Norway. You must have stayed in Norway for six months or more. These six months can consist of several short stays/holidays.

Information on how to apply to retain your Norwegian citizenship can be found on the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration's (UDI) website .

Applications for retention of citizenship must be handed in in-person at the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa.

Please note:

Applications must be submitted to the Embassy before the age of 22.
UDI's checklist must be signed and included in the application.

All copies submitted with the application shall be certified by the Embassy.
If the application is granted, the Embassy will notify the applicant that they have been issued bibeholdsbevilling. The information will also be added to the Norwegian population registeri (folkeregisteret).

It is not necessary to apply for retention if the Norwegian citizen has lived in Norway for more than two years consecutively.

Already have approval to retain citizenship after turning 22?

If you got approval to retain your Norwegian citizenship before October 19th 2015 this approval will not be reflected in the Folkeregister. You can contact the Norwegian Tax Authority (Skatt nord Hammerfest) directly to have the information added.

Skatt nord Hammerfest Persongisteret 9613 Hammerfest NORWAY

Citizenship of those who emigrated from Norway between 1960 and 1975

In August 2012, the Norwegian National Tax Office concluded that individuals who left Norway between 1960 to 1975, and who did not permanently reside in Norway thereafter, would be registered as having ‘unknown’ (rather than ‘Norwegian’) citizenship in the Folk Registry.

If you are no longer registered as ‘Norwegian’ in the Folk Registry, the Embassy will contact the Norwegian National Tax Office on your behalf.

In order to verify your Norwegian citizenship, we ask that you provide the following original documentation:

Norwegian passport
Details about parents (full name and birth date)
Canadian permanent resident (PR) card or ‘Search for Citizenship Records’ form from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
If you are born abroad, you must provide a copy of your birth certificate.

All original documents must be verified by the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa or one of the Honorary Consulates in Canada. Please note that this process may take up to 2 weeks.

If you have any further questions about, please contact the Embassy at emb.ottawa@mfa.no