Passports

To schedule an appointment at the Embassy in Pretoria, please send an email with a copy of your current Norwegian passport and your entry visa/residence permit for the country you are applying from to cons.pretoria@mfa.no. 

The Embassy will not be able to assist anyone without an appointment.

Please bring the following documents:

• Your current passport
• Other valid photo ID – if your current passport expired more than three months ago
• Documentation of other citizenship (if applicable)
• Valid residence permit in the country you reside (if applicable)
• Certificate of Retention of Norwegian citizenship beyond the age of 22 (if applicable)
• Certificate of Norwegian citizenship (if applicable)
• Receipt of payment (see details under Fees)

Before applying for a passport, the child must have a Norwegian Personal number.

Please bring the following documentation:

• Current passport (if applicable)
• Other valid photo ID – if your current passport expired more than three months ago
• Birth certificate showing the names of both parents
• Both parents' passports. This also applies if one of the parents is not Norwegian
• Residency permit (of child and Norwegian parent)
• Receipt of payment (see details under Fees)

Children must be present when applying and accompanied by one or both parents. Both parents must appear in person at the embassy to give consent. You must bring your own original passport or national ID card. Parents do not need to meet at the same time or at the same application office to give their consent. It is no longer possible to give written consent on paper. Parents can give consent for a single passport application or up until the child turns 18. Read more here: Samtykke for pass og ID-kort til barn og unge – Politiet.no

Fees:
Application for Norwegian passport: persons over 16 - ZAR 2185
Application for Norwegian passport: persons under 16 - ZAR 1305

Application for Norwegian temporary passport (Emergency passport) all ages: ZAR 2865

Payment

All fees have to be paid in ZAR. 

Payments for applications submitted at the consulates are to be paid to the consulates.

Payments for applications submitted in Pretoria should be made to the consular fee account. Please send an e-mail to cons.pretoria@mfa.no for bank details. 

Change in fee structure

As of 19 October 2020 with introduction of the new Norwegian passports the fee structur for passport fees changed in order to reflect actual costs related to the production of passports. The cost of applying from Embassies abroad is now higher than applying from within Norway. The cost of applying for a new passport in Norway is as follows:

Application for Norwegian passport: persons over 16 - NOK 570
Application for Norwegian passport: persons under 16 - NOK 342

Children under 5: 2 years
Children 5-10: 3 years
Children 10-16: 5 years
Adults and above 16: 10 years

Children who need to apply for “Retention of citizenship by the age of 22” will be granted a passport that is valid until the day before he/she turns 22 years of age. Please see information about retention of citizenship below.

A person in possession of an ordinary passport may be issued a second passport when there is a documented need for it, e.g. in connection with extensive business travel that requires frequent visa applications. A signed letter from the employer must be submitted with the application stating the need for the extra passport for work purposes.

The second passport will have a maximum validity of two years.

Lost or stolen passport:

You are required to report the loss of passport to the local police. When you get the police report you can apply for a new passport.

Temporary passports/Emergency passports:

Until further notice you can apply for an emergency passport either at the Embassy in Pretoria or at one of the consulates. 

An emergency passport is issued in the same way and according to the same rules as for an ordinary passport. It is only valid for one return journey and must be handed in to the police when arriving in Norway at the end of the trip.

Please note you must research whether your intended transit countries accepts handwritten (non-biometric) passports since not all countries do. For example South Africa does not accept non-machinereadable passports.

Please bring the following documentation:

• Loss of passport Affidavit from the local police
• The applicant must prove his/her ID (with Norwegian driver’s licence, Norwegian bank card, birth certificate etc.)
• The applicant must prove his/her Norwegian citizenship (an interview may be conducted)
• Two colour passport photos (printed on matte paper, light background, no glasses, closed mouth)    
• Flight ticket showing travel back to Norway
• Receipt of paid fee (NOK 1690)
• When issuing emergency passports to children, the same rules regarding consent apply as for ordinary passports

Change of name

Name(s) stated in the passport application must be identical to what is registered in the Norwegian National Register (‘Folkeregisteret’). Should you wish to change your name this should be completed prior to your visit to the embassy. Please contact the The Tax Administration, National Registry for more information regarding name change.

Skatteetaten, Postboks 9200, Grønland, Norway

The processing of name change will normally take about 3 weeks.