Personal ID Number

How and where to lodge your application:     

All applications for personal numbers for minors under the age of 18 must be lodged in person together with the child’s parents, by appointment only, at the Embassy in Pretoria. The Embassy will forward the enquiry to the National Registry in Norway.

Applicants aged 18 and older may submit their applications directly to the UDI.

How to schedule an appointment:

To schedule an appointment at the Embassy, please send an email to cons.pretoria@mfa.no. Remember to include the Norwegian personal number of the Norwegian parent(s). We are open for personal number appointments on Wednesdays and Fridays by appointment only.

Required documentation to be presented at the time of application:

When applying for a Norwegian personal number, it is the applicant’s responsibility to provide evidence that he/she is eligible to be issued a Norwegian personal number.

Please consult the documentation guide on Skatteetaten's website: Norwegian national identity number to get a passport - The Norwegian Tax Administration (skatteetaten.no)

Please provide the following documentation:

• An application letter addressed to the Norwegian National Population Registry (Folkeregisteret), requesting a personal number for passport purposes. Signed by both parents.
• Original Unabridged Birth Certificate with Apostille

Information about the parents:

• Valid passport of both parents
• Valid residence permit in the country of residence of the Norwegian parent
• Original Marriage Certificate if the parents are married, with Apostille
• Documentation of other citizenship (if applicable)
• Certificate of Norwegian citizenship or proof of retention of Norwegian citizenship  (if applicable)
• Documentation of release from previous citizenship  (if applicable)
• If the parents are unmarried, Norwegian authorities (NAV) will need a Vault Copy (BI-24) of the birth certificate. One can apply for this at Home Affairs simultaneously as registering the birth. Please note that this has to be done at a Home Affairs branch and not at the hospital.
  Before submitting the application for a Norwegian ID-number, the Vault Copy needs an apostille from Dirco. 
• Additional documentation might be required for determining paternity based on your family situation. 

All relevant documentation must be provided at the time of appointment. The Embassy and/or the National Population Registry may request further documentation, if deemed necessary, to confirm the applicant's nationality and/or parentage.

All forwarded documentation which is not original must be certified as true copies of the originals by the Embassy or a Norwegian Consulate.

Important

Children born after 01.09.2006 in South Africa with one Norwegian parent will not be issued a visa in their South African passport. The child is automatically Norwegian and will therefore need a Norwegian passport in order to travel to Norway. If the family is planning to travel to Norway, they will need to make arrangements for a Norwegian passport for the child.

Children born before 01.09.2006 in South Africa with a Norwegian parent will not be issued a visa in their South African passport. These children are also considered Norwegian and therefore have to travel to Norway on a Norwegian passport.

In short: The Norwegian embassy does not issue visas for Norway for children who are Norwegian citizens.

Processing time:

The processing time for personal number applications at the National Population Registry is approximately 8 weeks depending on caseload.    

If direct contact with the National Population Registry is required, they may be contacted on:

E-mail: personregisteret@skatteetaten.no.

Documentation of paternity:

Depending on your family situation, the National Registry or NAV may require documentation of paternity before a personal number can be allocated. 

Acknowledgement of paternity:

If one parent is registered in the National Registry as resident in Norway an acknowledgement of paternity must be made at the Embassy in Pretoria. This requires a specific form that is only available at the Embassy. The form must be signed by both parents in the presence of assigned Embassy staff. 

Acknowledgement of paternity established abroad:

If paternity or co-maternity for your child has been established outside of the Nordic countries, you may apply for recognition of the foreign decision in Norway. Find more information on NAV's website: Paternity or co-maternity established abroad - nav.no

Apostille:

The relevant Apostille authorities for every country are listed here

In order to apply for an Apostille for South African documents, please contact The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). You will find more information here: http://www.dirco.gov.za/consular/legalisation.htm