Visitor's visa
A visitor's visa allows you to stay in Norway or other countries in the Schengen area for up to 90 days over a period of 180 days.
Citizens of Türkiye need to apply for a visitor's visa to enter Norway. If you plan to stay longer than 90 days, you need to apply for a residence permit to enter Norway.
The business Business Express program, is made in order to facilitate Türkiye - Norway business cooperation, by simplifying the process for applying for a visa to Norway.
The Business Express program introduces simplified procedures to obtaining a Norwegian Schengen-visa for applicants who frequently travel to Norway on business visits.
Who can apply for membership in the Business Express Program?
- a branch of a Norwegian company in Türkiye
- a company with controlling interest in a Norwegian company
- a Turkish company with a well-established and documented co-operation with one or more Norwegian companies
What are the benefits of the Business of the Business Express Program?
- Quicker processing time (normally 3 working days)
- No need for personal attendance at VFS (if biometrics given within last 59 months)
- Less documents needed with the application
- A multiple visa can be obtained quicker
Family members of EU/EEA nationals may be entitled to an accelerated visa procedure free of charge if you meet the following criteria:
- You are a family member of an European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) citizen;
- and that EU/EEA citizen is travelling to or is residing in a member state other than that of which he/she is a citizen;
- and you are accompanying the EU/EEA citizen or planning to join him/her in the Schengen State of destination.
- If you think you are entitled to an accelerated visa procedure you will need to show proof that you meet these criteria when you submit your visa application. For more information, please click here.
- Family members of EU citizens can submit their short-term Schengen visa application directly at the Embassy, after making an appointment. you can also submitt your visa application at a VFS application centre.
A Schengen visa is generally issued for a single entry.
- If you plan to travel outside the Schengen area and return within the period of the visa, the box for “Two entries” or “Multiple entries” must be ticked off in the visa application form.
- You should also document why two or more entries are required. We will then assess if there is a genuine need for a multiple entry visa.
- If only one entry is required, and this is your first trip to Norway and/or the Schengen area, we encourage you to apply for a "single entry" visa.
Multiple entry visas with a validity from 1 to 5 years
- Frequent travellers with a positive visa history can be granted multiple-entry visa with a gradually increasing validity period from 1 year to a maximum of 5 years.
- Your fulfilment of entry conditions will be thoroughly and repeatedly verified in all cases, and only persons with a positive visa track record will be issued multiple-entry visas with a long validity.
- Provided that the applicant fulfils the entry conditions, multiple-entry visas with a long validity shall be issued for the following validity periods, unless the validity of the visa would exceed that of the travel document:
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- for a validity period of one year, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used three visas within the previous two years;
- for a validity period of two years, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used a previous multiple-entry visa valid for one year within the previous two years;
- for a validity period of five years, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used a previous multiple-entry visa valid for two years within the previous three years.
- Multiple-entry visas allow the holder to travel repeatedly to the Schengen area during the period of validity of the visa.
- Even with a multiple-entry visa with a validity from 1 to 5 years, the applicant cannot stay in the Schengen area more than 90 days within any 180 day period.
When you are going to visit Norway, you must show that you have enough money to finance your stay here and for the return journey.
You must document that you have at least NOK 500 per day during your stay in Norway and the Schengen area. If you do not have enough money yourself, you must have a financial guarantee from the person you are visiting. In this connection, the person you will be visiting will have to provide a sponsorship form.
For more information, please visit the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration website.
Before you apply
- You should apply well in advance and as a rule no later than 15 days before you plan to travel. Due to the courier sending of documents in some countries, we recommend that you apply at least 4 weeks prior to your planned departure.
- You may submit your application up to six months before your planned departure, or up to nine months for seafarers.
- We recommend that you do not buy your ticket until a visa has been granted.
- You must register your application online before you can hand in the required documentation.
- When you hand in your application, you will be asked to provide fingerprints, unless your fingerprints have been collected within the last 59 months.
- Travel to Svalbard requires you to apply for two or more entries.
Who can apply for a visa?
Please note that only applications where Norway is the main destination of the travel may be submitted at the VFS Global Visa Application Centers. In order to apply for a visa from Türkiye, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kosovo or Serbia, you must either be a citizen of the country you apply from or legally reside there. Applicants who are not nationals or residents of any of the countries we are responsible for, must document that they are legally in the country where they apply from and must provide justification for lodging the application to the Norwegian Embassy in Ankara.
A Schengen visa is generally issued for a single entry.
- If you plan to travel outside the Schengen area and return within the period of the visa, the box for “Two entries” or “Multiple entries” must be ticked off in the visa application form.
- You should also document why two or more entries are required. We will then assess if there is a genuine need for a multiple entry visa.
- If only one entry is required, and this is your first trip to Norway and/or the Schengen area, we encourage you to apply for a "single entry" visa.
Multiple entry visas with a validity from 1 to 5 years
- Frequent travellers with a positive visa history can be granted multiple-entry visa with a gradually increasing validity period from 1 year to a maximum of 5 years.
- Your fulfilment of entry conditions will be thoroughly and repeatedly verified in all cases, and only persons with a positive visa track record will be issued multiple-entry visas with a long validity.
- Provided that the applicant fulfils the entry conditions, multiple-entry visas with a long validity shall be issued for the following validity periods, unless the validity of the visa would exceed that of the travel document:
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- for a validity period of one year, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used three visas within the previous two years;
- for a validity period of two years, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used a previous multiple-entry visa valid for one year within the previous two years;
- for a validity period of five years, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used a previous multiple-entry visa valid for two years within the previous three years.
- Multiple-entry visas allow the holder to travel repeatedly to the Schengen area during the period of validity of the visa.
- Even with a multiple-entry visa with a validity from 1 to 5 years, the applicant cannot stay in the Schengen area more than 90 days within any 180 day period.
Gather the necessary documentation
The checklist gives an overview of the documents you need to hand in to start the application process.
Please follow the links below, and read the information carefully and make sure you have all the documents you are going to submit before coming to the Visa Application Centre.
Visa applicants must ensure that certain documents, according to the relevant checklist are in English or Norwegian. Applicants who do not submit translated documents will risk longer processing time or a rejection of the application.
Checklist for C-visaWhen you are going to visit Norway, you must show that you have enough money to finance your stay here and for the return journey.
You must document that you have at least NOK 500 per day during your stay in Norway and the Schengen area. If you do not have enough money yourself, you must have a financial guarantee from the person you are visiting. In this connection, the person you will be visiting will have to provide a sponsorship form.
For more information, please visit the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration website.
If you want someone to act on your behalf in connection with your application, you must authorise this person to do so. Please visit the UDI website for more information and the relevant form.
If you give a person Power of Attorney, all communication regarding your application will go to him/her and not to you, the applicant.
Family members of EU/EEA nationals may be entitled to an accelerated visa procedure free of charge if you meet the following criteria:
- You are a family member of an European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) citizen;
- and that EU/EEA citizen is travelling to or is residing in a member state other than that of which he/she is a citizen;
- and you are accompanying the EU/EEA citizen or planning to join him/her in the Schengen State of destination.
- If you think you are entitled to an accelerated visa procedure you will need to show proof that you meet these criteria when you submit your visa application. For more information, please click here.
- Family members of EU citizens can submit their short-term Schengen visa application directly at the Embassy, after making an appointment. you can also submitt your visa application at a VFS application centre.
Online registration and payment
Before you can hand in your passport and other documentation, you must register your application online and pay the fee. If this is the first time you are registering an application in the portal, you will need to create a user account first.
Once you have completed the application form online and paid the fee, you will receive confirmation by email with a copy of your application form (schengen.pdf), application summary and payment receipt attached. You need to print the application form (schengen.pdf) and submit it together with the other required documentation
Application fee
The visa fee is EUR 90. Children under six years do not pay a fee. Children from the age of six years and below the age of 12 years shall pay a visa fee of EUR 45. Please visit the UDI website for information about other groups exempted from the visa fee.
Please note that you pay the fee when registering the application in the portal. Applicants exempted from the visa fee requirement will have the fee refunded.
If you are a applying for a visa as a family member to an EU/EEA citizen you are not required to pay the application fee.
Visa Application Centre fee
In Türkiye, Iran, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Serbia applications are received by the external service provider VFS global, which charges a service fee. Read more about visa fees here.
VFS Global also offer other services. Please note that these services are optional and is not included in the application service fee.
Harmonized application form
A signed print out of the harmonized application form from the UDI online application portal and passport picture must be added to your application. Please add a passport photo with glue (not staples) onto the front page of the application form.
The cover letter must be signed by the applicant. Cover letter for minor children must be signed by one of their parents or a legal guardian. An application without a harmonized application form cannot be submitted.
Hand in your documents
You must bring with you:
- a printout of the application form (schengen.pdf) received by email;
- the checklist and the documents listed.
- Your passport (must be valid for at least three months after your planned departure from the Schengen area)
- Photograph (must comply with international standards)
- Your travel health insurance policy
- You should be covered for at least EUR 30 000, including expenses in connection with repatriation for medical reasons, treatment in medical emergencies and/or emergency hospital treatment, and death
- Your insurance should be valid in all Schengen countries
- It should cover the whole of your planned stay in the Schengen area
- It should as a rule be purchased in your home country. If this is not possible it may be purchased in another country.
The application process will start once all the required documents have been submitted.
All visa and residence applications must be submitted at one of the listed VFS Global application centers. You must book an appointment first. Usually, you can get an appointment in less than three days, and always within two weeks.
Waiting Time
The processing time for applications is normally up to 15 calendar days after the embassy or consulate has received the application. In some cases, applications are sent to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), and the processing time in these cases may be up to 45 calendar days.
This is excluding the day of submission at the Visa Application Centre and transport to and from the Embassy. From VFS Türkiye to the Embassy you should allow for 4 extra days in transportation both ways, excluding weekends. For visa applications from Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Ukraine to Norway you should plan for a processing time for up to 25 days (up to 10 days for case-processing time and up to 15 days for two way courier to Ankara).
When citizens of certain countries apply for a visitor visa, we must consult other Schengen Member States before granting a visa. This process may take up to seven days and applies no matter where you currently live. Please visit UDI.no for detailed information on which nationalities countries must undergo a consultation process as part of the visa application.
For more information on processing times, please click here.
The Embassy's handling time for appeals is 2 months. For further information on handling time for appeals please check UDI's website here.
The result of your application
After the visa application is processed, your application will be returned to the Visa Application Centre the you applied from, where you can pick up your passport. You can track the status of your application on the VFS website using the reference number indicated on the receipt issued at the Visa Application Centre.
If the applicants choose to pay for cargo, VFS will send the passport by cargo to the applicant address.
If you have been granted a visa, a sticker will be placed in your passport. Please check the duration of stay specified on the sticker. The duration of stay indicates how many days you are allowed to stay in the Schengen area. When you are granted a single-entry visa, an extra 15 days will be added to the visa period.
For example, if you are granted a visa for 90 days from 01.01.2017, an extra 15 days are added, so that the period you can travel is from 01.01.2017 - 16.04.2017 (105 days). This does not imply that you can enter 01.01.2017 and stay until 16.04.2017, as this involve an overstay of 15 days.
If your application has been rejected, you will receive a written explanation as to why it was rejected. You can appeal the decision.
On arrival
When you cross the border into the Schengen area, you will have to present:
- your passport with the visa sticker
- proof that you have enough money to support yourself during your stay (e.g. cash or a credit card). If you have a guarantee form, you should also bring a copy of this with you.
- documentation showing the purpose of your visit, such as an invitation, hotel reservation, etc.
- a return or round trip ticket if you are visiting the Schengen area for tourist purposes or private reasons
You may be asked to provide fingerprints by the border control officer, in which case these will be compared with the fingerprints provided when you applied for your visa.
As long as your visa is valid, you can travel around freely in the Schengen area, or in the specific Schengen countries covered by the visa. If you leave the Schengen area, for example to visit the UK or Svalbard, you will need a multiple entry visa.
lease remember that having a visa does not guarantee that you can enter the country. When you arrive at the border, you must show documents that prove you meet the entry requirements.
When you cross the border into the Schengen area, you will therefore have to bring:
- Travel medical insurance
- Valid return ticket (especially when the purpose is tourism or private visits (We recommend everyone have a print out of your tickets).
- Coyo of invitation/Guranteee Form
For journeys undertaken for other purposes than visiting family or friends, please click here for information on additional supporting documents to verify the fulfilment of entry conditions.
Please don't forget to make copies of documents above for yourself before applying.