To apply for a passport, you need a Norwegian personal number. Read more about how to apply for one here.
Processing time:
Passport applications take approximately 2-3 weeks from submission until the passport arrives in Pretoria from the producer in Norway.
You need to meet in person at the embassy to apply for a passport.
To schedule an appointment, 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.
A Norwegian passport for persons over 16 years is valid for 10 years.
Please bring the following documents:*
- Your current passport
- Other valid photo ID – if your current passport expired more than three months ago
- Receipt of payment
**Other documents may be required.
Payment
Norwegian passports for persons over 16 years: ZAR 2185,-
Please send an email to cons.pretoria@mfa.no for bank details.
Before applying for a passport, the child must have a Norwegian Personal number.
Children must be accompanied by at least one parent when applying for a passport.
Both parents must consent when they share parental responsibility. Consent can be given at another Norwegian embassy or consulate, or at the police in Norway. You do not need to be present at the same time, but consent must be given either before or during the apointment. It is possible to give permanent consent until the child turns 18 years old.
For more information on how to give or withdraw cnsent, see the police's website: Samtykke for pass og ID-kort til barn og unge – Politiet.no
To schedule an appointment, please send an email with a copy of the parent and child's current Norwegian passport and entry visas/residence permits for the country you are applying from to cons.pretoria@mfa.no.
A Norwegian passport is valid for two years for children under 5, three years for children 5 to 10 years, five years for children 10 to 16 years, and 10 years for those 16 and older.
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
Payment
Norwegian passports for persons over 16 years: ZAR 2185,-
Norwegian passports for persons under 16 years: ZAR 1305,-
Please send an email to cons.pretoria@mfa.no for bank details.
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.
You can apply for an emergency passport either at the embassy in Pretoria or at one of the consulates.
An emergency passport 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.
Some countries do not accept emergency passports as valid travel documents. If you are transiting through other countries, it is your responsibility to check whether the country you are traveling through accepts handwritten emergency passports. For example, South Africa does not accept non-machinereadable passports.
Please contact the embassy or relevant consulate to book an appointment.
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
Payment
Emergency passport all ages: ZAR 2865,- / NOK 1690,-
Payments for applications should be made to the consulates if submitted there, and to the embassy if submitted in Pretoria. Please send an email for bank details.
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.