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.
If you plan to visit more than one Schengen country in the course of one trip, or if you plan several separate trips within a period of two months, you must submit your application to the embassy or consulate of the country that is your main destination based on the length of your stay, or the purpose of stay.
If you plan to visit several Schengen countries and the main destination cannot be determined, you must submit your application to the embassy or consulate of the country that is your first point of entry to the Schengen area.
Citizens of Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC/Congo Kinshasa), the Republic of Congo (RC/Congo Brazzaville), São Tomé and Principe, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea need a visitor’s visa to visit Norway.
NATIONALS OR RESIDENTS OF ANGOLA:
As of the 1st of June 2019, the norwegian Embassy in Luanda will no longer receive applications for Schengen visa to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Iceland from residents in Angola. If you require a Schangen visa to visit Norway you must from the 1st of June apply through the Portuguese Consulate General in Luanda.
Contact information:
Avenida de Portugal 50
Luanda, Angola
Phone number : +(244) 923 165 400
Website: https://www.luanda.consuladoportugal.mne.pt/pt/assuntos-consulares/vistos
ALL APPLICATIONS FOR SCHENGEN VISA TO NORWAY MUST BE SUBMITTED TO VFS GLOBAL IN LUANDA:
VFS Global Visa Application Centre
Edificio Vernon
Av. De Portugal n 18-20
1st Floor, Luanda, Angola
Website:https://www.vfsglobal.com/Portugal/Angola/english/index.html
When applying from other countries:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO : Norway will continue to be represented by Belgium in DRC as before (European Visa Centre, Avenue Pierre Mulele: cev.kinshasa@diplobel.fed.be, phone: +243819700231). For more information please contact https://www.cev-kin.eu/fr
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE: Norway will continue to be represented by Portugal in São Tomé and Principe as before ( Av. Marginal 12 de Julho, phone number: 239 222 41 51).
REPUBLIC OF CONGO, GABON OR EQUATORIAL GUINEA: From 1st of August 2019 applicants from these countries must apply through the services of the Norwegian Embassy in Accra, Ghana. For more information please contact https://www.norway.no/en/ghana/
VISA DE TOURISME ET PERMIS DE SÉJOUR
Le visa de tourisme permet de séjourner en Norvège et dans d’autres pays de l’espace Schengen pendant un maximum de 90 jours répartis sur une période de 180 jours. Le permis de séjour, quant à lui, donne la possibilité de travailler ou séjourner en Norvège pendant plus de 90 jours.
Avis aux ressortissants de la République du Congo (Brazzaville):
Les demandes de visa et les demandes de permis de séjour sont traitées par l’Ambassade de Norvège à Accra: https://www.norway.no/en/ghana/
SCHENGEN AREA
- 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.
In Angola you will in most cases get the result of your application within 15 days after the Embassy has received your application. If you hold a diplomatic or a service passport the processing time will be three working days.
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 80. 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 40. 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.
The application fee of EUR 60 is to be paid online after the completion of the application form. Children between 0-6 are free of charge and for children between 6-12 the fee is EUR 35.
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.
For diplomatic and service passport holders the processing time will be 3 working days.
You will be notified by SMS or email when your application has been processed.
The result can be picked up at the embassy, where the application was submitted.
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.
If your application has been rejected, you will receive a written explanation as to why it was rejected. You can appeal the decision.
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.