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Schengen Area
On 25 March 2001 Norway became part of the Schengen Area, which includes the following countries; Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. A visa for one of the countries in the Schengen area is valid for a stay in all the other Schengen countries during the period for which the visa is valid.
How to apply
Application forms are available at the Embassy and on the internet. Guarantee forms for visit are also available at police stations in Norway, the Embassy and on the internet.
Everyone is entitled to apply for a visa. The Embassy is obliged to recieve and consider the application even if no supporting documentation has been provided. Supporting documentation will, however, normally be beneficial for the application. An incomplete application might be immediately refused or forwarded to the UDI for processing. Applicants are required to submit the application in person at the Embassy (cf. §108, Provisions to the Immigration Act).
NOTE! All supporting information must be submitted together with the application, by the applicant personally. If, upon the explicit request from the staff of the Embassy, supporting documentation is to be sent by fax, mail or e-mail, this should be done with reference to the application number of a registered application. Supporting documentation sent to the Embassy without reference to a registered application will not be considered, and made waste. References sending supporting documentation should do so directly to the applicants, not to the Embassy.
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Travelling to Norway, what kind of permit you will need?
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) has issued a set of fact sheets that will help you out. The fact sheets are published in several languages and cover the following areas:
§ Visa: gives the holder permission to travel to Norway and the Schengen area for up to three months
§ Work permit: entitles the holder to work in Norway. Different rules apply to nationals of different countries and to with people with different occupations
§ Asylum: a person may have a right to asylum in Norway if he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution in his or her country of origin
§ Settlement permit: entitles the holder to live and work in Norway permanently.
§ Family reunification: means that a family member living abroad is allowed to come to Norway to live with one or more family members who already live here or intend to live here permanently
§ Citizenship: affiliation with a state with rights and responsibilities vis-à-vis that state
§ Residence permits for students: a foreign national who wishes to study in Norway may be granted a residence permit for this purpose
Please be aware that the passport or the residence permit in Vietnam should be valid for three months beyond the intended stay in Norway, and that there should be at least two empty pages especially assigned for visa/and/or permit stickers. |