If you intend to stay in Norway for more than 90 days, or if you are going to work while in Norway, you need a Residence or Work Permit. An application for Residence or Work Permit must be submitted at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi or at the Royal Norwegian Consulate in HCMC, but the application will be forwarded to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) in Norway for consideration. The applicant has to stay in his/her home country until the permit has been granted by UDI.
13/11/2008 ::
Types of Permit and Processing Time
A Residence or Work Permit will mainly be granted for the following purposes:
• Family reunification (e.g. with husband, parent(s), co-habitant)
• Visit by elderly parents up to 9 months
• Work (e.g. specialist, Au Pair, seasonal)
• To get married in Norway (“Fiancée permit")
• Education
Please use this checklist for documentation requirements: ENGLISH version – VIETNAMESE version.
Please note that all Vietnamese documents must be translated into English, and verified by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Once the case has been sent to UDI in Norway, the Embassy has no further bearing on the case. The processing time depends on the work load at UDI at any time, but you can find an average expected processing time for the various types of permits on UDI’s Web site: Please CHECK HERE.
Foreign Spouse or Registered Partner of Norwegian Citizen (7 day Entry Visa)
Foreign spouses of Norwegian citizens are, as a main rule, required to apply for a Residence Permit for reunification with the Norwegian spouse. This application must be submitted at the Embassy, and will be forwarded to UDI for processing. In some exceptional cases, the Embassy can grant a 7 day Entry Visa (a national D-visa) so that the foreign spouse can travel to submit the application for Residence Permit in Norway, and wait in Norway while the case is being processed. Similarly, a 7 day Entry Visa may be granted if an application for Residence Permit already has been submitted. An applicant is allowed to apply for both Residence Permit and this type of 7 day Entry Visa at the same time. The processing time for the 7 day Entry Visa is four weeks. There is no applications fee for this type of application
Please use this checklist when applying for a 7 day Entry Visa: ENGLISH version – VIETNAMESE version. More information in Norwegian about the documentation requirements from the Norwegian spouse is available here.
The issuance of this type of 7-day Entry Visa is regulated by UDI Circular 2003-015 (English version). A separate Circular AI-08/2006 from the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion also has relevance for the processing of these cases.