🛂 Registration with the Police, Visa Renewal, and Part-Time Work: A guide for international students after arrival in Norway

If you're from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, or Sweden:

• ✅ No need to register with the police.
• ✅ Report your address if staying more than 6 months: 🔗 Report your move: Tax/Population Registry offices in Norway

If you're staying more than 3 months:

• ✅ Create a "User Registration" account: Students who are EU/EEA nationals - UDI.
• ✅ Identify your municipality: city/campus.
• ✅ Gather documents: ID Card or Passport, Letter of Acceptance, European Health Insurance Card or private health insurance and personal declaration funds (Downloadable  Template).
• ✅ Book an appointment: Booking and attending - Politiet.no.

Note: No registration needed for stays under 90 days. Non-EU/EEA Erasmus+ students must apply for a Study Permit even with a Schengen permit. See EU/EEA Member Countries List.

If you're entering Norway for educational purposes, you must:

• ✅ Apply for a study permit before arrival
• ✅ Book a police registration appointment
• ✅ Bring required documents:
  • Passport
  • Admission letter or Letter of Acceptance
  • Housing agreement/Tenancy Agreement
• 🔗 Log in to UDI Application Portal: UDI's Application Portal (My Page) and make an appointment with the police station in your city.

What happens after you have met with the police?

• You will receive a confirmation of registration.
• You might receive notification letter for vaccination depending on where you come from from the Norwegian health authorities to your address in Norway. Please remember to mark your post box with your name.
• Residence Card and Norwegian National ID Number ("Personnummer") to your address in Norway. Please remember to mark your post box with your name.

📅 When should you renew your Study Permit?

To avoid any issues, start the renewal process early:

• 3 months before your permit expires:
  Go to UDI’s Application Portal to register your application and book an appointment. Waiting times can be long, so don’t delay!

• No later than 1 month before your permit expires:
  You must visit the police and submit your documents in person. Your application is not officially submitted until this step is completed.

📄 How to renew your Study Permit (Progress Report)

1. Download the Progress Report form
   (Note: The form is in Norwegian – PDF, 598 kB)

Bachelor's and Master's students: Contact your Programme Coordinator

• Find your programme in the Study Catalogue.
• Click on your programme to see the name of your coordinator on the right-hand side.
• Your coordinator will help you fill out the Progress Report.

Incoming exchange students

• Please contact: mobility@uit.no.

⏳ If You’re delayed in your studies (Bachelor's and Master's students Only)

If you're behind schedule, you must apply for an extension of your study rights before your Programme Coordinator can issue the Progress Report.

⚠️ A delay of more than six months in a Master’s programme is considered significant by UDI and may affect your permit renewal.

🎓 Starting a new programme of study?

If you’ve been admitted to a higher-level programme (e.g., from Bachelor to Master), it’s usually considered a continuation of your studies.

You’ll need to submit:

• Your Admission Letter for the new programme
• A complete transcript of records from your previous programme

🎓 Starting a second Master’s Programme?

If your new programme is at the same level as your previous Master’s, UDI usually does not consider it a continuation.

In exceptional cases, UDI may approve it if:

• The new programme offers in-depth studies in the same subject area
• It clearly improves your chances of:
  • Becoming a researcher
  • Being accepted into a PhD programme

You’ll need to submit:

• Your Admission Letter
• A complete transcript of records
• A written statement explaining:
  • How the new programme builds on your previous studies.
  • How it enhances your future academic or research opportunities.

Students can work part-time while studying:

• ✅ Must have registered with the police. Nordic citizens: you just need to register your new address in Norway with the Tax Office in your city.
• ✅ Must have a Norwegian ID Number ("personnummer") or D-Number (EU/EEA Citizens)
• 🔗 More information regarding part-time work: International students: working part-time while studying in Norway | UiT

Find more information about the regulations for visa-seeking international students on the website of the Immigration authorities (Utlendingsdirektoratet UDI) UDI: Part-time work for students