SCHENGEN VISITOR VISA TO NORWAY

Requirement for a visa

If you wish to visit Norway for a short period of time, you must obtain a visa prior to entry if you come from a

country with a visa requirement for entering Norway as a general rule. You may submit your application up to

six months before the start of the intended visit, or up to nine months for seafarers, and no later than 15

calendar days before the start of the intended visit. Appointment for handing in the application can be made

electronically at the VFS website and you will be given an appointment within two weeks.

A visa is only intended to allow a foreign national to visit Norway and the Schengen area for a limited period of

Please also find the Visa Code at www.europa.eu Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and

of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (europa.eu)

Please note that when citizens of certain countries apply for a visitor visa, we must consult other Schengen

Member States before granting a visa. This process may take up to seven days and applies no matter where

you currently live. Please visit the www.udi.no for detailed information on which nationalities countries must

undergo a consultation process as part of the visa application.

Where to hand in your application

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in London handles applications from applicants residing in Belarus and Russia.

Applicants who are not nationals or residents of these countries must document that they are legally in the

country where they apply from and must provide justification for lodging the application to the Norwegian

If you would like to visit several Schengen countries, apply for your visa at the Embassy or Consulate of the

country of your main destination in terms of length of stay or the purpose of stay. If you intend to visit several

Schengen countries, but do not have a main destination (i.e. you intend to spend an equal amount of days in

each country), you should apply at the Embassy or Consulate of the Schengen country which is your first port of

entry.

Travel medical insurance

When applying for a visa, your travel medical insurance must cover the days of your intended stay in the

Schengen area. Failure to hold an insurance that covers the actual stay may lead to problems at the airport or

entering the Schengen area. The travel medical insurance must meet the following criteria: It is valid

pay a visa fee of EUR 40. The payment is done online when you register your application in the UDI Forms

application portal.

Biometric identifiers

At the time of submission of the first application, the applicant shall be required to appear in person. At that

time, the following biometric identifiers of the applicant shall be collected: — a photograph, scanned or taken

at the time of application, and —10 fingerprints. Where fingerprints collected from the applicant as part of an

earlier application were entered in the VIS for the first time less than 59 months before the date of the new

application, they shall be copied to the subsequent application.

- For Russia: Гостевая виза - Норвегия в России (norway.no)

Applicants may be asked to provide copies of the biodata page of the travel document.

Admissibility

If you have lodged the application within the period referred to in Visa Code Article 9(1) and the application

contains an application form, a travel document, a photograph, biometric data of the applicant and visa fee,

the application is admissible. Please note that in addition to these mentioned basic elements of your visa

applications, further requirements of supporting documents must be handed in.

As soon as a decision has been made by the Embassy, the Embassy will send the passport in a sealed envelope

to the VFS center where the applicant applied. VFS will then notify the applicant through email or SMS.

If rejected: In cases where an application is rejected, the applicant will receive a letter stating the reason for

the rejection and how and where you may send the appeal. Please note that if you appeal you must appeal

within three weeks from the date you were notified about the decision or from the date on which you should

have obtained knowledge of the decision.

We have also ensured that you are able to submit service complaints to VFS or the Embassy regarding conduct

of staff or the application process. Please find more in information on this on websites of VFS or the Embassy.

According to Visa Code Art 30, holding a visa does not give you an automatic right of entry to the Schengen

area. When you enter 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

sponsorship form, you should also bring a copy of this with you. You might also have to document the purpose

of your visit.