Skilled Worker Permit
🇳🇴 Norway visas · Work
What it is
Residence permit for skilled workers with a concrete job offer from a Norwegian employer meeting the pay and qualification requirements.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Up to 3 years for degree-level posts, 1 year for vocational-level posts; renewable. Permanent residence after 3 years.
- Processing time
- 6 months
- Maximum validity
- 3 years
- Extendable
- Yes
- Path to permanent residence
- Direct route
- Dependants
- Conditional
- How to apply
- Online
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (age 18+)
- NOK 6,300
- Application fee (under 18 (half fee))
- NOK 3,150
Key requirements
- Job offer from a Norwegian employer before applying (you must have the offer in hand)
- Completed vocational training or at least 3 years of higher education relevant to the role
- The role must be full-time
- Salary at or above the minimum for the sector
Working on this visa
Tied to a TYPE OF POSITION, not to one employer, you may change employer without a new permit if the new job is the same type of position. Normally full-time; an 80% position is accepted. No remote work unless part of the job granted.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 30 July 2026.