Trainee Permit (Praktikant)
🇳🇴 Norway visas · Work
What it is
Permit for someone in higher education abroad who will do a traineeship in Norway as part of that education.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Up to 6 months, or up to 12 months where the industry commonly offers longer trainee periods. Cannot be renewed.
- Processing time
- See UDI processing times.
- Maximum validity
- 1 year
- Extendable
- No
- Path to permanent residence
- No
- Age
- 18 to 30
- 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
- Enrolled in higher education at a foreign institution
- Concrete offer of a full-time traineeship relevant to that education
- Somewhere to live
Working on this visa
Full-time traineeship with the employer named in the permit; the work must be practical training forming part of your education, and pay must be no poorer than is normal for a trainee in that occupation.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 30 July 2026.