How To Register Your Address In Norway
Ah, the sweet smell of Norway—whether it’s the salty ocean breeze or a fresh waffle from a Bergen market, you’re here, and you want to make it official.
The first step to making any place your home is staking your claim on paper.
Welcome to the ultimate guide for registering your address in Norway. The Northern Lights await!
Let’s dive in!
Why Is It Important To Register Your Address In Norway
Availability of obligatory information includes having a registered address where you can be reached if required. In the case where you’ve paid too much tax and have left Norway, it is necessary to know where to contact you for the purpose of refunding your overpaid tax.
Plenty of public agencies and private businesses take advantage of the address information found in the National Population Register to contact you.
For your company to benefit from limited liability, Companies House states that your details must be viewable and transparent.
Who Can Apply For Registration For Address In Norway
Before you apply for the registration of your address, you are required to obtain a type of residence permit, e.g., in connection with work, studies, family immigration or to stay in Norway as an au pair.
Afterwards you must gather your documents, register and pay the fees and then wait for the results to receive your permit.
When you cross the border into the Schengen area, you will have to present:
- your passport with the entry visa sticker (if you need an entry visa)
- documentation showing the purpose of your stay
Adding to that, you need to make an appointment with the police in order to obtain a residence card. You must pre-book this appointment, normally through the application portal, and the appointment is recommended to be during the first seven days you are in Norway.
How To Register In Norway
You will have to book an appointment with the Tax Administration. When moving to Norway with your family, the whole family must be present to undergo an ID control at the Tax Administration’s offices. This is the case even if you’ve lived in Norway before.
You must bring along the following:
- the completed form RF-1401 Report a move to Norway from abroad
- Norwegian residence card
- a valid passport, travel documents or the Norwegian immigrant’s passport
- documentation showing that you plan on living in Norway for a minimum of 6 months
- if you are moving with your children, you must bring along documentation proving your relationship with them.
You are not required to report a move if you will be staying in Norway for less than 6 months. Keep in mind you must apply for a tax deduction card if you intend to work in Norway.
If you are commuting to a country within the EEA area, you may be exempt from the requirement to register your residential address in Norway, provided certain conditions are met.
The Processing Of Your Notification
After you’ve reported a move to Norway, you will be considered as a possible candidate to be registered as resident in Norway.
In the case where you’re registered as resident in Norway, you’ll be issued a Norwegian national identity number if you did not already possess one. You’ll also receive a confirmation of this by post.
How To Book An Appointment For Registering Your Address
Unfortunately, you cannot contact UDI to book an appointment, and it is not advised to show up at UDI. Apart from the police, embassy and VFS application centre, no one has access to their calendar for appointment bookings.
In the scenario where you live abroad and are planning to submit an application for a residence permit or visa, you have to apply to a Visa Application Centre (VFS) or an embassy.
If you live in Norway and are about to apply or order a residence card, you have to report to the police or the Service Centre for Foreign Workers (SUA).
Immediately after the appointment has been booked you will receive an automatically generated e-mail confirming the time and place of the appointment.
The embassy or the police can edit minor errors in the information of the application at the time of your booked appointment. You are required to bring written information about what you want the embassy/police to edit for you.
If there are no free appointments at the meeting place you selected, you must check for free appointments later. Additionally, if you find yourself in the position where you ended up booking an appointment which you cannot attend, you can change it to another date.
You will receive an email confirming the new appointment.
How Can You Withdraw Your Application
If you happen to want your application fee refunded, you are advised to contact the police district or the embassy.
If you are a reference person, sponsor or host parent and seek to withdraw your consent for the applicant to stay with you in Norway, you are required to send a written notification of this to UDI.
The application fee will only be refunded if you have not yet attended your appointment. In the scenario where you only need to upload the application documents electronically, you cannot get the fee refunded after you have uploaded the documents.
Is It Necessary To Get An Appointment For Registration
No, it is not a necessity to get an appointment to follow through with your application. In the scenario where u find yourself unable to book an appointment you can send all your documents online to the embassy.
Afterwards the procedure will be the same as what occurs in a booked appointment. You will receive a post confirming whether or not you’re registered as a resident in Norway, along with the issued Norwegian national identity number.
Is It Allowed To Use An Airbnb As Your Registered Address
No, you cannot. This is because the Norwegian Tax Administration introduced new regulations, which obligated Airbnb to report information on rental transactions during the tax year.
Such information includes either your national identification number, D-number or organization number, along with a complete listing address to satisfy this tax regulation. Failure to do so will result in your Airbnb account being suspended.
The rate that is applied in the fine is calculated based on the court fee. The fine will continue to accumulate until you submit the information we have requested or the maximum limit for enforcement fines is reached.
What Happens When You Register Late In Norway
The Norwegian Tax Administration sends out notifications and conditional decisions to those who do not submit mandatory information by the relevant deadline. The letter will state a new deadline for submitting the information in order to avoid the enforcement fine.
You can appeal against a decision concerning an enforcement fine. You must pay the fine even if you appeal.
Registration Of Move For International Students To Norway
After you arrive in Norway, you must do the following:
Change Your Address In Student Web
The first time you log on to Student web you must change your semester address. If you do not change your address, mail coming from NTNU will not reach you. If applicable, make sure to delete the information from the field c/o.
Register Your Address With The Postal Service
In order to receive mail, you are required to register with the postal service. Fill out the form “Permanent change of address for private individuals“. Bring the form to your nearest post office.
To add to that, bring your official ID, and tell them that you need to register your address. Do this as soon as possible after arrival in Norway. Do not fill in the section about redirection of mail as this does not apply for change of address from abroad.
Leaving Norway When You Finish Your Studies
When you leave Norway you are obliged to report the move to the National Population Register by filling out the form “Reporting a move from Norway“.
If you are moving to one of the other Nordic countries, you do not need to submit this form.
What Is The Process For Registering A Company In Norway?
Norway is a developed country with a powerful economy and a growing administration that promotes open investment policies. These regulations have been successful in attracting foreign investment through the Norway Company Formation.
On top of that, with a flat corporate tax rate of 24%, the business climate is simple to navigate, and registering a company in Norway is easy if the regulations are followed correctly.
The steps to register a company in Norway are as follows:
Step 1: Business Entity
The first step when registering a company in Norway as a foreigner is to be aware of and choose which business entity or vehicle you wish to choose to incorporate as. These include:
Limited Company
A limited company is considered a separate legal entity from the shareholders or members of the company and they are not in charge of the obligations of the company.
A Norwegian resident manager or agent has to be identified and a local registered office address is required to be supplied. A shareholder may be of any nationality and a minimum of NOK 30,000 capital has to be paid up.
Public Limited Company
Almost identical to a limited company, a public limited company is also considered a separate legal entity from the shareholders or members of the company.
None of the shareholders are personally held accountable for the obligations or debts of the company and are only limited to their own personal shares.
In order to set up a public limited company, there must be at least one shareholder of any nationality, at the very least 3 directors of which two must be Norway residents and a minimum paid-up capital of NOK1,000,000 is a must.
Sole Proprietorship
A sole proprietorship holds the owner accountable and is subject to unlimited liability for his business. In the sight of law, he is seen as one with the business which he founded. The minimum age to register as a single proprietor is 18 years old.
Step 2: Reservation Of Company Name
Before officially beginning the registration process of your entity in Norway, you must choose a distinctive name for your organization. it may be submitted to the Norwegian Registrar of Companies for approval.
Step 3: Registration Process
If you are starting a business in Norway as a foreigner, you are required to register and apply for a Norwegian identification number (D-number) and also a Norwegian business address.
All limited companies operating in Norway are required to be registered in the Register of Business Enterprises and several documents are required.
They must also open a corporate bank account to ease any financial transactions or associated financing operations as it is an important aspect of corporate readiness.
Step 5: Accounting And Tax Obligations
The last step in registering a company in Norway as a foreigner is to understand the accounting and tax obligations of enterprises registered in Norway.
In accordance with the Norwegian tax administration, it is compulsory for entities receiving income sourced from the jurisdiction to file their annual tax returns by the last business day of May from the following fiscal year.
The company’s annual accounts must be prepared according to the provisions of the Accounting Act in Norway. However, companies that fall under the definition of “small enterprise” need not prepare an annual report.
Is It Legal To Live In Norway Without Registering Your Address
If you are staying in Norway for more than six months, you must register your address. A non-compliance penalty may be imposed if you fail to answer when the National Registry demands National Registry information.
The general rule is that you get a non-compliance penalty amounting to ¼ of the court fee per day after the deadline up to maximum 15 court fees, i.e., up to 60 days of no answer.
In connection with the new National Registry Act that came into force on 1 October 2017, an omission to report to the National Registry authorities was decriminalized and replaced by a fee system.
From 1 January 2018 one court fee amounts to NOK 1,130 and ¼ court fee amounts to NOK 282.50.A non-compliance penalty may be imposed on those who do not comply with these reporting obligations:
Reporting Obligation Regarding Own Circumstances
Following an enquiry from the National Registry, people above the age of 15 who stay in Norway are obliged to present the following information about themselves and their household:
full name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, marital status, parental responsibility, address, occupation, place of work and citizenship.
Reporting Obligation Regarding Control Of Residential Address
Following an enquiry from the National Registry, the home owner or lessor is obliged to provide information regarding who lives or stays on the address in question.
How To Change Your Registered Address
To ensure that you receive letters and parcels when you change your address, you must report the change to Posten. You can also consent to the change of address being sent to the National Population Register.
The form containing information regarding the change in address is to be handed in at a post office or in-store post office.
Identity control will be done for the secure and essential identification of the customer. Customers must provide the national identity number or date of birth, as well as family name and first names for all persons included in the order.
How To De-Register Your Address
In Norway, there is a National Registry that contains important information concerning everyone who either is or has been a resident in Norway.
As a foreign national, you are obliged to notify the related authorities by means of de-registration, which will be recorded in the National Registry.
How To Handle Your Departure From Norway
You must tell the embassy that you are moving in scenarios where you plan to stay abroad for at least six months. You are required to report the move no more than 14 days before your departure.
Keep in mind that you have to check your tax status when you are abroad. Reporting a move abroad does not mean that your obligation to pay tax in Norway ends.
In contrast, you do not report a move from Norway when:
- You have already registered a move to another country.
- You have a D number (as a foreign citizen).
If you have a new address abroad, which you are planning on moving into, you are to report the move online. if this is so, please prepare the following documents for the procedure:
- Your new address abroad.
- If you own or rent a residential property in the country you are moving to, rental agreement or purchase agreement.
- If you are moving because of military service or foreign service.
You’ll receive a letter when your change of address notification has been completed. The letter will be sent to the new address abroad.
What Is The Process Of Moving From Norway To The Nordic Regions
The move is only reported in the country you’re moving to. You must notify the National Population Register of your move abroad to a country outside the Nordic countries. The Nordic regions include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Greenland.
You’ll automatically be registered as having moved from Norway if the notification is accepted in the country you are moving to. All the required documents are the same as that required for the registration of your address abroad.
Conclusion
There you go! You’re officially a local, or as Norwegians might say, ‘Du er en av oss’ (You’re one of us). Pat yourself on the back, or better yet, celebrate with a cup of piping hot Norwegian coffee.
After all, life in Norway is all about the cozy moments—now that you belong here.
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