Family immigration with a Norwegian or Nordic citizen (cohabitant)

Conditions you must meet

• Both of you are over 18Stated only on the cohabitant route — the spouse route has no 18-year floor. It sits alongside the separate 24-year requirement below; both appear in UDI's own list.

  Both of you must be over the age of 18.

• You are going to live together in Norway

  You are going to live together in Norway.

• Meet ONE of the two qualifying bases belowTHE STRUCTURAL POINT OF THIS ROUTE. UDI writes 'one of the following two requirements', so the two entries beneath are alternatives, not a joint test. This entry carries the obligation; the two routes are recorded as not-individually-required so the page cannot imply an applicant needs both.

  You must meet one of the following two requirements:

• Both of you are at least 24 years oldSeparate from, and additional to, the 18-year floor above. Applies to both of you, not only the applicant. Exemption is possible — see below.

  You must be at least 24 years old.

• Applicant: not subject to a prohibition against entry to Norway or SchengenA Schengen-wide entry ban blocks this permit, not only a Norwegian one.

  You must not be subject to a prohibition against entry to Norway or Schengen.

• Reference person in Norway: income of at least NOK 436,957 per year pre-taxNOK 436,957 per year pre taxTHE SPONSOR'S OBLIGATION, NOT THE APPLICANT'S. Three tests at once: the year ahead, the year already past, and the whole processing period. UDI states the amount 'is adjusted in may each year' — the authority declaring its own figure perishable.

  You must have an income of at least NOK 436 957 per year pre-tax. This amount is adjusted in May each year, but this is the applicable amount if you apply now. You must have this amount of income the first year your family member receives a permit in Norway. In addition, you must have had at least this income last year and during the time we process the application.

Documents you must provide

• Applicant: proof of identity, usually a valid passport

  You must document your identity. A valid passport is usually valid proof of identity.

Government fees

• Applicant: application fee (first-time application, adult)NOK 11,900Listed under 'requirements for the applicant' on this route — the spouse route puts the same fee under 'requirements for both'. UDI states the fee is owed but publishes the amount separately; NOK 11,900 is the first-time adult band.

  First-time application for family immigration for adults NOK 11900

Also stated by the authority

Not requirements in themselves. These are alternatives, exemptions, rights and warnings the authority publishes alongside the requirements — quoted here because they can change what applies to you.

• Basis 1: lived together at least two years, and neither of you married to anyone elseOne of two ALTERNATIVES. Two clauses ride along: neither partner may be married to someone else, and cohabitation completed in Norway only counts if both had legal residence at the time.

  You must have lived together for at least two years and neither of you can be married to someone else. If you have lived together in Norway, both of you must have had legal residence.

• Basis 2: you have, or are expecting, a child together — and both are unmarried or divorcedThe other ALTERNATIVE, and note that expecting a child qualifies, not only having one. The marital-status clause is stricter than Basis 1's: both must be unmarried or divorced.

  You have, or are expecting, a child together. You are both unmarried or divorced.

• Exemption from the 24-year age requirement may be possibleNOT a requirement, and deliberately not a rule. UDI decides case by case, weighing which countries the couple's — and their parents' — backgrounds are from, against a list it calls non-exhaustive and subject to change. The criteria are cited, not encoded.

  Some couples can be exempted from this requirement. When UDI assesses whether you can be granted an exemption, we will consider what countries your background is from, and whether forced marriages occur in these countries.