Information for Norwegian expats

John an from Zimbabwe my girlfriend is Norwegian she stays in Orsta,and she wants me to join help there apply for a permanent visa so we have researching so that we do this the right way the first time,she is the one who told me about this blog so just wanted to know if yu can help so that it can be an easy process for us

Hello
Your message is a littel confusing for me,so let`s clean up your request if i understood right please than ask me again.
You have a girlfriend who lives in Norway.
Fact:according to Norwegian law) she has to have minimum a working permit which means if is the fact so she must be a kind of specialist in her profession since people from Africa or any where except European citizen must have a special agreement or describing of their professionally and the reason why the employee give her the job (this is the law in Norway and fact has nothing to do with rassisem because in other European countries is this fact hidden or employee pay less and give a damn about the law but is the European foreigner employment policy.
If this is a fact so she has a employment visa,and tell her if she stay here and repeat her employment visa which is at the same time her residence visa,after 5 years she become the permanent residential visa and after 7-8 years she can also request for Norwegian citizenship NO i repeat NO other law exist to define this rule and also No law can deny this all she has to know is that her employee has registered her as a full tax payer in Norwegian tax system.
To control /approve this she has to ask if she has a D-Number as her registration tax number? it is like this

The ID-Tax number(Norwegian social security number is a 11 digit which combines with the birthday numbers for example if some person was born at 16 .May. 2014 this first 6 digit will be 160514 and than + a 5 digit number special for the person in combination they will be 11 digit.But please mention;

All foreigners who apply for working permit and get the tax number they will have NO ID-number they become the D-number unless they work three years in Norway this is because the government and tax office is not sure if the person stay in the country for more than 6 month in one row since they are many tourists or foreigners they come to Norway work only for 5-6 months than leave the country without paying full tax.This will not be accepted for the government to act for visa request priorities.

Now that i explained you all you or your girl friend need to know you may ask me more clear how i may help you further.

Best Regards.

John

Didn't he say his girlfriend is Norwegian? In that case it seems like most of the information you share is not relevant to his situation.

You also can get an FNR well before the three year mark. I got one within weeks when I registered at the tax office as a Nordic citizen. My friends who came as EEA spouses or on work permits got them within a few months.

I recommend looking through this if you want to use your girlfriend as your reason for moving. Her ability to sponsor you depends on several factors which are detailed in the immigration website:

http://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/fami … &c=zwe

Please give me a reaction to my first email with few questions. I look forward to you advice.
Thank you,
angela

Anggiee wrote:

Please give me a reaction to my first email with few questions. I look forward to you advice.
Thank you,
angela

Angela, I already replied to you with visa information here:

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 92#1931736

Well, this is really just an answer to John's offert! I appreciate people who realy want to help others, because to move to a new country without any notion is quite difficult. Me too, I was helped and given courage by a member of expats and it was a great help! Thanks a lot and good luck! As soon as I have more experience of what's life like here, I will describe my adventure and offer my help! For today I can say: if you have made your mind up to move to Norway, come for a few days, feel the country, the people and then you will know where you have to go! I did it and it was a wonderful experience!Now it is a challenge that fills me with energy and sunshine!
Best regards ta all! Carmen

Hi there! This is a very sweet offer; thank you John and Carmen! I feel I've looked a lot of info up online, but it never hurts to be super sure.

I am American, will be graduating with a Bachelor's in Computer Science from an American university in about a year, and wish to move to Norway to work after that time. I will not have job experience in the computer industry (my experience is largely from doing projects at home), but I am also not too picky in the first job I get. I know I must have an offer of employment from someplace before I try to get a work visa, and I'm guessing I have to get this offer while remaining outside of Norway. Or maybe I can still be on a tourist visa here while looking for an offer? Regardless, I will likely move to southeast Asia for a year or two to teach English, and then from that point, will be looking to move to Norway (so in about two-ish years from now). My Norwegian is not fluent but I am definitely at least intermediate.

Okay, so my main question is: does this plan sound like it has any major holes in it, or things that I haven't considered? And number two: What industries would you recommend someone of my little experience to get her foot in the door, who would also not mind sponsoring me and waiting for me to come to Norway? So far I am planning to look into the tourism industry at hotels and whatnot, and maybe work on a computer somewhere in there. I'm thinking that teaching in Asia will maybe even give me at least a tiny boon in the tourism industry.

Thank you for all and any help! It's so lovely of you!

Hi Katjek!
I can only tell you from my experience:
Here the Norwegians are very friendly people, specially going northwards ( Iive in Trondheim now). So they are very willing to help foreigners. But I think, if you have the opportunity to spend a good week or fortnight in Norway- more or less in the region where you would like to live - and present CV's to the different hotels yourself, for sure you will find open doors. Even more, if you speak Norwegian already, which is very important here. Although most of the inhabitants speak English fluently, They appreciate very much if you talk their language!
Now in summer, the town is full of tourists from all over the world. -I see many Asian people, So if beforehand you will spend some time in Asia it will help you for Norway! Many tourists come on the famous "hurtigroute", the postway through the fjords from south to north of the country and stay only for the day, but yet, there is always a place to work!
There are many hotel companies, such as RICA Hotels, THON Hotels etc, So good luck for your future!

Thank you so much for your help, Carmen! I will keep all of that in mind. I see you're from Austria originally; what made you decide to move to Norway? Regardless, the best of luck to you, too!