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Relocating to Norway for work

Last activity 19 August 2014 by winmcp

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sathya532k

Hi Everyone,

This is sathya from Chennai, India. My Current company wants me to relocate to norway (OSLO) for an year or two and it would be by august.

I Just want to know about the cost of living, taxation and kids educational options.

I have two kids and they are at Age 4 & 6. Need to know whether norwegiean school offer english language and how much it would cost me to engage my kids into a school.

My net ctc comes 620K per annum and whether i will be able to survive with said salary after tax, rent and kids education.

Need some expert advice.

Thanks in advance :-)

ECS

here's another thread on almost exactly the same topic:

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=343897

have you browsed through the forum here? There are many threads asking the same/similar questions. Cost of living is naturally a hot topic here.

winmcp

Hi Sathya.

There are English speaking Schools in Oslo, For instance http://www.oslointernationalschool.no/ and a few others.
This is the fees page for the above School http://www.oslointernationalschool.no/s … 47.en.html
but just Google English speaking Schools in Oslo and shop around a bit, not only for Schools but everything you spend money on in Norway. Some prices border on daylight robbery but if you shop around you can find much better deals on just about anything.

On your salary you should easily be able to survive, no problem. Yes, the cost of living is pretty scandalous compared to many places but once you get to know your way around it is possible to live quite comfortably on a moderate budget.

When you first start to work here you will get some decent tax relief (they don't rugby tackle you for you money right away) last time I checked you were able to pay reduced tax for the first 2 years., but don't take my word for it go visit them and check it out here. http://www.skatteetaten.no/en/Internati … in-Norway/

Lykke til (Good luck).

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