Why i can't avail free norwegian course?

https://www.kompetansenorge.no/English/ … bligation/

Hi Bhebhe,

First off, apart from having lived there for 4 months many years ago, I have no direct experience of Norwegian immigration policy for immigrants.

However, Google translate tells us:

Information about education in Norwegian and social studies and introduction program.

You can have the right and duty to Norwegian language training and social studies. Please contact the municipality as soon as possible to find out if this applies to you. If you have any obligation to participate in Norwegian society need to conduct this training in order to get permanent residency and citizenship later.

I guess the important part is the 2nd word "can"; it doesn't say you have the right, just says "you can", which is not definite.  It says to contact the Municipality to find out if it applies, which you have done and received an unsatisfactory answer.  My advice is to go and see them face to face and take the letter with you.  If the person says he can't help, ask to speak to his/her boss and ask him for an explanation.

Best of luck.

LuciPetersen wrote:

https://www.kompetansenorge.no/English/Immigrant-integration/right-and-or-obligation/

I think Luci has provided the answer (thank you).  From her link:

Kompetanse Norge wrote:

Who gets free language tuition?

Newly arrived refugees, their family members and persons who have been granted family reunification with a Norwegian or Nordic citizen are given 600 hours tuition free of charge.

Immigrants who come from outside the EEA-/EFTA area with a work permit are obliged to take part in 300 hours of tuition, but they have no legal right to get the courses for free.

EU citizens, students and au-pairs have to pay for their tuition and for the Norwegian language test.

I suspect you arrived as an Immigrant (not a refugee), so have no legal right to free training.

Hello Luci and cynic,


Thanks alot for all the informations ☺ it helps alot.

I was an aupair before and I got married just last year before my contract end.  I apply for Family reunification visa and got an approved answer last year december.

I went directly to kommune skole and directly talked with them and explain my case. They said that they contact the UDI already and submitted my papers to them. The kommune skole said to me that they can't do anything with it aside from just  waiting for the answer coming from UDI. They told me that if they didn't get any answer from UDI allowing me to avail free norwegian course within  4  weeks weeks then I have to pay the tuition fee 😕😑

Anyway thanks again for the help.☺ God bless both of you.

Ok, my studies were not free too, because I wanted to start immediately after I arrived in Norway. It's only free after many months / a year, once your name is officially in the system, and once you get your official card from the police stating you can stay here for the next year (obviously we need to re-new this yearly).

Maybe you could start with this free online course in the meanwhile:

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/norwegian/1

Or you could start using Duolingo (mobile app).

You could also try your hand at Ny i Norge: https://nyinorge.portfolio.no/

By the time you start school you'd know a thing or two at least..