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Schengen C-VISA (tourism; visit to family/friend; business visit)
If you intend to stay in Norway/Iceland/Schengen for less than 90 days to visit family or friends, or for business and/or tourist purposes, you are advised to apply for a Schengen C-visa. The maximum period of stay is 90 days. In some cases it is possible to apply for a multiple entry visa. For more information about multi-entry visas,
click here.
For documents required when applying for a Schengen C-visa, please see Checklist 1 (ENGLISH- UKRAINIAN).
The processing time for a Schengen C-visa application is normally 5-7 working days after submitting the application at the Embassy. An appointment to submit the application at the Embassy will be fixed when registering at the Application Portal.
Applicants are advised not to buy a ticket until a visa decision has been made.
All applications must be registered through the Application Portal. If Internet access is not available, the inviting party may register the application on behalf of the applicant.
After processing the application, one of three decisions will be produced:
1. Decision to grant visa. Passport with visa can be retrieved between 10.00 and 12.00 Mon-Fri at the Visa Section.
2. Decision about rejection. In this case the applicant will receive a rejection letter by post explaining the reasons for rejection. The letter will also inform about the appeal procedure. Reasons for rejection will not be discussed by phone. The applicant is advised to state any arguments against the decision in the letter of appeal sent by post. In case of rejection, the applicant or person with power of attorney should retrieve the passport within 3 months after the date of decision.
3. Decision to forward the application to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) for further processing in Norway. For expected time upon decision, please confer UDI's web page. The Embassy will inform the applicant by phone or in written about the final decision.
Residence/Work permit. Family reunion.
If you intend to stay in Norway for more than 90 days or if you intend to work, you are advised to apply for a residence/work permit. Applications for residence permits will always be forwarded to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) for decision. For expected time upon decision, please confer
UDI's web page. Also confer
Norwegian Directorate of Immigration – residence and work information. For documents required please see
Checklist 2 for family reasons application(
ENGLISH-
UKRAINIAN) and
Checklist 3 for work application(
ENGLISH-
UKRAINIAN). The Embassy will inform the applicant by phone or in writing about final decision.
Your employer can apply on your behalf. Your employer can apply on your behalf if you authorise him/her in writing to do so. You must complete the authorisation section of the application form or submit the authorisation form. Your employer submits the application to the police in the place where the employer has his or her registered business address.
Getting married in Norway
It is not possible to apply for a residence/work permit while visiting Norway on a short term Schengen C-visa. Ukrainian citizens who get married in Norway carrying a short term Schengen C-visa will have to return to Ukraine to apply for a residence/work permit with purpose of family reunification.
If you intend to get married to a Norwegian while in Norway, you are therefore advised to apply for a residence/work permit with the intention of entering into marriage see Checklist 2 (ENGLISH- UKRAINIAN).
7-day D-visa: Entry visa for reunification with spouse in Norway
The embassy might,
in exceptional cases, issue a 7-day D-visa with the purpose to reunificate with spouse in Norway. If you are married to a Norwegian and intend to stay in Norway for more than 90 days, you can apply for such an an entry visa. This visa ensures valid stay for a period of 7 days, during which an application for residence permit has to be submitted at the local police office. The applicant is then entitled to stay in Norway while the application for a residence permit is being processed at the UDI.
A 7-day D-visa will only be granted if the Embassy has been provided with documents proving that the relationship is of a long lasting and serious character. If the Norwegian citizen has previously been married to a foreigner from a country where a visa is needed to travel to Norway, or the Ukrainian citizen has previously been married to a Norwegian citizen, a 7-day D-visa will not be granted.
For more information about 7-day D-visa, please read the Circular 2010-003e.
For required documents, please confer Checklist 4 (ENGLISH - UKRAINIAN). Click here for information in Norwegian about required documents from the Norwegian spouse. For more information about the new requirements for financial support and housing, click here.
Processing time is 4 weeks. The Embassy will inform the applicant by phone or in written about final decision.
Skilled jobseekers
If you qualify as a skilled worker/specialist, you may apply for a residence permit as a jobseeker in Norway.
For more information about this permit please read this
For documents required please see Checklist 3 (ENGLISH - UKRAINIAN).
Click here for more information about work and residence permits.
Study permit
If you intend to study in Norway for more than 90 days you are advised to apply for a residence permit for students. Applications for study permits will always be forwarded to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) for decision.
For documents required please see Checklist for study permit (ENGLISH - UKRAINIAN). The Embassy will inform the applicant by phone or in writing about final decision.
For more information, please confer UDI's web pages.