Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Immigration to Norway has increased over the last decades, beginning in the early 1990s. In 1992, the immigrant population in Norway was 183,000 individuals, representing 4.3% of the total population, and net migration that year was 9,105 people. In 2012, net migration peaked, as 48,714 people came to the country.
v. t. e. Uniquely, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, located in the High Arctic, is an entirely visa -free zone. However, travelers who have a visa requirement to enter mainland Norway/the Schengen area must have a Schengen visa if they travel via mainland Norway/the Schengen area. This must be a double-entry visa so they can return to ...
The National Police Immigration Service [1] (NPIS) ( Norwegian: Politiets utlendingsenhet) is the unit in the Norwegian Police Service for handling immigration cases. The NPIS's main tasks are to register asylum seekers who come to Norway and to establish their identity, forcibly return people without lawful residence and to run the police ...
Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Norway. As of 2024, Norwegian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 191 countries and territories, ranking the Norwegian passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index .
Norwegian nationality law details the conditions by which an individual is a national of Norway. The primary law governing these requirements is the Norwegian Nationality Act, which came into force on 1 September 2006. Norway is a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Schengen Area.
A Norwegian passport (Norwegian: norsk pass, Northern Sami: norgga pássa) is the passport issued to nationals of Norway for the purpose of international travel. Beside serving as proof of Norwegian citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Norwegian consular officials abroad (or public officials in the mission of another Nordic country in case a Norwegian consular ...
The Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Norway to the United States. It is presently located at 2720 34th St., NW, Washington DC 20008. The Embassy in Washington, D.C. is Norway's largest, with a staff of approximately 50, including representatives from a number of Norwegian ministries.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norwegian Bokmål: Det kongelige utenriksdepartement or Utenriksdepartementet; Nynorsk: Det kongelege utanriksdepartementet or Utanriksdepartementet; UD) is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway. It was established on June 7, 1905, the same day the Parliament of Norway (Storting) decided ...