SCHENGEN VISITOR VISA TO NORWAY
Requirement for a visa
If you wish to visit Norway for a short period of time, you must obtain a visa prior to entry if you come from acountry with a visa requirement for entering Norway as a general rule. You may submit your application up tosix months before the start of the intended visit, or up to nine months for seafarers, and no later than 15
calendar days before the start of the intended visit. Appointment for handing in the application can be madeelectronically at the VFS website and you will be given an appointment within two weeks.
A visa is only intended to allow a foreign national to visit Norway and the Schengen area for a limited period oftime (maximum of 90 days). If you wish to reside in Norway for an extended period of time (exceeding 90days), you need to apply for a long-term visa (Student and Work Permit and Family reunification).
When you apply for a visa, the application will be sent to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London forprocessing. All cases are considered individually to see if the conditions for a visa are fulfilled.
To read more about the criteria and conditions that must be fulfilled in order to be granted a visa, please referto the website of Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) www.udi.no
Please also find the Visa Code at www.europa.eu Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament andof the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (europa.eu)
Please note that when citizens of certain countries apply for a visitor visa, we must consult other Schengen
Member States before granting a visa. This process may take up to seven days and applies no matter where
you currently live. Please visit the www.udi.no for detailed information on which nationalities countries must
undergo a consultation process as part of the visa application.
Where to hand in your application
The Royal Norwegian Embassy in London handles applications from applicants residing in Belarus and Russia.
Applicants who are not nationals or residents of these countries must document that they are legally in thecountry where they apply from and must provide justification for lodging the application to the NorwegianEmbassy in London. Applications may be submitted at VFS in Minsk or Russia.
Please make sure to apply your Schengen visa from the country of your main destination. If you would like tovisit one Schengen country, apply for your Schengen visa at the Embassy or Consulate of that country. Apply
your Schengen visa from Norway if Norway is your only destination.
If you would like to visit several Schengen countries, apply for your visa at the Embassy or Consulate of thecountry of your main destination in terms of length of stay or the purpose of stay. If you intend to visit several
Schengen countries, but do not have a main destination (i.e. you intend to spend an equal amount of days ineach country), you should apply at the Embassy or Consulate of the Schengen country which is your first port ofentry.
Travel medical insurance
When applying for a visa, your travel medical insurance must cover the days of your intended stay in theSchengen area. Failure to hold an insurance that covers the actual stay may lead to problems at the airport orentering the Schengen area. The travel medical insurance must meet the following criteria: It is valid
throughout the Schengen area; it is valid during the entire period that you will be in the Schengen area; thecoverage is at least EURO 30.000; the coverage includes repatriation for medical reasons, urgent medical careand/or emergency treatment in a hospital and assistance in case of death.
Visa fee
Applicants shall pay a visa fee of EUR 80. Children from the age of six years and below the age of 12 years shall
pay a visa fee of EUR 40. The payment is done online when you register your application in the UDI Forms
application portal.

Biometric identifiers
At the time of submission of the first application, the applicant shall be required to appear in person. At thattime, the following biometric identifiers of the applicant shall be collected: — a photograph, scanned or taken
at the time of application, and —10 fingerprints. Where fingerprints collected from the applicant as part of an
earlier application were entered in the VIS for the first time less than 59 months before the date of the new
application, they shall be copied to the subsequent application.
Supporting documents
According to Visa Code Art 14 the applicant shall present several documents with the application in order forthe competent consulate to verify the fulfilment of the conditions for granting a visa. Please refer to ourwebpage for detailed description of the document requirements:
For Belarus: Гостевая виза - Норвегия в Республике Беларусь (norway.no)
For Russia: Гостевая виза - Норвегия в России (norway.no)
Applicants may be asked to provide copies of the biodata page of the travel document.
Admissibility
If you have lodged the application within the period referred to in Visa Code Article 9(1) and the application
contains an application form, a travel document, a photograph, biometric data of the applicant and visa fee,
the application is admissible. Please note that in addition to these mentioned basic elements of your visa
applications, further requirements of supporting documents must be handed in.
Case processing time
According to Visa Code Art 23 1st paragraph, the normal processing time for a visa application is 15 days.
However, according to Visa Code Art 23 2nd paragraph, that period may be extended up to a maximum of 45
calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the application is needed.
Decision
As soon as a decision has been made by the Embassy, the Embassy will send the passport in a sealed envelope
to the VFS center where the applicant applied. VFS will then notify the applicant through email or SMS.
If rejected: In cases where an application is rejected, the applicant will receive a letter stating the reason for
the rejection and how and where you may send the appeal. Please note that if you appeal you must appeal
within three weeks from the date you were notified about the decision or from the date on which you shouldhave obtained knowledge of the decision.
We have also ensured that you are able to submit service complaints to VFS or the Embassy regarding conductof staff or the application process. Please find more in information on this on websites of VFS or the Embassy.
Duration of stay and the right of entry
Your stay in the Schengen area cannot exceed the number of days in the “duration of stay” field in the visa
sticker. However, when we issue a Schengen-visa, we will add 15 days to the validity of the visa to allow you
some flexibility regarding when to enter and exit the Schengen area, but the total number of days you areallowed to stay in the Schengen area remains the same.
According to Visa Code Art 30, holding a visa does not give you an automatic right of entry to the Schengenarea. When you enter the Schengen area, you will have to present: your passport with the visa sticker; proof
that you have enough money to support yourself during your stay (e.g. cash or a credit card). If you have asponsorship form, you should also bring a copy of this with you. You might also have to document the purposeof your visit.