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5 pathwaysFamily
42 pathwaysCohabitant — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Foster child who has foster parents in Norway — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Foster child who has foster parents in Norway — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Cohabitant — sponsor: eligible permit holder subject to four-year rule
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Recorded route source ↗Parent of a child who is under 18 and lives in Norway — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse or registered partner — sponsor: eligible permit holder subject to four-year rule
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Recorded route source ↗Parent (and siblings) of a child who are under 18 and lives in Norway — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Children of a parent who has been granted an independent residence permit after the death of their spouse or cohabiting partner — sponsor: independently permitted widowed parent
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse or registered partner — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Family member of diplomats or NATO personnel
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Recorded route source ↗Child who has full siblings in Norway — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Child who has full siblings in Norway — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Cohabitant — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Child under the age of 18 who is going to live with parents in Norway — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Cohabitant — sponsor: higher-education student
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Recorded route source ↗Child over 18 who is moving to parents in Norway — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Cohabitant — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Person who is getting married — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Other family members — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Parent who is visiting children in Norway for up to nine months — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Parent who is moving to children over the age of 18 in Norway — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Persons who had a Norwegian parent when they were born — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Child under 18 who is going to live with parents in Norway — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Foster child who has foster parents in Norway — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Child who has full siblings in Norway — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Child over the age of 18 who is moving to parents in Norway — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Child under 18 who is going to live with parents in Norway — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Parent who is moving to children over the age of 18 in Norway — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Person who is getting married — sponsor: eligible permit holder subject to four-year rule
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse or registered partner — sponsor: higher-education student
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Recorded route source ↗Child over 18 who is moving to parents in Norway — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Derived protection for family members of refugees
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse or registered partner — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Parent who is visiting children in Norway for up to nine months — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Person who is getting married — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Parent who is moving to children over the age of 18 in Norway — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Other family members — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Child under 18 who is moving to parents in Norway — sponsor: higher-education student
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse or registered partner — Norwegian or Nordic sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Family member of military personnel
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Recorded route source ↗Person who is getting married — sponsor: permanent or eligible residence-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Parent who is visiting children in Norway for up to nine months — sponsor: qualifying skilled worker
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Recorded route source ↗Free movement
33 pathwaysEU/EEA residence — self-employed person
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Recorded route source ↗Children born in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Parents and grandparents who are moving to children in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA posted service-provider employee
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Recorded route source ↗Those who are getting married — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Brexit permanent residence — UK national or family member
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Recorded route source ↗Children and granchildren over the age of 21 who are moving to parents in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Family member of a Norwegian citizen returning under EEA rules
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Recorded route source ↗Spouses and registered partners — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Children and grandchildren over the age of 21 who are moving to parents or grandparents in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Third-country employee posted by an EU/EEA enterprise
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Recorded route source ↗Family member who need nursing and care — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Cohabitants — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Brexit frontier worker or family member
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA residence — student
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Recorded route source ↗Brexit residence — eligible family member applying from abroad
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Recorded route source ↗Brexit residence — late application with reasonable grounds
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent right of residence — non-EU/EEA family member
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Recorded route source ↗Children and granchildren under the age of 21 who are moving to parents in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Brexit residence card — legacy permanent permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Children and grandchildren under the age of 21 who are moving to parents or grandparents in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA residence — person with own funds
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent right of residence — other EU/EEA national
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA job seeker
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Recorded route source ↗Foster children under the age of 18 — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent right of residence — EU/EEA family member
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Recorded route source ↗Nordic citizen residence
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Recorded route source ↗Children under the age of 18 who have full siblings in Norway — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EEA residence — employee
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Recorded route source ↗Supported family member — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Brexit residence — family member of a UK national
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent right of residence — EU/EEA employee or self-employed person
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Recorded route source ↗Household member — EU/EEA sponsor
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Recorded route source ↗Humanitarian protection
14 pathwaysProtection assessment for a former victim of human trafficking
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Recorded route source ↗Ordinary protection (asylum) in Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Protection application while holding a Norwegian residence permit
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Recorded route source ↗Residence on strong humanitarian grounds or special connection to Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Limited residence permit for a victim of human trafficking
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Recorded route source ↗Unaccompanied minor protection application
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Recorded route source ↗Protection application for a child born in Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Quota refugee resettlement
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Recorded route source ↗Independent residence permit for a victim of abuse
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Recorded route source ↗Independent residence permit for a child of a victim of abuse
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary collective protection for people displaced from Ukraine
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Recorded route source ↗Reflection-period residence permit for a victim of human trafficking
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Recorded route source ↗Family residence for a child of a human-trafficking victim
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Recorded route source ↗Residence permit for a witness in a human-trafficking case
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Recorded route source ↗Long-term residence
4 pathwaysPermanent residence permit — child under one born in Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Keep a permanent residence permit after extended absence
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent residence permit — adult
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent residence permit — child under 18
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Recorded route source ↗Medical treatment
1 pathwaysShort stays and visits
14 pathwaysLocal border traffic permit — Barents region
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — business
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Recorded route source ↗Emergency visa issued at the border
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — cultural event or organisation
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — tourism or other purpose
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — spouse or cohabitant
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Recorded route source ↗Visa-free Schengen short stay
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — parent or child
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — boyfriend or girlfriend
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — life-threatening illness or funeral
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Recorded route source ↗Entry visa (D-visa)
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — EU/EEA family member
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — other family member
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Recorded route source ↗Visitor visa — sibling
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Recorded route source ↗Special cases
6 pathwaysMilitary personnel
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Recorded route source ↗Visa-free residence and work in Svalbard
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Recorded route source ↗NATO personnel
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary work permit while an asylum application is pending
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Recorded route source ↗Employee of diplomats or NATO personnel
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Recorded route source ↗Diplomat
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Recorded route source ↗Sport
1 pathwaysStarting a business
2 pathwaysStudy
8 pathwaysFolk high schools
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Recorded route source ↗Vocational school
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Recorded route source ↗University college or university
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Recorded route source ↗Additional education in order for your education to be recognised in Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Religion/belief-based school (Bible school)
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Recorded route source ↗Job seeker after Norwegian graduation or research
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Recorded route source ↗Upper secondary school
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Recorded route source ↗University summer schools
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Recorded route source ↗Talent and merit
4 pathwaysForeign-media journalist on assignment over three months
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Recorded route source ↗Artist, musician or performer
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to 14 days — Artist, musician or performer
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Recorded route source ↗Other foreign-media personnel on assignment over three months
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Recorded route source ↗Transit
1 pathwaysWork
30 pathwaysWork-permit exemption up to three months — Religious preachers
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Recorded route source ↗International-company employee assigned to Norwegian branch
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Tour guides
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Journalists and photographers
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Recorded route source ↗Seafarer — Foreign-registered ships in international traffic
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Commercial and business travellers
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Technical experts
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Recorded route source ↗Seasonal worker
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Recorded route source ↗Seafarer — Norwegian ship sailing between a Norwegian and a foreign port
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Recorded route source ↗Trainee
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Recorded route source ↗Researcher with own funds
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Recorded route source ↗Russian market trader
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Flight crew members on aircrafts in international traffic
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled job seeker with visa-free citizenship
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Crews on board laid-up ships
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Recorded route source ↗Offshore worker
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Researchers and lecturers
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Recorded route source ↗Seafarer — Norwegian ships sailing between Norwegian ports
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Staff on foreign trains, busses or trucks in international traffic
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Employees of international companies
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Athletes and their accompanying support network
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Recorded route source ↗Working guest in agriculture
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Recorded route source ↗Seafarer — Spending the winter on a boat in a Norwegian port
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Recorded route source ↗Seafarer — Crew on board laid-up ships
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Recorded route source ↗Seafarer — Foreign ships sailing between Norwegian ports
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Recorded route source ↗Unskilled Russian worker from the Barents region
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled worker with a Norwegian employer
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Recorded route source ↗Russian cross-border worker
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled employee of a foreign company on assignment in Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Work-permit exemption up to three months — Medical practitioners
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Recorded route source ↗Youth mobility
6 pathwaysWorking holiday — Japan
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Recorded route source ↗Working holiday — Australia
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Recorded route source ↗Working holiday — Andorra
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Recorded route source ↗Working holiday — New Zealand
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Recorded route source ↗Working holiday — Argentina
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Recorded route source ↗Working holiday — Canada
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