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Seafarer — Foreign ships sailing between Norwegian ports

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Employees on board foreign-registered ships that take on cargo or passengers in a Norwegian port and deliver the cargo or disembark the passengers in another Norwegian port; it applies to ships with regular or substantial activity between Norwegian ports, not ships that only occasionally take part in such activity.

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  • https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2009-10-15-1286/KAPITTEL_6
    Arbeidstakere om bord på utenlandsk registrert sjøfartøy som tar om bord gods eller passasjerer i en norsk havn og leverer godset eller setter i land passasjerene i annen norsk havn, kan få oppholdstillatelse. Dette gjelder for sjøfartøy som har en regulær eller vesentlig virksomhet mellom norske havner, og ikke for sjøfartøy som bare leilighetsvis deltar i slik virksomhet.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

A concrete offer of full-time work on board a foreign-registered ship that carries cargo or passengers between Norwegian ports is required. If the applicant applies on their own from abroad, the employer must first submit confirmation of the job offer and give the applicant a code to enter in the application form; with more than one employer, only one of them must submit the confirmation. Pay and working conditions must not be poorer than is normal in Norway. The permit applies to work for a specific employer, and changing ships requires a new permit.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The quota / labour-market test (position cannot be filled by domestic or EEA/EFTA labour) does not apply to foreign seafarers working on board foreign-registered vessels; pay and working conditions must be no worse than the applicable collective agreement or pay scale for the industry, or otherwise what is normal for the place and occupation.

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Limits of the record
  • Pay condition comes from Immigration Act § 23 (general for work for an employer in Norway); the seafarer provision § 6-6 sits under the regulation heading for Act § 23.
  • Qualification requirements not stated; UDI via page not read (Azure WAF captcha 403); answer from the consolidated Immigration Regulations/Act on Lovdata.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permit covers work for a specific employer, and changing ships requires a new permit. The official source does not state family accompaniment.

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Limits of the record
  • Family position not stated in the cited provision; UDI via page not read (Azure WAF captcha).

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The permit does not form a basis for permanent residence. Permits in this Chapter 6 category may be granted for up to two years under UDI guidelines, and not beyond the period applied for or the length of the employment. The official source does not state a renewal procedure.

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Limits of the record
  • Two-year maximum is the general rule for 'other Chapter 6 permits'; renewal procedure specific to seafarers not stated. UDI via page not read (Azure WAF captcha 403); answer from the consolidated Immigration Regulations/Act on Lovdata.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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