More foreigners on Svalbard
The proportion of foreigners who work in Svalbard has tripled in ten years. This could weaken Norwegian sovereignty on the archipelago. In 2009, the proportion…
Foreigners
10,300 foreigners became Norwegian citizens last year
Last year, 10,300 foreigners received Norwegian citizenship. It is less than half as many as the year before when 21,600 citizenship was granted. 17 per…
Net based language courses in Norway
Net based language courses in Norway This is an overview of municipal and private courses offering online Norwegian Language Courses with personal guidance for adult…
One of five failed the national test in 2018
20% failed the Norwegian national test last year.A total of 6,367 foreigners took the test that one must pass in order to apply for Norwegian…
Nearly 5,000 returned from Norway in 2018
Nearly 5,000 foreigners were deported from Norway this year Norwegian police have deported 4,722 foreigners in the first 11 months of the year. This is…
More than 1,600 people forced to leave Norway this year
During the first four months of the year, 1,619 foreigners were sent out of Norway by force. About one third of them were punished for…
Foreigners exposed to domestic violence will be allowed to stay
The government will expand the provision that today gives a stay to a foreigner only if s/he has been subjected to abuse in his/her relationship….
Man who helped illegal foreigners into the country must go to court
A 30 year old man will go to court on Tuesday for assisting a number of illegal foreigners entering Norway or other Schengen countries. …
429 forced deportations in January
Police Immigration Unit (PU) sent 429 people out of the country coercively in January this year. One third of them were given a penalty. Of…
Well known athlete arrested for harboring undocumented workers in Norway
A sports profile was arrested on Tuesday by police for harboring Philippine citizens in their home without legal residence permits. According to VG, the…
Foreigners evade Norwegian traffic fines
Car drivers living outside of Norway owe the state to more than NOK 55 million. ‘It is unfortunate that foreigners avoid paying fines for…
Listhaug will tighten the penalties when foreigners are exploited in the labor market
Immigration and Integration Minister Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) wants to seal the holes in legislation in order to prevent foreigners from being exploited in the labor…
Border control will stop undesirable foreigners entering the country
Immigration Minister, Sylvi Listhaug of Fremskrittspartiet (Frp) has proposed new rules that make it easier for the police to keep foreigners from coming through Norwegian…
Over 200,000 foreign immigrants work in Denmark
The number of foreign immigrants working in Denmark has increased by 34% since 2013, for the first time passing the figure of 200,000. New…
Ministry of Justice seeks to remove right to free legal aid to those refused residence permits
The Ministry of Justice is to remove the right to free legal aid for foreigners who don’t leave Norway within the deadline after their residence…
Will deny foreigners who receive social welfare permanent residence
The government will tighten the requirements for foreigners seeking permanent residence in Norway. This is according to the new hearing proposal from the Ministry of…
40 percent of doctorates in Norway are by foreigners
Last year a new record was set for the proportion of doctorates in this country by people with foreign citizenship. According to figures from NIFU,…
Police: – Girls in Oppland County harassed by foreigners
The police in Oppland has received reports of dozens of cases of sexual harassment of young girls in Western Oppland, just this year. Girls are…
Foreigners bought commercial property for 50 billion
International investors bought commercial property for 50 billion in Norway last year. This as much as the nine preceding years added together. We see a…
Norway lacks control over one million ID numbers
There are around 1.3 million ID numbers for foreigners in the National Register over which Norwegian authorities have no control. The so-called D-numbers are temporary…