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…
Norwegian citizenship
UDI granted over 10,000 people Norwegian citizenship in 2018
In total, 10,200 people received Norwegian citizenship from the UDI in 2018. That is less than half of the more than 21,600 foreigners who received…
Record many received Norwegian citizenship last year
A total of 21 600 persons were naturalised in 2017; 7 900 more than the year before. Eight out of 10 who were granted Norwegian citizenship were…
Listhaug will tighten the conditions for Norwegian citizenship
The Ministry of Justice and Emergency Affairs will increase the requirement of residency time from seven to ten years in order to obtain Norwegian citizenship….
Increase in Norwegian citizenship’s last year
There was an increase in the number of Norwegian citizenship’s last year Norwegian citizenship was granted to 13,700 last year. That is 1,300 more than…
Mahamud lost the appeal for his Norwegian citizenship
The Court has upheld the decision to revoke the citizenship of Biomedical Engineer Mahad Abid Mahamud. This is according to the verdict that the Oslo…
Conservatives propose to change rules for Norwegian citizenship
Children and grandchildren should not automatically be affected if parents and grandparents are deprived Norwegian citizenship, according to the Conservative Party and want to amend…
State’s attorney- Mahad’s story has neither head nor tail
The State firmly stance is that the revocation of Mahad Abib Mahamud’s Norwegian citizenship should be upheld. – This story makes no sense, according to…
Recommends sueing the State over loss of residence permits
The Organization against Public Discrimination (OMOD) recommends those who have lost their citizenship and residence permits as a result of allegations of ID fraud to…
Several Somalis lose Norwegian citizenship
Several ethnic Somalis who came to Norway in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s lost their citizenships after suspected ID fraud. The Directorate of Immigration…