2,500 children affected by deportation cases against caregivers over the past five years
Over the last five years, more than 2,500 children in Norway have experienced expulsion cases against one or more of their caregivers. In about half…
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Sanner opens for revoking citizenship
Sanner opens for revoking Norwegian citizenship Minister of Knowledge and Integration, Jan Tore Sanner, is changing the instructions to the UDI so that it can…
Sanner requests an explanation from the UDI
Sanner requests an explanation from the UDI Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad’s, aka Mullah Krekar, co-accused gained Norwegian citizenship while the terror case was investigated. “Some holes…
The Government will allow automation to make decisions for UDI
The Ministry of Justice and Emergency Planning will automate decisions by the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) through automation without the involvement of case officers. Today,…
982 asylum seekers to Norway so far in 2019
982 asylum seekers to Norway so far in 2019 982 asylum seekers came to Norway in the first half of this year. Not since 1997…
Kallmyr’s au pair may come to Norway
The UDI abolished the decision on refusal of a residence permit for Justice Minister Jøran Kallmyr’s au pair, and the woman is thus allowed to…
Minister of Justice’s au pair worked illegally?
UDI: Au pair for the Minister of Justice worked illegally The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) believes that an au pair from the Philippines has…
Foreign Fighters to be denied return to Norway
Foreign Fighters to be denied return to Norway The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Emergency Planning sends instructions to the Police Security Service (PST) and…
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…
181K with a tourist visa to Norway last year
181K with a tourist visa to Norway last year – 42% are Chinese A total of 181,000 people from 90 different countries received a tourist…
UDI boss: – Working migrants fall under the radar
The number of migrants from India and other countries outside the EEA increased last year to 6,196. – This is a type of immigration that…
8 out of 10 «October kids» have gained a stay
8 out of 10 «October kids» are granted a stay in Norway Of the so-called October kids, 78 per cent have now obtained a stay…
Eritreans to Sudan for reunification
Eritreans must apply for family reunification from Sudan Eritreans wishing to unite with relatives in Norway must take the dangerous journey to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum,…
One in four asylum seekers comes from Turkey this year
Turkish citizens top the list of nationalities that have applied for asylum in Norway so far this year. One in four asylum seekers is Turkish,…
41 Somalis have lost their refugee status
UDI has concluded that 41 Somalis no longer need protection in Norway, they can safely travel back to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The Immigration Directorate…
Thousands of residence permits are reassessed by the UDI
The government has a target requirement of 7,500 returns of asylum seekers during the year. According to Aftenposten newspaper,UDI is considering withdrawing the residence permit…
95 October children didn’t reach UDI’s application deadline
While 395 so-called October children were able to apply for a new evaluation from UDI for stays in Norway, there were 95 who didn’t meet…
UDI will examine why Turkish nationals seek asylum in Norway
In the past few months, hundreds of asylum seekers from Turkey have arrived in Norway. Now the Immigration Directorate (UDI) Want to find out why….
255 “October children” have been rejected
395 single underage asylum seekers, the so-called “oktoberbarna” have had their cases reconsidered.Of these, 255 have been rejected, UDI stated. According to the Directorate…
UDI terminates agreements for two further asylum receptions
An asylum reception centre in Alstahaug in Nordland and one in Sandnes in Rogaland will be shut down after the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) terminated…