Appointment at the Service Center for Foreign Workers
If you have followed the instructions outlined in visa & permits you should, when arriving in Norway, have an appointment at the Service Center for Foreign Workers (sua.no). Follow these steps:
- Meet on time for this appointment and bring with you:
- Your passport.
- A property purchase or rental contract. Preferably one valid for at least 6 months.
If the rental contract is older than 3 months, you must also bring confirmation from the owner that the contract is still valid. - If employed by the university your employment contract with UiO.
If the contract is older than 3 months, bring confirmation from your local personnel officer that the contract is still valid. - All the originals of your application for a residence permit. It is not common that you will have to show these papers, but you are required to bring them in case the police would like to conduct a random verification.
- At the Service Center wait for the police to call up your name. The police will check your ID and take your picture and finger prints for the residence card. They should also hand you information on how to become an electronic user to order the tax deduction card if applicable.
What happens next?
- Approximately two weeks after your appointment you will receive two letters, one from the police containing the residence card and another from the tax administration containing the 11 digit Norwegian ID number.
- With the ID number you can apply for a tax card, open a bank account and register for a GP.
- You must report your ID number to your local personnel officer at UiO.
Register at the Post office
To make sure that your personal letters reaches you (including letters from the tax office), it is highly recommended that you go to a post office/post-in-shop to register your address as soon as possible.
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