Immigrate to Norway from Australia

Updated on Tuesday 10th September 2024

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There are several ways through which you can immigrate to Norway from Australia. As a professional, for example, you can start a business or apply for a work permit. Other ways include family reunion and studentship.

Below, our lawyers in Norway present the procedures associated with the options presented above. However, if you want to move to Norway from Australia by other means, we can also accommodate that.

Relocate to Norway from Australia and obtain temporary residency

There is no direct way to immigrate to Norway from Australia and obtain permanent residence. This means that you need to apply for a temporary resident card at first. This document has a validity of 1 to 3 years, depending on the means of acquisition.

In addition, there are certain visas, such as the business and the working holiday ones that allow to move to this country for shorter periods of time. In fact, Australia is on the list of the few selected countries with which Norway has a student exchange program that also involves employment.

Our Norwegian lawyers can explain the differences between the available types of temporary residence permits.

The working holiday visa for Australians moving to Norway

If you want to relocate to Norway from Australia temporarily and meet a few requirements you are a good candidate for the Working Holiday scheme. These conditions are:

applicants must be aged 18 to 31;
in the case of married people, only applicants that do not have children are accepted;
their stay cannot exceed 12 months and neither can their employment.

During their stay in the country, successful applicants can also travel and visit Norway, which is why they are not recommended to take on full time employment for the whole stay.

If you want to more information about the conditions of this program, our lawyers can supply it.

Long-term residency in Norway for Australian citizens

If the idea of long-term immigration to Norway is more appealing to you, we recommend applying for a temporary residence permit directly. You can do that by:

obtaining a job with a Norwegian company;
setting up your own company as a limited liability entity or as a sole trader;
by means of the investor visa.

The decision should be made in accordance with your budget. For example, for the investor visa, you need to have at least EUR 100,000 you can inject in the local economy.

If you are lucky and have family members living here, one of the simplest ways to immigrate to Norway from Australia is family reunion.

Timeframe to become a permanent resident in Norway

Norway has one of the most advanced economies in Europe, which is appealing for foreigners who move for employment or business. It is also one of the European countries where you can obtain permanent residency after 3 years of continuous living. This is one of the reasons why it is worth for you to immigrate to Norway from Australia.

If you already have residency in Norway and the next step is citizenship, you can rely on our lawyers for support in gathering and filing the paperwork for a hassle-free process.

Why move to Norway?

Coming all the way from one end of the world to another is definitely a big step, however, let’s take a look at why immigrating to Norway from Australia is worth the effort:

Norway is one of the European countries in which the population is expected to increase from 5.5 million to 6 million inhabitants by 2040, according to the Statistics Office;
the number of immigrants is also projected to grow from the current 17% to 22% by 2050;

No matter the way you decide to move to Norway from Australia, you can contact our law firm for advice and support with your immigration documents.