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Estimate your residence time, organise your first weeks, and find practical answers about ID, banking and healthcare.
Your toolkit
From your first days to your next chapter. Start with what matters to you now.
Plan ahead
See when you may meet the residence requirements for permanent residence and citizenship, under the main rules for your situation.
Your time in Norway
Residence start date
Your first permit
Your milestones
An estimate, not an official decision
Make a good start
Registration, a bank account, a GP and more. Keep the practical tasks together in one checklist, and tick them off as you go.
A good start in Norway
Example: 1 of 8 completed
The checklist saves progress locally
Find a step
Find documents, timeframes and a next action for each of the eight steps. Use the checklist alongside the official guidance.
Start with your residence basis. Police registration, the Population Register and an ID number are different things.
Explore this step: Check your residence registration and ID numberID-porten is a login gateway. MinID and BankID are electronic IDs you can use through it, with different access levels.
Explore this step: Set up digital ID: MinID and BankIDArrange an account for salary and bills, and ask separately about a debit card, online banking and BankID.
Explore this step: Open a bank accountA skattekort tells your employer how much tax to withhold. It is electronic and is separate from permission to work.
Explore this step: Apply for a tax deduction cardCheck your right to a fastlege and how to get care while waiting. Urgent help should not wait for administrative steps.
Explore this step: Find out how to get healthcare and a GPAsk the municipality’s adult education service which training rights, duties and payment rules apply to you.
Explore this step: Check your Norwegian-language training rightsContact the municipality about school immediately. Apply for kindergarten separately; its admission rules and deadlines differ.
Explore this step: Arrange school or kindergarten for your childrenTurn the checklist into a record of appointments, documents and follow-ups that fit your household.
Explore this step: Keep a plan for your first monthsPublic sources checked:
From understanding to action
Start with what matters to you. Take the rest at your own pace.
New to Norway or ready to plan ahead? Choose the tool that fits.
Enter your dates, or see which practical tasks you still need to do.
Use the guidance, follow the links and check what applies to your situation.
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Your next step
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