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Self-employed person with a company abroad on assignment

NorwayStarting a business

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

This route is for self-employed persons established abroad (independent contractors) providing services in Norway.

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What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

A contract must have been entered into with a client to provide services of limited duration, and the contractor must have skilled-worker competence that is relevant for carrying out the assignment.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The contract must show that the contractor will receive remuneration at least corresponding to the pay requirement for employees covered by the skilled-worker provision.

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What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The permit is bound to the assignment(s) set out in the contract; it can be granted even if the concrete offer of assignment is not continuous. The official source does not state the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • Family position not stated in the cited provision; UDI via page not read (Azure WAF captcha).

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

Contractors who have held this permit with a total stay of six years may be granted a new permit after two years outside Norway. Renewal requires that it concerns the same assignment under the contract on which the permit was based. The permit does not form a basis for permanent residence. The official source does not state the application sequence or the initial permit duration.

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Limits of the record
  • Application/approval sequence not stated. UDI via page not read (Azure WAF captcha 403); answer from the consolidated Immigration Regulations/Act on Lovdata.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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