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Who needs a work permit?

As a general rule, everyone who wishes to work in Norway must have a work permit. Work includes all types of job or commercial activity, paid or unpaid.

Below is an overview of the groups which are exempted from the requirement to obtain a work permit.

* Groups which are fully exempted
* Exemptions if the work lasts no longer than three months
* Exemptions if the work does not exceed ten days in any one calendar year
* Diplomats

The following groups are fully exempt from the requirement to obtain a work permit:

* Nordic citizens
* Foreign seamen on foreign-registered vessels transporting goods or passengers between Norwegian ports

The following groups are exempt from the requirement to obtain a work permit, if the work lasts no longer than three months:

* Commercial and business travellers (See Circular 2000-036 for persons who will be selling goods at trade fairs)
* Researchers/scholarship holders/lecturers
* Technical experts providing maintenance of or information about machinery (must notify the police in writing before entering the country)
* Any foreign national in the private service of persons visiting the realm for a period not exceeding three months. In other words: If you work in the private service of a person, and you are following this person on a short visit to Norway, you may continue to work in the private service during the stay.
* Professional sportsmen and women
* Public servants paid by their own country, when they come to Norway on the basis of a co-operation agreement between their own country and Norwegian authorities
* Journalists
* Tour guides accompanying foreign travel companies during any visit to the realm
* Staff on foreign trains, aircraft, buses or trucks

The following groups are exempt from the requirement to obtain a work permit, if the work does not exceed ten days in any one calendar year:

* Musicians
* Performers
* Artists
* Necessary accompanying assistants

This group must notify the police in writing before entering the country.