Nordland - waiting times and priority

Waiting times and priority in Nordland police district

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Waiting times for an appointment

Expected waiting time for an appointment with Nordland police district is until 3 weeks.

You must always have an appointment before you meet with the police.
Here you will find information on how to book an appointment for residence and immigration matters.

Here you will find information on how to book an appointment for residence ande immigration matters.

Processing time for applications

The processing time is the time it takes for the police to process the application after you have met with the police and submitted all your application documents.

The waiting times may change while applications are being processed.

Application for	Processing time when you apply for the first time	Processing time when you apply for renewal
Permanent right of residence in accordance with EU/EUA regulations	Up to 4 weeks in Nordland	Permanent right of residence does not need to be renewed
Work immigration	Up to 2 weeks in Nordland	Up to 2 weeks in Nordland
Study permit	Up to 2 weeks in Nordland	Up to 4 weeks in Nordland
Renewal of protection (asylum) and strong humanitarian considerations	The police only process renewals	Up to 2 weeks in Nordland
Family immigration	Up to 4 weeks in Nordland	Up to 2 weeks in Nordland
Permanent residence	Up to 5 weeks in Nordland	Permanent residence permit does not need to be renewed
Immigrant's passport and travel document for refugees	The police only process renewals	Up to 2 weeks in Nordland
Interview for victims of abuse	Up to 8 weeks in Nordland	Contact us for waiting time if you need a new interview
Interview in applications for family immigration	Up to 16 weeks in Nordland	Contact us for waiting time if you need a new interview

If UDI takes over the case processing

Your case can be forwarded to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), in which case UDIs waiting times apply. If your application is forwarded to UDI, you will receive information about it by e-mail.

Norwegian citizenship

Applications for Norwegian citizenship are processed by UDI.

At udi.no you will find a guide to UDIs waiting times.