A Schengen visa for Norway and the rest of the Schengen countries has a maximum duration of 90 days. The visa cannot be extended once the holder has entered the Schengen area. Exceptions may be made if unforseen circumstances arise after your arrival in the Schengen area and your original visa was issued for less than 90 days. However, the total duration your stay in the Schengen area cannot exceed 90 days in the course of the last six months. The visa you are granted for Norway is valid in all countries in Europe that are part of the Schengen Agreement.
If you intend to work or stay more than 90 days (in any six months' period), please click here or contact the Embassy, as you may need a Work/ Residence Permit.
Who must apply for a Schengen visa to visit Norway?
In principle, everyone needs a visa to visit Norway. Exeptions are made for nationals from countries with an agreement with Norway waiving the visa requirement. For a list of the countries who do not need a Schengen visa to travel to Norway, please click here.
Thai citizens, who are not holders of diplomatic or service passports, need a Schengen visa to visit Norway.
Where do I apply for a visa to Norway?
The application must be in person at the Norwegian Embassy, or the Norwegian Visa Application Centre in Bangkok. Applicants must now register their applications online using the Application Portal. For more informastion, please click here. In most cases visa applications are processed by the Embassy, but in some cases, applications may be sent to the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration in Norway for further processing.
Supporting documents
Below you will find updated checklists for document requirements for a Schengen visa (type C). Which check list should be used, depends on the purpose of the trip.
Hvordan den norske part kan hjelpe thailandsk visumsøker, kan du lese her.
If you intend to visit your boyfriend, girlfriend or other friends in Norway, please use this check list: ENGLISH version - THAI version.
If you intend to visit family members living in Norway, please use this check list: ENGLISH version - THAI version.
If you intend to go on a business trip, please use this check list: ENGLISH version - THAI version. (Additional checklist for tailors in ENGLISH)
If you intend to visit Norway as a regular tourist, and have no prior relation with persons or companies in Norway, please use this check list: ENGLISH version - THAI version.
If you intend to visit Norway and are married or a cohabitant of an EEA/EU national who is exercising his/- her right of free movement within the Schengen area, please use this check list: ENGLISH version.
If you intend to visit Norway and are a spouse or a cohabitant of a Norwegian citizen, please use this check list: ENGLISH version.
For information about the requirements to be issued a multiple entry visa, please click here.
A separate questionnaire should be filled out by the inviting person(s) in Norway, to be used as an invitation letter, (Et eget spørreskjema bør fylles ut av personen(e) som inviterer, til bruk som invitasjonsbrev.)
Health insurance
Applicants must have a valid travel and sickness insurance that is valid in all the Schengen countries, and the minimum coverage must be EUR 30 000. For more information about travel/health insurance, please click here.
Processing time
The processing time of a Schengen visa depends on each individual case. However, applicants should always apply several weeks before the intended journey.
If the case is considered uncomplicated, it can be handled by the Embassy in Bangkok, in which case the processing time in most cases will be between 3-5 working days (counting from the day the Embassy receives all the requested documents).
If the case is considered somewhat complicated, the case will be handled by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) in Norway. For current processing times at the Directorate of Immigration, please click here.
How do I get my passport back?
When advised, applicants may pick up their passports at the Norwegian Application Centre between 13.00 to 15.00 hrs from Monday to Friday.
Application fee
The application fee for short-stay visas to all Schengen states, including Norway, is EUR 60.
Applicants from the age of 6 to 12 years shall pay a fee of EUR 35.
The fee is waived for visa applicants in the following categories:
· Children under 6 years
· School pupils, students, post-graduate students and accompanying teachers who undertake trips for the purpose of study or educational training
· Researchers from third countries travelling for the purpose of carrying out scientific research, as per specific rules
· Applicants related to (spouse, descendant or dependent ascendant of) EEA citizens who are excercising their right to free movement (on production of relevant certificates (birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc)).
For more information about application fees in Thai Baht click here
Visiting more than one Schengen country and unsure where to apply?
If you want to visit one Schengen country, apply for a visa at the Embassy or Consulate of that country. If you want to visit several Schengen countries, apply to the Embassy or Consulate of the country of your main destination (i.e. where you intend to spend the most days).
If you intend to visit several Schengen countries, but do not have a main destination (i.e. you intend to spend an equal amount of days in each country), you should apply to the Embassy or Consulate of the Schengen country which is your first port of entry.
Extension of Visa
A visa for Norway and the Schengen area may be granted for up to 90 days. However, you may not stay in the Schengen area for more than 90 days in the course of the past six months.
An extension of a visa can only be given in exceptional cases, and only in those cases where the applicant has been granted a visa for less than 90 days. In order to be granted an extension of the validity period of a visa, new and unforeseen circumstances must have arisen after the original visa was issued.
“New and unforseen circumstances” may be that the applicant has suffered an illness, that an event which the applicant was to take part in has been postponed/extended, or any other external circumstance which means that the applicant must change his/her original plans. Under the current guidelines, an application for a visa extension cannot be granted unless force majeure, humanitarian grounds or substantial professional or personal grounds exist. An extension will also not be granted if the purpose of the visit to Norway has changed. Norway is bound by the guidelines for visa extensions as set out in the Schengen regulatory framework.
An application for a visa extension must be submitted to the police. The police will provide you with the appropriate application form. You must take your passport with you when submitting the application. Along with the application, you must explain in writing the grounds for your application, and any documentation of the new circumstances which have arisen. In certain cases, the police may issue a visa extension. However, where there is any doubt that the conditions have been met or where there is cause for rejection, the application will be forwarded to the UDI for processing. It is a condition of a visa extension that the applicant has travel insurance valid for the entire period of the visa extension being applied for.
How to appeal against a decision
If your application for a Schengen visa is rejected, you may appeal against this decision. If the foreign service mission has rejected your visa application, an appeal may be submitted at the foreign service mission within three weeks upon receiving the decision. The foreign service mission can either reverse its decision or forward the appeal to UDI. UDI will then make the final decision as to whether or not a visa shall be granted. For processing times at UDI for appeal cases, please click here.
The appeal must be submitted by the applicant in person at the Embassy, or by a person representing the applicant under a written power of attorney from the applicant. For more information about granting power of attorney, please click here.
The processing of the appeal is free of charge.
There are a number of visa agents in operation throughout Thailand, and also within the vicinity of the Embassy. Applicants may choose to use them in order to support or prepare their visa applications. However, it is important to note that these agents are in no way whatsoever connected to the Embassy. They have no influence over the outcome of the application. Any decision to utilise the service of an agent is entirely at the applicant's discretion.