Northern Europe
Northern EuropeNorway visa requirements
Travellers from 93 of 198 countries can visit Norway easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Norway
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed82 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work11 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- Visa needed104 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of Norway visa
- Tourist visa and visa-free visits8 optionsYou can visit Norway with a short-stay Schengen visa or enter without a visa if you qualify.
- Airport transit visa2 optionsMany travellers can change planes in Norway without a visa if they stay in the international transit area for less than one day. Some nationalities need an airport transit visa.
- Business visit2 optionsShort business visits use the Schengen short-stay rules. Eligible travellers can enter without a visa.
- Study and educational visits3 optionsStudy visits may use a Schengen visa. Longer study stays generally need a long-stay visa or residence permit. Some school groups can enter without a visa.
- Permission to work3 optionsSome travellers can work in Norway without a visa. Longer stays generally need separate permission.
- Family member entry2 optionsFamily members of European single market citizens may enter Norway without a visa if they hold a qualifying residence card.
- Exceptional visa at the border1 optionsA Schengen visa may be issued at Norway's border in exceptional cases. This is not a routine option for a planned holiday.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BulgariaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- CroatiaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- FranceFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- GermanyFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- IrelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- ItalyFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- LatviaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- PolandFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- PortugalFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- RomaniaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- SpainFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- QatarVisa requiredWestern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- RussiaAdmission refusedEastern Europe90 days
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe43 of 45 countries
- Americas26 of 35 countries
- Oceania10 of 14 countries
- Asia12 of 50 countries
- Africa2 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Norway without a visa?
93 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
Which territories belong to Norway?
Bouvet Island and Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
What is the most common entry rule for Norway?
Visa needed: it applies to 104 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Norway?
104 passports, including India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 99 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Norway?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Norway?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Norway?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Norway?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Norway?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Norway?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
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