ETIAS to Norway
Placed on the Western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway is the Northernmost country Europe and a major touristic attraction thanks to its unique nature and landscapes.
The Kingdom of Norway is although also a thriving nation that, despite the low population level, has a flourishing economy, one of the most advanced welfare systems and also one of the top GDP per capita ratios in the whole world.
ETIAS to Norway: an overview
Kingdom of Norway to soon require ETIAS Visa Waiver to incoming visitors from 60 Visa Waiver Countries
ETIAS allows for a stay in Norway and EU/Schengen Area generally of maximum 90 days out of every 6 months and only for purposes of either tourism, commerce and trade, transit or medical treatment
ETIAS application to be submitted electronically only
ETIAS holders coming to Europe must have at least 3 months of residual validity on their passport since the day they are scheduled to leave from ETIAS Area.
Norway and Europe relations
Actively affiliated to the Schengen Area since 2001 Norway choose not to join the European Union or the European unified currency (EURO) but decided to enhance the movements of people and goods between itself and now 33 more countries by lifting all border and custom controls toward such nations.
This freedom of movement slowly translated also into a need for Norway and Europe itself for a better watch upon the external borders of the Schengen Area and such necessity has come into facts in 2016 when the ETIAS Visa Waiver protocol was first brought forward.
As a matter of fact, the Kingdom of Norway too will, from early 2025, require Visa Waiver visitors to hold a valid ETIAS to access its territory via either land, air or sea borders.
Through its commencement ETIAS System aims towards offering travelers to Norway faster and more efficient border control checks upon arrival at the EU’s external borders while also remarkably diminishing the rate of cases of border rejections.
Obligation to have a valid ETIAS is as matter of fact expected to enhance the diplomatic and trading partnerships between EU itself and Visa Waiver Countries while on the other hand building a more secure structure to protect the Schengen Area’s External Borders.Norway ETIAS – application process
Applying for ETIAS Visa Waiver to Norway is a simple electronic process that requires each person just a few minutes of time. The main core of the application protocol consists of a set of basic questions to assess the identity of the candidate like:
- full name
- birth date
- birth place
- passport number
- passport expiry date
Subsequently each passenger will also be asked to input their contact details that must include a valid e-mail address. Also, the ETIAS form will ask candidates basic details about their scheduled first travel towards Europe and verify their eligibility through a brief set of personal history questions.
Once the electronic Visa Waiver application has been completed and paid for, all the data will be automatically cross checked by Europol Data, Interpol and other security international databases that will, usually within a few hours, establish if the applicant poses any kind of security or migration threat to the EU / Schengen Area.
According to the ETIAS System design plans set by the European Union, once the ETIAS application to Norway has been submitted the result will in most case be available in no longer than 72 hours.
When the institutional security checks are over, and the outcome is available applicants will receive an e-mail notification with the result of the process. This is why declaring a valid e-mail address while filling out the contact details section of the form will be of great importance.Obtaining and using ETIAS
Once issued ETIAS to Norway is valid for 3 years starting from the application data although in some cases such expiry date might occur sooner if the passport used by the voyager has less than 3 years of remaining validity. In any case the passport always must have enough validity left to cover for the whole planned stay in the ETIAS Countries as a whole, with a surplus 3 months of further validity, and, in order to prove the duration or scope of the travel, incoming passengers to the Norway or other ETIAS Countries could at any point be asked to provide additional documents such as:
- Return ticket to origin country
- Proof of having sufficient funds for the stay in ETIAS Area
- Any other document that could demonstrate the genuine aim of the journey
ETIAS terms of use and exceptions
Each and every travel to the Kingdom of Norway or other Schengen/EU Countries (Ireland excluded) that is carried out on an ETIAS must always comply with the general limitations of purpose and permanence as formerly summarized. For supplementary notes on ETIAS eligibility standards and exceptions click here.
anyone wishing to stay longer than the prescribed time or else to move to Norway on any other ETIAS Member country, or also that plan to study or work in an ETIAS country are therefore not considered eligible for ETIAS and are as a consequence required to apply for a specific Consular Visa.
Even though it is not compatible with long term study programs in the EU ‘s Schengen Area, ETIAS Visa Waiver can be used for short term study programs (such as company arranged training classes or a language course) if the visitor is a National one of the 60 Visa Waiver eligible countries and if the combined stay in the ETIAS countries area will not exceed the aforementioned threshold of 90 days within 180 days.