Moving to Norway: preparing document translations
Moving to Norway as a Dutch or other EU/EEA citizen? Use the right registration checklist…
Separate the organisations requesting your records
For Dutch and other EU/EEA citizens moving to Norway, different organisations may request documents for registration, work or study. Keep the recipient’s name and procedure with each request so you can prepare the right records for that use.
Our Norwegian translation service helps you discuss documents needed in Norwegian. Check whether your particular recipient accepts English as an alternative before choosing the target language.
Use the UDI checklist for your circumstances
UDI’s document checklists include a section for the registration scheme for EU/EEA nationals. The checklist depends on your circumstances; the electronic registration form provides a personalised list. Keep that list with the documents you send for translation.
Within that registration scheme, documents in languages other than Norwegian or English must be translated into Norwegian or English by an authorised or certified translator. The translation must identify the translator and the date of translation.
Check population registration separately
Reporting a move to Skatteetaten is a separate step from the EU/EEA registration scheme. Use the Norwegian Tax Administration’s moving-to-Norway guidance to check which notification and supporting records apply to your stay.
Send us the instructions from the authority receiving the records. Do not assume that a translation prepared for an employer also meets a registration authority’s requirements, or that one completed registration covers every other procedure.
Organise family and education records
If your checklist requests civil-status or family records in translation, our birth certificate translation and marriage certificate translation services provide the relevant enquiry routes. Explain which family relationship the recipient needs documented.
For an employer, university or recognition body, check its own instructions for diploma and transcript translations. Include complete, legible scans and identify any stamps, attachments or differences in names across the records.
Request a quote with the recipient’s instructions
Request your no-obligation quote with the documents, chosen language, Norwegian recipient, its checklist and deadline. Urgent Vertalen will confirm the translation work we can arrange, price and delivery time before you order.
Use our document preparation checklist to organise the files and the moving-abroad document guide for wider departure planning. The competent authorities handle residence and registration decisions.
