If you want to live in Norway for up to 2 years, there is another option - Au Pair. This is a special program that allows you to live with a local family to get to know the country's culture better and learn Norwegian.

It is open to persons aged 18 to 30 who:

• unmarried;
• do not have children;
• had experience in child care;
• interested in studying the cultural customs of Norway.

Although the requirements for participation are the same for all nationalities, the requirements for admission may differ depending on your nationality. If you are from any EU / EEA / EFTA country, just look at the following signature.

Before completing the application, you need to check the application process for your country. This can be done on the UDI website.

Your host family can be:

• Married couple, partners or cohabitants with or without children, as well as one of the parents with children.

The family must be well acquainted with Norwegian society and speak Norwegian with the host.

If the person is in the host family of the same country of origin as the Au pair, you usually cannot be the host family. In rare cases, we may make an exception.

None of the host family may be a spouse, cohabitant, father, child, brother or sister, cousin or uncle / aunt.

You can read about the rights and responsibilities of family and candidates during your stay in Norway here.

To become a member, you usually need to find a host family yourself. This can be done through thematic sites.

If you are applying for the program for the first time, you need to have the following documents:

• passport and copy of all used pages;
• signed form from the application portal - more details on the link.
• passport photos taken recently;
• cultural exchange contract signed by you and your host family - details at the link.
• certificate that the host family has completed a specialized online course.
• a copy of the passports of the host family.

Before visiting the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in your country, check whether you need to draw up additional documents. Typical package of documents and additional information for those who want to follow the link.

Remember that a work visa is issued for this program.

To apply for Norwegian citizenship, you must have a valid residence permit in Norway. You must also meet a few other requirements, including:

• If you are married or have a registered partner or cohabitant with a Norwegian citizen, the time you have lived in Norway and the total time spent in the marriage of registered partners or cohabitants must be at least seven years. You must have lived in Norway for a total of at least three years in the last ten years. At the time of the decision, you must still be married, registered partners or cohabitants and living together. You must be eligible for a permanent residence permit in Norway.
• You must have completed 300 hours of Norwegian language training or be able to demonstrate sufficient Norwegian or Sami language skills.
• You should not be convicted of a criminal offense or forced into psychiatric treatment or care (proper conduct requirement).
• From January 1, 2020, in addition to Norwegian, you are allowed to have one or more citizenships. If the country of which you are currently a national does not allow you to have more citizenship, you can still lose that citizenship when you become a Norwegian. You must find out for yourself what the rules are in the country of which you are currently a citizen.
• Certain rules apply to children under the age of 12 and people over the age of 55 who apply for Norwegian citizenship. People who came to Norway before the age of 18 must have lived here for a total of five years in the last seven years.
• You must live in Norway and intend to continue living here.

In addition, Norwegian citizenship can automatically be acquired by any child at birth if one of its parents has a Norwegian passport. The child acquires citizenship regardless of his place of birth.

To obtain citizenship, fluency in Norwegian is not subject to discussion when applying for citizenship. Applicants must complete 250-300 hours (depending on your circumstances) of approved Norwegian language training or be able to demonstrate sufficient Norwegian or Sámi language skills.

This means that you must take the Norskprøve written and oral tests (levels 2 or 3), the Bergenstest or another Norwegian oral and written test. The minimum level you must reach is A2 or B1, depending on your current country of citizenship.

From 2014, applicants for Norwegian citizenship must also pass an exam on Norwegian society, law and history. Two tests are available: one is a social science test and the other is a citizenship test.

More about the test at the link.