SAS lost my bag. Many days later, a kindly Norwegian young man, desk clerk, asked if I'd like a Norwegian speaker to telephone for me. He yelled at them in Norwegian. My bag arrived at the hostel by 0500 the next morning. :-) I sent him some books from Amazon in appreciation.

I was an exchange student in Norway and I am considering on moving to this land. Thanks for your video.

Thank you (both!) for this thoughtful video! It is great to see an example of what one person has experienced, and I know that everyone's story would be unique for them. I find this particularly interesting because my great-grandmother came to the US from Norway many many years ago. I wish I could afford to travel to Norway, it's beautiful! Happy New Year!

My story is a little bit different but yeah I am married to a Norwegian. Cute worn out party story as well. He studied in Prague, I am from Czech Repubic, we were both drunk and he called me, after me introducing myself at least 3 times, Veronica. No can do! I am a very proud person. So I left, wrote an angy drunk pm (Something like, I dont care of you dent think I am good enoghtj to remember!), he reply (Do you wanna have just fun for just one night?). Hahaha. Next morning appology arrived and I said (consider the fact I was constatly broke and hungry) Okay, you can show me ayour better manners tonight over a dinner. I didnt give it much more thought then that I save some cash just there. But when he picked me up. Goosh, he was so cute. Btw. I said exactly the same: Oh, you are reeeealy tall. And year after that we got married. I was 21. Now, about UDI. I completely agree. It is a mess. I am talking just about my personal experience here. First time we went there, in Trondheim, waited for 3 hours (just engaged in that time) and they told me I had to either find a job (which was very difficult withou Personal number) or leave the country, and the fact that we will be married is not changing a thing. Anyways we`ve got married and moved to different town. We went to UDI i Sarpsborg. Now we were married and I speak so so norwegian. The lady told us, we have no chance on getting me oppholdstillatelse (not sure how its called in English) because I have no reason to stay in the country (other than my husband, person I promised to stay aside for my whole life). I had no job, no school and my husband as a student couldnt take me on family visa becuase he wasnt earning over 250.000nok/year. I`ve got completely paralized. We left. I have decided that this cannot be happening to me. And that I AM NOT LEAVING MY HUSBAND. I went there next week, on my own, the same lady told me that there is nothing I we can do other than finding me a job or him earning like doble of what he had. I cried. She told me that it was not appropriate and that I had to leave. So I was crying the whole day in that little Sarpsborg. I think I got like 3 years older that day. I was shaking and just not well. After my husband find out how she treated me, he called them and yelled at them in Norwegian (which is so not him, he is this calm always happy person). She said we should come again to UDI (just so you know, we were really stuggling with money, noone wanted to hire me without personal number, we just moved and had ca 100nok/week for food, and that is really little, so all those travels there were also costly for us). We came and she told me that I could go every 3rd month to Sweden and ask on Swedish border to get stamp to my passport or that I could try to apply for some school. Btw she never said she was sorry. So I applied for school, got in, got scholarship and loan and had a good school expirience from different country. I didnt plan on going to school again but it was really fun. Now I am staring my own design studio, my husband is halfway done with his school and has very well paid job. So we actully have like a 1000 nok/week for food. Which is a miracle! I have been poorest in my whole life in one of richest countries of the world. Life is just paradox. Norway is awesome. I feel home here much more than in my own home. But I wouldnt recommend to annyone to go through this administration bullshits without a big reason - huge love story would be good enough. Good luck to everyone.

my dream place to visit, norway!

What if I am a career specific and want to move to Norway for work? Marriage immigration is typically the easiest way to be accepted. But not every person is as lucky as Rachel to have a Norwegian fiance who was constantly fighting for their unity. I still remember how difficult it was for me to go through the work visa stuff in the US but everything happening in the country is very disappointing, I visited Norway 2 weeks ago, and it is absolutely amazing to work in architecture career, as well as having a balanced life.

hei, can some one guide me about the online application process "freedom to information" or right to information ?

Its my dream to move in to Norway, i live in Hungary, i am 21 years old, and i am baker, i work in a bakery industry. Bosses are disrespect us, and we are very underpaid (180k HuF, 100k HuF only for rent a little flat with few rooms, and i did not eat and etc..) I am already learning the Norwagian language and i really like it! I hope my dream will comes true, and i will be a happy person. God bless you all!:) Jeg elsker norsk 🇳🇴

Wow thank you for this, such an informative video. I moved to Norway 4 months ago and before I arrived here I was already watching your tutorials and it came in very handy for me and I'm still learning. Me and my bf are stressing so much on our options for me to be able to stay in norway, i'm currently on an au pair program which i think is very helpful to familiarize myself with the culture and stuff but after the contract ends we might need a new plan. Me and my bf has been together for 19months, we met back in the Philippines when he was still working there and he wanted me to come along and the best option for now is to be au pair and hoping for the best in the future. And again just want to say im really glad I came across your youtube channel and this video is really helpful for people like me. You're doing a great job! Tusen takk!

We went to Oslo in December and had a great time. Very nice place and some really nice houses. Uploaded a video about it last month.

Thank you, Karin and Rachel for this video! I'm not sure why, but I've had this feeling deep in my heart to need to go to Norway recently. It is the same feeling that I got when I decided to become a professional mermaid, so I am not taking it lightly. It is very helpful to know that there may be some complications with the immigration offices. While I'm not 100% sure I'll be moving there anytime soon, I would like to consider it if any Norwegian aquariums that I reach out to would like a mermaid to perform for them as an occupation. The idea randomly popped into my head while I was at work today, and I haven't been able to let it go! Even though I'm terrified of people and have never been alone, this feels like something that I need to do. Ugh. I'm rambling now, but anyways... thank you both again so very much for this! (Rachel, I hope your career is going well for you, by the way! It sounds like it would be an exciting field to get into!)

So natural and so perfect and instructive in many aspects, thank you!

I'm Norweigan living in America. As of right now. I MUST GO TO NORWAY ONCE I TURN 18

Truly, Paradise on Earth! I hope all Scandinavians know that what they have is so wonderful that people like me can only dream of one day seeing it in person. I can only hope to see these places at least once before I die. Perfect scenery, perfect culture, and arguably the single best society system on Earth. Viva Scandinavia! Greetings from Brazil.

Thank you so much for this well thought out, informative video! I found it quite helpful.

Great job, ladies!!! Very informative and I look forward to sharing the language videos with my children as we hope to visit someday and visit the areas our family immigrated from. Keep going on the videos!

I remember I asked UDI the same question twice, if I could come and apply from Norway. First answer was like - "don't even try to gamble". In the second answer, after I described my case in all details, they replied that i'm eligible to apply for visa from Norway. It's important to give all the details of your case.

Thanks for the video! This is exactly what my son has experienced. He's been in Norway for three years and loved every minute.

I highly respect your intellectual and informative cast, especially your alluring green t-shirt which helped us focus and listen every word cautiously you are a great teacher.

very VERY helpful video. Thank you Karin for posting this!

Hello Karin, thank you for this great video. I'm leaving in Spain with my norwegian BF and we'll be living here for 2 years. We also have a document from Brazil to prove we have this kind of union that in Brazil is worth like a marriage, called Stable Union. But after this time he needs to go back to Norway and I'll go with him. Do you think it's gonna be easier to get myself a permission, since we've been together in another country? I heard Norway doesn't accept this stable union as an official relationship, but at least could be another proof... Do u have some tips to this especific case? Thank you very very much

Your friend Rachel from America has a Roskilde poster in the background haha. I am an American and went to Roskilde (that same year of the poster) while visiting family there. Currently looking into visa situation...thanks for video

Hey lovely, thank you so much for all the video, that's so nice of you to help us. I'm trying to study Norwegian as best as I can and try to look for some scholarship to move to this country soon! Hope to hear from you, Love from Vietnam!

Hi there. Thank you for this very informative interview!

UDI might be a mess, but USCIS is just as bad. They tell you one thing on the phone, something completely different in a letter, and then when you go to the office is another story that you’ve never heard before. Now I’m wondering - is immigration like this everywhere in the world? (Especially in North America and Europe?)

Thank you Karin, I appreciate the work you put in your videos. Very informative and interesting to watch! =)

I know this was 9 yrs but thank you for your content.....and your beautiful words in yiur description

this was super good for me, even though i did some research and i don't actually have that much to do with UDI when moving to Norway in about 6 months. i'm finnish so i just really need to let the tax office know that i have moved to Norway no later than 8 days after arriving there! so that is nice ^^ i can't wait to move in with my viking.

I recently linked this video in my blog about living in Norway. I wrote a post about my experience with immigration and thought it might be helpful, hope thats okay?

Great video but for anyone who is doing this now or in the future the UDI family visa charges are much higher now, I recently paid 5200kr and the renew fee is 2300kr.

I'm trying to learn Norwegian and I came across this video thanks for defending immigration in the description

Thanks to you Karin and Rachel for this video. You guys was right about UDI. I gave this a 10 thums up 😊 One more question, how many times Rachel has to renew her visa? For 3 or 5 years? And when she can get Norwegian passport n permanent stay? I was confused about Rachel's visa renew each year was denied some time. Can that happen? I haven't heard about that scary thing 😔 Once again, tusen takk 😍

I want to move to Norway in the future to go to college there. Does anyone have any tips for or could anyone tell me more about college life in Norway?

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR THESE VIDEOS YOU ARE HELPING A LOT

Thanks for making this! Keep posting!

Norwegian teacher -Karin , thank you for sharing this video and it would help me , i'm planning to move in Norway . but I have a question : Actually i'm a chef by profession is it difficult to get job in summer time as chef ?the second question is : if I get a job after my expired can they proceed with my application visa ? I mean the immigration .what If I come with the Schengen visa , can I apply in any catering cooking school?

Interesting informations and story as well from Rachel :) even though my case is mostly not similar.. I've moved to Oslo about 4 months ago, I'm a Norwegian citizen, but lived most of my life in Morocco, so basically I'm an immigrant. Fortunately in my 1st days things weren't really difficult for me, I registered myself at the national registry, had to get social help because I've fled alone, done it, and some other issues in which some people I know have helped me in, and that was ok :) Personally I quite like Norway, I don't mind it being completely different from my mother land, because it's positively different, people are nicer than I've expected from before, I had not bad of negative thoughts and ideologies changed after coming here. Actually, because I have to pay for my courses; my problem is to find a job which doesn't require much knowledge of Norwegian, it's not easy in my opinion, unless you speak the language (or, cleaning jobs might be the only solution for me...) Nowadays I try to develop my Norwegian language knowledge, eventhough the process is a bit low. What do you think about chances of having a job? What I should really work on? Thanks!

I went to Norway this summer. I'm musician, want to move to Norway! I love this country!

Thank you Karin this is really helpful!! Just one thing, theatre is also my interest and I'm wondering if you k ow which university Rachel attended. This would be very helpful thank you so much :)

Thank you, Karin, and to your friend.

i love norway the only problem that i'm facing is the language and some financial issues

I have a question, if i move to Norway and speak english, will norwegian people understand me?

this was so so helpful thank you both!!

It's a great experience you had there. That's immigration. Keep moving

What if my wife and I are retired and have our own money (don't need jobs, etc) but want to move there for the scenery? Is it possible?

Im not surprised at all that that american girl had a hard time dealing with UDI, I also have a lot of stories about these weird situations that I had to go through in Norway. One thing that really pissed me off in Norway is that if you dont speak norwegian and if you are a foreigner then you worth almost nothing, I always needed to ask a norwegian friend to talk good things about me in order for me to get simple things done like renting a house (just money is not enough) for example. So, Im not surprised that this american girl returned home as I returned home too. In my point of view, someone who has any kind of life options will not be in Norway for a long time, thats why a lot of asylum seekers fix residence in Norway (because they dont have too much options and also social benefits are good) and qualified workers ( i worked offshore in the Statoil oil Rigs), choose to leave the country after 2 or 3 years and I met a lot of qualified people that left Norway while i was there...

I live in Greece a country that suffers those years from economical crisis....My thoughts are to go to work abroad if things become more difficult in the future..Norway is my dreamland but it is completely different as far as weather concerns,and i dont know if a Mediterranean guy could handle to live under those temperatures and lack of sun!!But i love this land!I have studied Physics but i cannot find any job here... Thank you for this video!you love what you do and this is very usefull for us!

Thank you Karin for the useful video. I am thinking of taking a course of Norwegian for 1 month this year but still thinking what time and which location would be the best.

Jeg har bodd i Norge for ett og halvt år og da var jeg tvunget får å gå tilbake til hjemlandet mitt, men nå vil jeg til Norge igjen. Din videoer har hjulpet meg veldig mye å få grundig norsk språk kunnskap og jeg er veldig takknemlig. Norge er veldig godt sted å få sin drømmen bli realitet, synes jeg. En ting å si at i Norge det er ikke stor forskjell mellom lederens og enkel medarbeiders lønn, og det er godt sted å prøve få god karrier. Tenker denne videoen forteller veldig godt om hvordan begynne nytt liv i Norge. Jeg vil si en stor takk til deg første Læreren min! :) lykke til med uansett hva du skal gjøre i framtid :)

This video was very helpful. I am an American and I am marrying someone from Norway. We are in the U.S. now and are getting married before we move to Norway. Thank you for all the helpful advise.

Thank you Criene !!

HI! I am from Tennessee,(USA),Humboldt.I enjoyed your enthusiasm!

How can I get a work visa to Norway. What are the requirements for this?

There was a book written about ten years ago called "The Spirit Level" by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkerson . They named Norway among some other countries as having a better spirit or relative happiness level than the USA . They concluded countries like Norway which have a more equitable distribution of wealth, national health care , better social services, etc people in general were happier , not in a shrill, maniac way like here in the USA . People are people but we Americans in general are less happy, and meaner because of the system imposed on us by our masters of survival fittest capitalism and our government is run by the super wealth and corporations . When Norway discovered the North Sea oil they deliberately made it owned by Norway and its people . In this way Norway can better serve its citizens with the profits . Usually countries that have oil , they sell it off to private companies who could care less about the citizens of that country . Here is a link to a talk by the authors of the Spirit Level kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sL90raRqzbGnfoU.html .

Oh I thank you that you are teaching Bokmal since I haven't lived in Oslo since I was about five and they were just teaching both to us and I just remember a little.

thanks for making this wonderful video for everyone:)

"Yell at them in Norwegian"! A good way of dealing with autocratic bureaucrats...

any girls want to marry and come to australia?

Hi Karin, firstly I would like to thanks you for uploading this video, was very helpful. I am Venezuelan and I used to date a Norwegian guy for three years. Currently we are not longer together however, I went to Norway several times and I felt in love with your country so, I am planning to move there. I have applied for several jobs but unfortunately I only got rejections answers but I kept trying and trying until I got through and interview and eventually I signed a contract. So, I am about to move like two months time. Regarding the job, is a temporary job (tourist guide) which is fine to start but I would like to stay in Norway afterwards so, do you know if is possible to renew or to change a working temporary visa for a permanent one? I got an MSc. in Management and International Business. Ps. I am studying Norwegian and your youtube channel is very helpful. Btw I am moving to Stavanger. thank you.

This was very informational, thank you

Is it true that if gun down like 12 people you get less than 4 years in prison, In Norway.?

I want to study journalism in Norway.Any suggestions?

Very interesting, I hope see more of this. Thanks for create and share ❤

Thank you so much for letting us know these things. I also wanna move to Norway and I wanna be all prepared so there won't be any difficulties.(sure there will be) And one thing I really wanna know is that is Norway not accepting any tourists from muslim countries like Turkey? Or if I move there some day do you think I'll face judgements by any person because I'm turkish?

"If You Want to move to Norway, you should know this.......I'm not single, I'm not available, and no I don't want to kiss you and teach you Norwegian personally."

Oh my god. I want to move to Norway so hard when I'll be older... I wonder if it's easy to move to Norway if we are from Switzerland.. ? xD

Thanks for making this video. I'd LOVE to move from California to Norway. I still might, someday.

i'm german-norwegian and my middle name is karin, with an i. i have been studying norwegian daily for about a year now, 11mos and am progressing pretty well since i speak/understand german and have noticed words/grammar is similar to german/english. i am very interested in moving to norway. i know i am entitled to a german citizenship because my mom is born in germany so i might have to take that route first.

Fantastisk

So if from the third world with no skills you are welcomed with open arms. Come from a first world country with skills then no chance in hell. Typical of Europe.

Hi, love your videos. In the description you said that, " BUT I will not tolerate racism or any bad comments or crap-talking towards muslims" do muslims get a lot of hate in Norway?

The thing at 12:45 explains a lot,... this is how my best friend got her residency without any trouble, even though it was done this way totally out of coincidence.

Flytta till Norge? Det är väl bara att hoppa I bilen och köra over gränsen! ;)

lol amerikans alway say that: AAMMMMMMMMMMMM...... in every 5 second.

M humbled. Respect for the humane approach that u r about. Love from India

I have liked and subscribed as well and do you teach Norwegian? I would love to learn it.

For those wishing to move to Norway, Here is what you should know. There are two kinds of people in Norway. Norwegians and everybody else. Norway is an entirely different place to live in than it is to visit. You must always be aware that you will always be regarded as a foreigner. It doesn't matter where you come from, there is a deep sentiment that Norwegians have and that they regard themselves above everybody else living in Norway. They are very infatuated with themselves and will spare no chance to remind you as such. You will always be regarded as a non Norwegian. Be aware that unless you have a good job, and believe me unless you are one of the few foreigners who is hired by a Norwegian company then you will struggle. Norway is a country for Norwegians, of Norwegians and by Norwegians. It makes no difference who you are and how hard you work, Norway is ONLY a country of opportunity for Norwegians. You will also be required to pay taxes that would bankrupt a small third world country. You may reach a certain position but it will never be that of any high status. You will never be congratulated for success in Norway. Get used to coldness from people. Get used to being stared at as if you have just farted in a church. Or handed the closest person a dead baby. Get used to the lack of irony, spontaneous sense of humor, jokes. sense of comedy. Say good bye to all of those. Get used to people telling you how much money they think they have, how wonderful Norway is and how shit it is where you come from.... Get used to lack of basic common etiquette. Get used to people complaining about the smallest things you may have done wrong. Get used to finding out later that you have done something wrong. Get used to the weirdest meaning of honesty.... Get used to dealing with official authorities that will regard you and treat you with ignorance, regardless of where you come from. If you haven't wondered what you were thinking by this stage when you thought Norway was a great place to live then good luck.....

Just throw away all ID before arriving in Norway and tell the immigration that you believe in Islam and are afraid of your life and you will get to stay in Norway for ever and get payed without having to work.

I would like to do my Master's degree in Norway, but unfortunately, the embassy of Norway here in Caracas is no longer open for me to get a student's VISA. :(

I have a question about an American moving to Norway. No matter how long they stay in Norway, once they become a citizen there despite the fact they're American born, do they have to go through the long process to become a U.S. citizen again if they want to move back to their home country?

Sorry to be a language troll, but a person immigrates FROM a country and they EMIGRATE TO a country.

Fantastic! Completely turned me off Norway :)

Hi Karin, have a query, planning to move to Stavanger with a job offer, have a 6 yr and 3 yr, will the gov schools have only Norwegian as a teaching language, ( English 2nd language I believe), teaching will be completely in Norwegian ??

Hello Karin, I got a doubt, it is something stupid, but, anyway. How is the correct pronunciation of the norwegian artist "Sondre Lerche"?

lord, it must be mad cold there

johnjack2121 I would advise you to check Geer Hosftede cultural tool before moving to a foreign country. Is good to know that Norway is not like your country, I do like Norway because is a free country. However, adaptation is the best thing to do in order to embed the culture's of a new country. Obviously you did not do that but instead you tried to change Norwegian culture! I bet that did not work, I am so glad that did not happens. Ps. if you don’t like you know what to do... go back home or change your mind.

Wow ... it really was painful to listen to what you were put through... having said this not too sure that Australia is any less of a pain to try to deal with... Congratz on things working out for you.

she is married to a Norwegian. That made the process easier. Although UDI was the hardest part.

Norway, the best kept secret in the world!

I really want to move to Norway but I'm not sure if it's easy bc I'm from Germany 😂

Hello! In some months Im going to Norway for 6 months for a paid internishp in agriculture, could you give me some advices? Im from portugal so Im very used to a lot of sun, I know its going to be ruff but interesting. Tks!

hello karin ' thanks for the video and ur informations i want to ask about something i like norway too much and i want to visit it for maybe 90 days for a good holiday so i don't know if i need a visa or a visa visitor to come there can you give me more informations about this by the way i'm from morocco thanks

Norway does not belong to norwegians. Norwegians belong to Norway. And its anybody's land as it was created by god

sorry norway is very cold but i love norway because it have much blonde woman my country algeria have a good weather so i want life with norwegian women in algeria

ohh thank you so much for this video, it's really help me, but if you allow me, i want ask you a question about something; - If i get a visa for a permanent residence permit or permanent right of residence, can i to be a student in university of Oslo?, and i have a job in the same time?. - how the life in Norway? just tell me that in one word.

Interesting video. I've been to Norway last september - it's definetly one of the most beautiful countries I've ever been to. Also, you are super cute :)

Don't move to Norway, Norway for Norwegians only.

Thanks for the video !

I lived in Tromsø 1 year, and i loved it so much. It took me 6 months to speak norwegian fluently, also had problems in UDI with my student visa, a really long process (like 3 months, (including my person number). Everything else was wonderful :) the people is very polite and funny. But is curious that i use the Olso dialect

hello , i'm really interested to study in norway but i'm confused about the programme which i should follow mathematics&economics and computer science&mathematics please your advices guys