Moving to Norway - the struggles and joys

Living in Norway is not always easy, in fact to be able to move here from the EU can be challenging.

It doesn't sound so difficult when you first do research about it, but not everything is as you think it would be. But let's see, how to move to Norway.

I'm thought I write this blog post because, when I was planning my moving I couldn't find these informations. Of course there are many websites about what you have to do, and also there is a Norwegian website where you can start the processing and there are lots of info, but if you are not moving to the capital city, or a big city like Trondheim, you will meet some difficulties during the moving process. 

The process 

The first step is the easiest, you have to visit the https://www.udi.no/ website and choose which kind of immigration matches your situation (work, family,school etc.) and fill up an information form, with your details, and send it by e-mail, and then you will have to choose a police station from a list... yes it is list of police stations, you can’t go to any police station in your town, no, you have to find the closest to the town or city where you will live, for us it was Stokke, fortunately it is not so far, but you have to know, that bus/train prices are very high, and if you don't have anyone to drive you, than you have to ask everyones old friend Google Maps to help you out. But okay, you except the fact, and you make an appointment, if you are lucky they can offer a date in one or two weeks.

After the visit at the police station, basically if you already have a job, you don’t have so much thing to do except applying for tax card, you can find information about it on the following website http://www.skatteetaten.no/no/Person/, but in my case, I had to go to the worker office (https://www.nav.no/Forsiden) to get a temporary ID number. Applying for the ID number is really easy, basically you can go in any NAV office near your home and ask for help from the people there. Show the aper you got at the police and they will guide you through. For me the next step was the tax office in my city, to get a tax card, so you can have a job. So with hope to finally finish all this paperwork, we went to the tax office where they told us, I have to go to Tønsberg, which is a city like half an hour by car, or train. And it wouldn’t be a problem obviously, if you have a car, or you have money for train. But the fact, that you have to travel here and there just to be able to get a job and to stay.

Maybe it is not a big thing, propably it is not, but I feel like, it is kind of annoying.

Other than that, living here is better than I ever thought it would be, the people are friendly, the landscapes are absolutely beautiful, and I love the people around me.

So here it is, my little story. I hope it wasn’t boring, and it contained some useful information about the hole process. 
My advice would be, think ahead, and start the processing as soon as possible, and never give up finding a job. Could be difficult in small towns like ours, because here is really important to speak Norwegian, but I would recommend to try in bigger cities, even if you have to travel more, it worth it.  

Thank you for reading, and feel free to comment, or ask if you have any questions.

Have a wonderful day!