Practicalities

Here are some information about immigration, banking, transport and housing

Immigration

Banking

Housing

Transport

Compulsory health check

MinID - pin codes for public services

Health insurance

Immigration

The links below gives you detailed information about how to register correctly both before and upon arrival in Norway, with the The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.

You will also need a national ID-number or D-number. Below you will find links with information about how to proceed.

Application for a national ID-number or a D-number

Banking

When working in Norway you will need a Norwegian bank account. This is possible when you have obtained your D-number. Below you will find links to two of the local banks in Kristiansund and how to proceed with obtaining the bank account.

Sparebanken Møre has this information about how to obtain a bank account in their bank

Sparebank 1 Nordmøre has this information about how to obtain a bank account in their bank

Housing

There are several options for housing and you will find some links here if you want to do some research. We recommend you contact us for more detailed information about housing. Send an email to Bret Collins and he will answer and guide you.

Some links below

Transport

How to get to Kristiansund? You arrive here by plane, boat or train and bus. 

Compulsory health check

Immigration regulations require that citizens of some countries must be tested for tuberculosis if they are staying more than three months in Norway. The test is free.

If you are required to take the test but fail to do so, the police will be notified and it may compromise your residence permit.

You can see who are required to take the test at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

MinID - pin codes for public services

When you stay in Norway for more than 6 months and have received a national ID number, you can register for MinID pin codes. You will need these codes to log on to online public services in Norway

When you receive your national ID number or D-number, go to this link for ordering pin codes and fill in your national ID number. The codes will be sent to the address registered with the Norwegian National Population Register. This normally takes a few days. When you receive the pin code letter in the mail, register as a new user of MinID with the pin codes.

Do not order the pin codes more than once, as ordering codes several times makes the process, and the waiting time, longer.

Health insurance

You must bring a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) with you from your home country.* This entitles you to medical care on the same conditions as the citizens of the EU/EEA country you are visiting. The general rule is that you do not become a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme. If you do not have a European Health Insurance Card, you must have private insurance.