CONSULAR FOCUS: OSLO, NORWAY

Addresses: Mailing Address: Consular Section, American Embassy OSLO, PSC 69, Box 1000, APO AE 09707

Street Address: U.S. Consulate General, Drammensveien 18, 0244 Oslo World Wide Web Address: http://www.usembassy.no/.  The site has a nice collection of links to Norwegian-American resources.

Telephone: +47 22448550

Facsimile: +47 22 56 27 51

The embassy is open each weekday from 8:30-17:00. Oslo is +1 Greenwich Time.

Non-Immigrant Visas

The Non-Immigrant Visa Section is open to the public between 0900-1100 am, Monday through Friday, except for American and Norwegian holidays. NIV applicants should submit applications in person or by mail. Applications by mail must include a self-addressed stamped return envelope and be addressed to American Embassy, Visa Section, 0244 Oslo. The only time a visa application by mail are not accepted is when the applicant is in the US on the Visa Waiver Pilot Program.

There is a $45 non-refundable NIV application fee for all applications except the following:

Diplomatic visas (A, G, and NATO visas) Exchange programs (J visas) sponsored by USIA or USAID (program numbersbeginning with G-1 or G-2).

The fee must be paid in advance and be in dollars or kroners at the consular exchage rate (currently 6.5 kroner to the dollar or 130 kroner.) There is reciprocity visa fee for Norwegian nationals, though this fee may apply to third country nationals applying in Oslo.

The consulate provides the following list of J-1 Au Pair Programs operating in Norway:

Au Pair in America
Valhallaveien 49
1412 Sofiemyr
Ph: 66 80 14 38

Atlantis
Rolf Hofmosgt. 18
0655 Oslo
Ph: 22 67 00 43

American Scandinavian Student Exchange (ASSE)
Boks 55 Blindern
0313 Oslo
Ph: 22 46 73 40

STS Au Pair
Ovre Slottsgate 12 B
0157 Oslo
Ph: 22 33 18 00

Visas are typically processed in less than a day. Applicants can typically collect their visa the day after the application is submitted .

The overall denial rate is surprisingly high - 20%

Immigrant Visas:

Interviews are conducted only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and only between 9:00 am and 11:00 am. When the consulate is satisfied that the applicant has all documents in order, they will then schedule a doctor's appointment and an immigration interview.

The current cost of each formal immigrant visa application is $260; if the visa is approved the current costfor issuance is $65. Norwegian Kroner equivalents are acceptable.

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