Below are various application forms and a list of the documents you need to enclose when you submit an application to NAV.
Good documentation saves time for everyone. Make sure you submit all the documents we need to process your case with your
application, so we can deal with your application promptly, saving you and us time.
Ask your NAV office if there is something you are unsure about. We can also show you how to find the information you need
on our website nav.no, and we have computers you are welcome to use.
Forms
- Application for parental benefit/Lump sum benefit in connection with birth and adoption, - NAV 14-05.05
- Agreement between employee and employer concerning work during parental leave on birth or adoption - NAV 14-16.05
- Agreement between self-employed people / freelancers and NAV concerning work during parental leave on birth or adoption -
NAV 14-16.08
- Claim for pregnancy benefit for self-employed people and freelancers - NAV 14-04.10
- The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority’s form for claiming pregnancy benefit for employees
Documents that must be submitted with your application or claim
- Estimated date of delivery (due date). This date must be confirmed by a doctor or midwife. The confirmation must be dated
and have been written after the 26th week of pregnancy. This also applies to copies of your health card (as applicable).
- Adoption certificate or order and the date of assumption of care (as applicable)
- Documentation of your income
- Work during six of the last ten months
- Copy of your last month’s pay slip
- Confirmation of your pay from your employer, using the special form "Inntektsopplysninger for arbeidstaker" (Income information
for employees) - NAV 08-30.01
- Your employer must also complete the form “Trekkopplysninger” (Deductions) – NAV 08-30.02 if you as an employee have a deduction from earnings order and NAV is going to pay parental benefit to you directly.
- Details of pay from employer for both parents if the father wants to take his paternal quota or if the parents are going to
share the parental benefit period
- Self-employed people must provide documentation of their income at the time the benefit period starts from an auditor or accountant,
or a copy of their tax return , income statement etc.
- Documentation of the mother’s activity, i.e. full-time education, full-time or part-time work, a combination of work and education
that corresponds to 100 per cent activity, or that the mother is sick and therefore entirely dependent on help to look after
the child. This applies only if the father is to receive ordinary parental benefit.
- Documentation that the mother worked at least 50 per cent of a full-time post before the birth or adoption. This applies only
to the father’s entitlement to the paternal quota.
- Copy of employment contract. This only applies if you are lodging a claim for graduated benefit or postponement of the benefit
period because of full-time work.
- A medical certificate from a doctor describing your functional capacity if you are applying for postponement of the benefit
period because of sickness.
If applicable, you should also enclose:
- Documentation of work in another EEA country during the qualification period for parental benefit
If you are applying for lump-sum grant on birth or adoption, you must also enclose:
- A copy of your residence permit
- Documentation of your stay abroad
- Estimated date of delivery (due date). This date must be confirmed by a doctor or midwife. The confirmation must be dated
and have been written after the 26th week of pregnancy. This also applies to copies of your health card (as applicable).
- Adoption certificate or order and the date of assumption of care (as applicable).
