Important information about unemployment benefit
The Norwegian government has announced it is introducing the strictest rules for entry to Norway since March 2020 (see: regjeringen.no). If you are unable to return to Norway, this may affect your unemployment benefit. Let us know if you are in this situation. There are a variety of ways you can contact us. The information on nav.no will be updated as soon as we know more about how this will affect your unemployment benefit.
You might have rights to unemployment benefit (dagpenger) if you are temporarily laid off (permittert) or unemployed.
The UK has left the EU, and the transition period ends on 31 December 2020. British citizens in Norway and Norwegian citizens in the UK who were receiving unemployment benefit pursuant to the EEA regulations before the end of the year will continue to be able to receive unemployment benefit next year, assuming there are no other changes in their situation. There is more information on Brexit at this link.
If you have become wholly unemployed and live in Norway, you should apply for unemployment benefits (dagpenger) in Norway.
You are defined as frontier worker if you have returned to your country of residence (another EEA country) at least once a week.
If you have become wholly unemployed from your work in Norway, you must apply for unemployment benefit (dagpenger) in the other EEA country where you resided during your last employment.
You are not defined as frontier worker if you have worked in Norway and returned to your country of residence (another EEA country) less often than once a week.
If you have become wholly unemployed from your work in Norway, you can choose to apply for unemployment benefits in Norway, or choose to return to your country of residence and apply for unemployment benefits in that country.
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If you have become temporarily laid off (permittert) or partially unemployed and live in Norway, you should apply for unemployment benefits (dagpenger) in Norway.
You are defined as a frontier worker if you have returned to your country of residence (another EEA country) at least once a week.
If you have become temporarily laid off (permittert) or partially unemployed from your work in Norway, you can receive unemployment benefits from Norway and stay in your country of residence.
You have worked in Norway and returned to your country of residence (another EEA country) less often than once a week.
If you have become temporarily laid off (permittert) or partially unemployed from your work in Norway, you can receive unemployment benefits from Norway.
The main rule is that you must stay in Norway to qualify for unemployment benefits from Norway.
Exception from the requirement to stay in Norway applies if you have worked in shifts or rotations longer than a week at a time, and normally returned to your country of residence during your time-off-periods.
Please note that you will receive unemployment benefit at the earliest from the day you registered as a job seeker and applied for unemployment benefit.
You must stay in close contact with your employer when you have been temporarily laid off (permittert) and notify NAV of any changes in your situation.
It is possible to apply for unemployment benefits even if you do not have electronic ID.
You can sign in using your passport if you have a Norwegian D number (D-nummer) or national identity number with 11 digits (fødselsnummer).
You can order Buypass from abroad With Buypass it is possible to sign in to our digital services.
NAV will make an assessment of what your country of residence is based on where you are employed, where you have housing, where your family is, where you spend your free time and the like.
If you do not receive pay for contract-free periods, NAV considers you to be wholly unemployed.
You may be entitled to retain unemployment benefit from Norway for up to 3 months when traveling to another EEA country to apply for a job. You must submit a separate application to NAV before traveling.
Read more about this (Norwegian information).
Maybe the norwegian information can be of some help.
Arbeidsledig (Unemplyed)
Permittert (Laid-off)
For deg som har søkt dagpenger (You have applied for unemplyment benefit)
Student (Student)
Lærling (Apprentice)