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Norwegian language and society for foreigners

General

The municipality shall provide immigrants with training in the Norwegian language (250 hours) and in Norwegian society (50 hours), in total 300 hours. The course in Norwegian society shall be given in a language that the participant understands. Norwegian training must be given in Norwegian. The objective is to give the immigrant the opportunity to obtain employment. Completion of the course is required in order to be granted a residential permit (permanent residence) and citizenship.

An individual plan shall be prepared for each participant and is to be based upon individual requirements. Participants who have the right to free training shall be offered further training in Norwegian (up to 2700 hours, without charge, should there be a need for this. The municipality may require that a test be taken in order to ascertain whether there is a need for training above 300 hours.

 

Target group

Foreigners between 16 and 55 years
who have a temporary residence permit or a work permit providing the right to permanent residence. (This includes asylum-seekers, refugees, work migrants and their family members, persons with a right to stay on humanitarian grounds, family reunification to such persons, and family reunification with Norwegian or Nordic citizens resident in Norway.)

 

Criteria/conditions

Stay of residence or a work permit according to the Immigration Act which provides a basis for a residential permit.

Charges/Cost of the service

The service is free for persons aged 16–55 who have stay of residence or a work permit that provides a basis for a residential permit, apart from work immigrants and their family members. They have to pay for the course.
 

 

Practical information

Contact

Vestre Toten voksenopplæring
Postal address: P.O.box 84, 2831 Raufoss
Visiting address Sigurd Østliens veg 4, Raufoss
Telephone: 61 15 39 60
E-mail: post@vestre-toten.kommune.no

 

Time taken to consider the application

The municipality is obliged to provide a course in Norwegian and Norwegian society at the earliest opportunity, and no later than three months after an application for such training has been received.
 

Possibilities to appeal; procedure

You may appeal a resolution on

• allotment to a course
• essential changes to the individual plan
• that the course is curtailed
• leave.

An appeal must be made within three weeks of notification of the decision..Explain why you are dissatisfied and why you consider that the decision should be changed. If you need assistance, you may ask the municipality. If the municipality upholds its decision, the matter is sent to the county governor, who will decide whether the appeal shall be allowed.