Applicants shall, upon presenting themselves at the Foreign Service Mission, submit their biometric data in the form of one photograph, two fingerprints and a signature. Designated equipment for capturing biometric data will be placed at the Foreign Service Missions. Identical equipment will be put to use at police stations and passport offices in Norway starting the same date.
Information about the applicant will be stored in accordance with the applicable laws, rules and regulations at any given time.
The applicants may choose which Embassy or Consulate General they wish to file the passport application with. They may also apply for passport at any police station or passport office while visiting Norway.
All Norwegian citizens must have a registered personal number in the National Register before a passport application may be submitted at the Foreign Service Mission. Application for a national personal number must still be placed with the Foreign Service Mission.
Delivery/distribution of the passport will take place as it does today, at the designated Embassy or Consulate. Emergency passports are not affected by the biometry requirement.
For more information about passports, please consult the Police Authority’s webpage www.politiet.no.