NorwayHverdag 14 · Everyday life in Norway

Leo was sentenced to three months in prison and has served his sentence. What does this mean for an application for Norwegian citizenship?

In the exam (Norwegian)

Leo ble dømt til tre måneder i fengsel og har sonet straffen. Hva betyr det for en søknad om norsk statsborgerskap?

  1. aHe will get citizenship faster nowHan får statsborgerskap raskere nå
  2. bHe must wait for a while before he can get itHan må vente en tid før han kan få detCorrect answer
  3. cThe sentence means nothing for the applicationStraffen betyr ingenting for søknaden

Why?

To get citizenship, there are requirements for good conduct (vandel). A person who has received a sentence must wait for a period after the sentence, a waiting period (karenstid), before the application can be granted.

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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).

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