Tanzanian Association Oslo

New measures

Against illegal

immigration

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is considering revoking several hundred residence permits and Norwegian citizenships issued to men from Turkey or other nations, who have entered into pro forma marriages.

UDI will also turn down a number of applications for family re-unification for the same reason.

The move comes after it was revealed that a number of Turkish men have entered into pro forma marriages with Norwegian women, in order to gain permanent residence in Norway. They were already legally married in Turkey before coming to Norway.

Most of them have since divorced their Norwegian partner, and have applied for for family re-unification with their Turkish wife and their children.

- We are taking these cases very seriously. On the background of false information about family relations, they have been given residence permits in Norway. These permits will now be revoked, says UDI Director Ida Boerresen.

UDI has already been investigating into a number of cases involving immigrants from Turkey and several other countries over the last several months.

Source: NRK/Rolleiv Solholm