Topics

• Accommodation

  How and where to search. Features of housing rent

  • Where to look for housing on your own?
  • Lease agreement.
  • Deposit. Letter of guarantee from NAV
  • Temporary accommodation (upon arrival)
  • Can I find a place for temporary residence on my own?

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• Car

  Repair, maintenance, insurance and road rules.

  • Motor third party liability insurance (MTPL)
  • Driving license in Norway
  • Payment for toll roads and ferries (for cars)

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• Clothes

  Where to get free and where to buy

  • Red Cross
  • Second-hand stores
  • Group on Facebook
  • Loppemarknad, Volda Røde Kors
  • BUA

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• Finances

  Financial aid, salary, taxes

  • How to obtain a Kontoutskrift (bank statement) for submission to NAV
  • How to pay your bill online
  • How to create an agreement for AvtaleGiro automatic payments
  • How to set up a tax card
  • What is BankID, Commfides, Buypass and MinID?

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• Food

  Where, how and what kind of food is better to buy?

  • Dictionary of Norwegian products

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• Health

  How to monitor health. Where to go when sick.

  • Legesenter. Family and specialized doctors.
  • Legevakt. A doctor on duty.

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• Language study

  Useful sites, channels and applications

  • Websites for language learning
  • Language learning apps
  • Useful materials on Nynorsk grammar

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• Misc.

  Information not included in other categories

  • How to communicate through an interpreter

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• Recreation

  How and where you can spend your free time

  • Where to go

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• Shops

  What, where you can buy. How to save money.

  • Grocery stores

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• Transport

  Cost, schedule, routes

  • Where can I find the transportation schedule?

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• Useful sites and apps

  Useful applications for Iphone and Android

  • Useful sites and apps
  • Where can I find the transportation schedule?
  • Useful Facebook groups
  • Where to find information about higher education

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• Work and business

  Where to find a job. How to start your own business.

  • What sites to look for free vacancies on
  • How to create a CV and Jobbsøknad
  • Recognition of foreign education, how to apply

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