There Is No Investor Route and No Threshold to Meet, Because the Only Business Permit Asks for a Trade Qualification Before It Asks for Money
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Slovakia on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
195 exceptions recorded across 74 countries · none match Slovakia to Norway · Residency through investment
Norway has no residence permit granted for investing. The word investor does not appear in the Immigration Regulation at all, and nor does investering. The only permit that turns on a business is section 6-18, for a self-employed person running a lasting business, and its first condition is not capital: the work to be done in the business must require that the self-employed person holds skilled-worker competence as defined in section 6-1, that is, training to at least upper secondary vocational level, a trade certificate, a higher qualification, or special qualifications. Money comes in as the second condition, and even then not as a sum - what must be shown is an economic basis, meaning a probability of drawing enough from the business to meet the ordinary maintenance requirement. The permit is tied to the particular business and does count towards permanent residence. The practical consequence is that a person whose asset is capital rather than a trade has no door here, not even an expensive one.
At a glance
- Investor residence permit
- None. The words investor and investering do not appear anywhere in the Immigration Regulation
Chapter 6 of the Immigration Regulation, sections 6-1 to 6-35, is the complete list of residence permits connected with work and studies, and it was read end to end for this record.
- Minimum investment stated anywhere
- None. Section 6-18 asks for an economic basis, not an amount
Utlendingsforskriften § 6-18 second paragraph measures that basis against the maintenance requirement in § 10-7 third paragraph, which also states no figure.
- First condition of the only business permit
- Skilled-worker competence under section 6-1
Utlendingsforskriften § 6-18 first paragraph letter a. Capital alone does not satisfy it.
- What the permit is tied to
- The particular business
Utlendingsforskriften § 6-18 fourth paragraph. Permission to take employment alongside it may be added where there are particular grounds.
- Does it lead to permanent residence
- Yes
Utlendingsforskriften § 6-18 fourth paragraph, second clause. That is not true of most other categories in chapter 6.
- Documents required
- Proof of competence and role, a precise description of the business, financing and budget plans, accounts if any, and advance confirmation that other necessary licences will be granted
Utlendingsforskriften § 6-18 third paragraph, letters a to e.
Requirements
- No permit exists for investment as such
- Skilled-worker competence, for the self-employment permit in section 6-18
- A personal and active role in establishing or running the business
- A demonstrated economic basis, measured against the ordinary maintenance requirement
- Any licence the business needs under other legislation
In detail
An absence with a reason, not a gap
Several countries in this corpus have a golden-visa route and publish a price. Norway's position is not that the price is high but that there is no transaction on offer. The only permit that looks at a business asks first whether the applicant is qualified to do the work, and only then whether the business will support them. Capital is relevant to the second question and irrelevant to the first, so an applicant with money and no trade fails before the money is looked at.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Slovakia
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Selvstendig næringsdrivende som skal drive varig næringsvirksomhet, har rett til oppholdstillatelse dersom det er nødvendig for etablering eller videre drift av virksomheten at den næringsdrivende oppholder seg i Norge og deltar aktivt i driften. Det er et vilkår at»Our translation - not official
A self-employed person who is to run a lasting business has a right to a residence permit if it is necessary for the establishment or continued operation of the business that the self-employed person stays in Norway and takes an active part in running it. It is a condition that
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«det arbeidet som skal utføres i virksomheten, krever at den selvstendig næringsdrivende har kompetanse som faglært, jf. § 6-1 første ledd første punktum og annet punktum bokstav b,»Our translation - not official
the work to be done in the business requires that the self-employed person has competence as a skilled worker, see section 6-1 first paragraph first sentence and second sentence letter b,
The condition that rules out a pure investor.
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«Det økonomiske grunnlaget er godtgjort dersom det er sannsynlig at den selvstendig næringsdrivende vil få tilstrekkelige midler fra drift av virksomheten til å oppfylle kravet til underhold i § 10-7 tredje ledd. Midler fra offentlige tilskuddsordninger kan inngå i vurderingen av det økonomiske grunnlaget.»Our translation - not official
The economic basis is demonstrated if it is probable that the self-employed person will obtain sufficient means from running the business to meet the maintenance requirement in section 10-7 third paragraph. Means from public grant schemes may be included in the assessment of the economic basis.
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«Tillatelsen er bundet til den bestemte virksomheten, og den danner grunnlag for permanent oppholdstillatelse. Det kan i tillegg gis adgang til å ta arbeid som arbeidstaker når særlige grunner tilsier det.»Our translation - not official
The permit is tied to the particular business, and it forms a basis for permanent residence. Permission to take work as an employee may in addition be granted where particular grounds so indicate.
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«Arbeidstakere som minst er fagutdannet tilsvarende videregående skoles nivå, har fagbrev eller har utdanning fra høyskole eller universitet eller har spesielle kvalifikasjoner, har rett til oppholdstillatelse. Det er et vilkår at»Our translation - not official
Workers who are at least trained to a level corresponding to upper secondary school, hold a trade certificate, hold education from a university college or university, or have special qualifications, have a right to a residence permit. It is a condition that
The definition section 6-18 letter a points at.
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Practical notes
This is a negative claim and it rests on chapter 6 of the Immigration Regulation read from section 6-1 to section 6-35, and on chapter 3 of the Immigration Act. The stored reading was searched for investor, investering and betydelig beløp, and none appears.
No figure is attached to the maintenance requirement in section 10-7 third paragraph, so no amount can be given for what an economic basis means in kroner. The Directorate of Immigration's guidelines were not read.
- consolidatesUtlendingsforskriften, consolidated text at Lovdata
Lovdata, stiftelsen Lovdata
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