Talk:Norwegian passport

Paper or poly (old question)[edit]

Is the data-page in the Norwegian Passport made of paper, or Polycarbonate? 212.179.61.194 10:43, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Polycarbonate these days. They were laminated paper until the first machine-readable passports started being issued. The first few editions of those used a type of plastic or polycarbonate that became brittle with age. The newer ones have a stiffer polycarbonate page attached during the manufacturing process with a special kind of tape with the repeating word "PASSPORT" embossed.Stian (talk) 19:40, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment[edit]

Not good article. Norwegian citizen do not need any passport OR any ID card in order to visit any Nordic country - including Faroe Islands. 79.132.173.166 (talk) 18:01, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes they do in some cases, e.g. if they enter these countries from outside of the Schengen countries (e.g. USA) a passport is needed for entry. Passportguy (talk) 18:04, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not correct. The Nordic passport union still is valid. 79.132.173.166 (talk) 18:10, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is also a lot of other mistakes on non-EU West European stays. Better delete the entire page than to confuse people. 79.132.173.166 (talk) 18:15, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Passport codes[edit]

The article previously stated that Norwegian passports contain a passport code of "P<" in the machine-readable zone. However, Norway apparently distinguishes the type of passport as well. ICAO standards allow for this, reserving the second character of the MRZ for this purpose. As far as I can tell, ordinary Norwegian passports invariably have a "V" in this field. This can be seen following one of the existing links in the article, and so is already documented. I theorize the "V" stands for "vanlig" ("ordinary" in Norwegian). I'm searching for sources for other codes.Stian (talk) 19:40, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Citation Needed on "Norway has implemented the EU passport regulation"[edit]

I've added a Citation Needed tag on this bit of text because it's not clear from anywhere else in the article whether/when Norway implemented the regulation (or even, actually, what the regulation is; since that's not referenced either).

It would probably be a minor issue of no serious consequence normally, but discussion of this sort of thing has become important to readers in the UK in recent weeks, so it would be useful for this statement to be either backed up with a source which says the same thing, or changed to say something which is verifiable.

EU Regulations are a very specific thing, and people are likely to be asking what the regulation is, when Norway implemented it and why. To muddy the waters a bit more, the article on EU Directives implies that Regulations don't need to be implemented.

The text first appeared in the page version from 8 February 2013 at 23:06. I'd leave a message on the talk page of the person who put that there, but it was an IP user nearly 5 years ago.

If anyone wants to switch it to be a more relevant tag than Citation Needed, be my guest.

Gurkha (talk) 02:11, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Useless map[edit]

There's no point in having the "Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens" map when it doesn't even say what the different colours mean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supevan (talk • contribs) 11:01, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Immigrant passport[edit]

Norway has an interesting special kind of passport, one for people who aren't citizens of Norway but live in Norway and can't get a passport from their country of citizenship, the Immigrant Passport. The article perhaps should mention these. I suspect the bits about the nationality field always saying Norwegian are wrong for such passports. —ajf (talk) 14:59, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]