Are you exempt from the requirement to pay national insurance contributions in Norway?

If you don't think you should have to pay national insurance contributions in Norway, then you should no longer send form A1 to the Norwegian Tax Administration. NAV is now responsible for receiving such notifications and assessing exemptions. NAV will notify the Norwegian Tax Administration if it decides you're not a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme and therefore should not have to pay national insurance contributions.

It’s up to you to register which income is not subject to national insurance contributions. You can change and re-submit your tax return up to three years after the submission deadline for the tax return.

If you submit your tax return on paper, the tax office will register the exemption from the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme for you when we receive a message from NAV stating this as fact. If we make this change after you’ve received your tax assessment notice, you’ll receive a notification and decision regarding the change, in addition to a new tax assessment notice.

Read more about membership of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme at nav.no