You can get this when you are in education or when you are a job seeker:

You must provide documentation of your child minding expenses with an invoice made out to you. 

If you have private child minding arrangements, such as a babysitter or child minder, you must document your expenses by submitting the agreement you have with the child minder when you apply. Here is a template for an agreement on private child minding arrangements (PDF) in Norwegian. This template also indicates what information we need to process your application.

If your child is looked after by a nanny, au pair or similar in your home, you must submit an “a-melding” report showing payment to the Norwegian Tax Administration. This also applies if the child minder looks after the child in their home. Read more about this on the Norwegian Tax Administration’s website. We also need documentation from the municipal Tax Collection Office (“Kemnerkontoret”) that you have paid the child minder. 

If you work, you can apply for child care benefit for working single parents.

Rates for supervision of children

This benefit covers 64 per cent of your child minding expenses, such as kindergarten, child care at school outside school hours (SFO), or a babysitter or child minder.  In other words, you have to pay at least 36 per cent of the expenses yourself.

You can have the costs of child minding covered up to a defined maximum rate set by the Storting.

From 1 January 2024, the following rates apply: 

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This is what you can get when you are in education:

Support for learning materials is intended to cover expenses for textbooks, exercise books, photocopying, internet, computer software, and other educational materials. The amount you receive is also intended to cover work materials in connection with practical training or taking a trade certificate, such as flowers, metal, tools, personal protective equipment, workwear, etc.

You can have your expenses related to learning materials covered if you are taking approved education or training. This applies only if you are not entitled to free learning materials under other regulations.

The allowance you can receive for learning materials depends on your level of education and whether you are studying full time or part time.

If you are a pupil in upper secondary education with a statutory right to upper secondary education and training for young people, you will probably get free learning materials and an equipment grant from the county authority. You will therefore not be entitled to have your learning materials expenses covered through supplemental benefit from Nav.

If you are a pupil in upper secondary education with a statutory right to upper secondary education and training for adults, an apprentice, or training candidate, you do not have the same entitlement to learning materials from the county authority and can have your learning materials expenses covered through supplemental benefit from Nav.

If your expenses for books and learning materials are particularly high compared with other students due to a disability, you can have your actual expenses for learning materials covered.

If you have expenses such as tuition fees, semester fees and examination fees, you can apply for support for school fees.

From 1 January 2024, the following rates apply for spring and autumn semester 2024:

You can have your travel expenses covered when you travel to, for example, a school, course or apprenticeship on a daily or regular basis.

You can have your travel expenses covered when you travel to, for example, school, courses, or other work-related schemes.

To qualify to have your daily travel expenses covered, the distance you need to travel between your home and the location of the scheme or education must be 6 kilometres or more each way. Travel distance is calculated using the shortest walking distance. If you need transportation due to your health, you can have the expenses covered even if the travel distance is shorter. You must provide a medical certificate.

Rates for daily travel

Nav will cover the cheapest form of travel. Nav can approve use of your own vehicle if there is no public transport available or it is not practically possible for you to use public transport. In this case, your necessary expenses linked to tolls, parking, etc. can also be covered. In exceptional cases, taxi expenses may be covered.

If you are granted an allowance for daily travel using your own vehicle, you must document the expenses by submitting a digital driving log at nav.no.

From 1 January 2024, the following rate applies:

You can have your expenses for travel to gatherings that are part of your education covered.

You can have your travel expenses covered for gatherings that are part of your education. The education must be approved by Nav. We require documentation for your expenses and confirmation from your educational institution that the gathering is mandatory.

The travel distance between your home and the gathering must be at least 30 kilometers each way for you to have your travel expenses covered.

Rates for travel to gatherings

Nav will cover the cheapest form of travel. Nav can approve use of your own vehicle if there is no public transport available or it is not practically possible for you to use public transport. In this case, your necessary expenses linked to tolls, parking, etc. can also be covered. In exceptional cases, taxi expenses may be covered.

If you are granted an allowance for daily travel using your own vehicle, you must document the expenses by submitting a digital driving log at nav.no.

From 1 January 2024, the following rate applies:

You can have your travel expenses covered if you have to move because you are going to take education.

You can have your travel expenses covered if you have to move because you are going to take education. These are travel expenses in connection with the beginning and end of the education and trips home during the programme.

You can have up to four round trips home covered. You can have expenses for more trips home covered if you have children who have not yet completed four years of school. 

We can grant support for more trips home if there are special reasons you need to travel home, such as family reasons or for treatment. This must be documented by a doctor.

Rates for travel due to start-up, conclusion or returning home

Nav will cover the cheapest form of travel. Nav can approve use of your own vehicle if there is no public transport available or it is not practically possible for you to use public transport. In this case, your necessary expenses linked to tolls, parking, etc. can also be covered. In exceptional cases, taxi expenses may be covered.

If you are granted an allowance for daily travel using your own vehicle, you must document the expenses by submitting a digital driving log at nav.no.

From 1 January 2024, the following rate applies:

You can have necessary extra expenses for housing and accommodation covered if you have to stay away from home while you are in education.

You can have necessary extra expenses for housing and accommodation covered if you have to stay away from home while you are in education.

These are expenses for housing or overnight accommodation that are in addition to your housing expenses in your home location, or expenses you have because your living expenses at the location of the learning are higher than your previous living expenses in your home location.

If you have higher extra housing expenses than other people in the same situation as you due to a disability, you can have your actual expenses covered.

You must provide documentation of your expenses for housing and accommodation by means of, for example, a rental contract, an overview of the interest on your loan for housing, electricity, or hotel, motel or cabin expenses.

If you are entitled to housing allowance pursuant to the Housing Support Act, you are not entitled to support for the same living expenses through Nav.

Rates for housing and overnight accommodation

From 1 January 2024, the following rate applies:

As a single parent, you can get support for your relocation expenses if you must move to start a new job. You can receive this benefit for as long as you qualify for transitional benefit. The same applies if you have previously received transitional benefit and it is less than six months since the transitional benefit ceased.

You can get support for your relocation expenses if you have to move to start a new job. 

If you are taking or are going to take education, you can have necessary expenses covered if you have to move to complete education or training. This also applies if you need to move to start a new job once you have completed your education. 

You must apply to have the expenses covered before you move. You can choose to use a removal company or do it yourself.

Rates for relocation

If you are using a removal company, you must obtain two written estimates. You can have the lowest offer covered.

If you obtain offers from removal companies and then decide to do it yourself, you can have necessary relocation expenses covered up to the amount in the lowest offer.

From 1 January 2024, the following rate applies: