Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Board), Charles House, 5 Lower
Regent St., London SW1Y 4LR
(
&
0207/839-6255;
cost 500p per
min.). You might also try the tourist
board's official website:
www.visit
norway.com
.
If you get in touch with a
travel
agent,
make sure the agent is a
member of the American Society of
Travel Agents (ASTA). If a problem
arises, you can complain to the Con-
sumer Affairs Department of the soci-
ety at 1101 King St., Suite 200,
Alexandria, VA 22314 (
&
703/739-
2782;
www.astanet.com).
3 Entry Requirements & Customs
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Citizens of the United States, Canada,
Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand,
and British subjects, need a valid
pass-
port
to enter Norway. You need to
apply for a visa only if you want to
stay more than 3 months.
A British Visitor's Passport is also
valid for holidays and some business
trips of less than 3 months. The pass-
port can include your spouse, and it's
valid for 1 year. Apply in person at a
main post office in the British Isles,
and the passport will be issued that
day. Your current domestic
driver's
license
is acceptable in Norway. An
international driver's license is not
required.
CUSTOMS
WHAT YOU CAN BRING
INTO NORWAY
With certain food exceptions, per-
sonal effects intended for your own
use can be brought into Norway. If
you take them with you when you
leave, you can bring in cameras,
binoculars, radios, portable TVs, and
the like, as well as fishing and camping
equipment. Visitors of all nationalities
can bring in 200 cigarettes, or 250
grams of tobacco and 200 sheets of
cigarette paper, or 50 cigars, and 1
liter of spirits or 1 liter of wine. Upon
leaving, you can take with you up to
25,000NOK ($3,570) in Norwegian
currency.
WHAT YOU CAN TAKE
HOME
Returning
U.S. citizens
who have
been away for at least 48 hours are
allowed to bring back, once every 30
days, $800 worth of merchandise
duty-free. You'll be charged a flat rate
of 10% duty on the next $1,000
worth of purchases. Be sure to have
your receipts handy. On mailed gifts,
the duty-free limit is $200. You can-
not bring fresh foodstuffs into the
United States; tinned foods, however,
are allowed. For more specific guid-
ance, contact
Customs & Border
Protection (CBP),
1300 Pennsylva-
nia Ave., Washington, DC 20229
(
&
877/287-8667;
www.cbp.gov),
and request the free pamphlet
Know
Before You Go.
For a clear summary
of Canadian rules, request the topic
I Declare
from
The Canada Revenue
Agency,
1730 St. Laurent Blvd.,
Ottawa, KIG 4KE (
&
800/461-9999
in Canada, or 204/983-3500; www.
ccra-adrc.gc.ca). If you're a citizen of
the United Kingdom, contact
HM's
Customs and Excise Office,
National
Advise Service, Dorset House, Stam-
ford Street, London SE1 9PY
(
&
0845/010-9000;
www.hmce.gov.
uk). Australian citizens should contact
the
Australian Customs Service,
GPO Box 8, Sydney NSW 2001
(
&
1300/363-263
in Australia, or
02/6275-6666; www.customs.gov.au).
New Zealanders should contact
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