hello everybody,

I had applied for tourist visa in norway to visit my norwegian boyfriend last February and luckily it was approved. I stayed there from April to July. Now I am back here in Philippines. My boyfriend asked me to marry him before I left Norway so now we are contemplating on what type of visa should I get. Right now im preparing for my licensure exam in november. And my fiancee is planning to visit me this december. here's the list of the visa processing time from embassy.

fiancee visa= 6 to 12 months
spouse visa = 3-4 months
tourist visa = 21 days

obviously, I can only go back to Norway in December after my exam in november. we are just so confused on what type of visa is most convenient for both of us. My fiancee wants us to be go back to norway together by december as much as possible so I wont end up travelling alone.

this is the scenario if I will apply for:

FIANCEE VISA

1. I can start to apply now ( probably august since I have to prepare all the requirements first)
2. if approved, I would have to get it by august( maximum) next year. which in this case is a long wait for both of us.

SPOUSE VISA:

1. I cannot start applying for it since my fiancee needs to be here for us to get married here. So if we will get married in december, I will have to get my visa by utmost april or May.

TOURIST/SCHENGEN VISA:

1. it only took me 2 weeks to get it last time. so if I will apply by november then we will surely travel back to norway together on december.

2. I can go to norway as tourist and we will get married there and I can just apply for resident visa from there without going back to the philippines. we are not sure about this, but based on one forum here which I was able to read, she also has a tourist visa but they are married already in the philippines before she went to norway. and she applied for resident visa in norway. I am just confused if we can also do this, but this time we will just get married in Norway and not here in the Philippines. Does anyone did the same thing?

I just wish somebody could help us in our problem. We just want to be together soon again so we are trying to figure out whats the best thing to do.

I really would like to thank everybody who would take time to give us some enlightenment.

Thanks and more power!