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Svalbard and Jan Mayen is an ISO 3166-1 statistical classification for a grouping of two remote Norwegian jurisdictions: Svalbard and Jan Mayen. They are not administratively related, even though they are combined for the International Organization for Standardization group. As a result, the country code top-level domain. sj was created for Svalbard and Jan Mayen, as well as ISO 3166-2:SJ, which is still used by the United Nations Statistics Division, but renamed Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean that is part of Norway's territory, but is given special status by the Svalbard Treaty. Jan Mayen is a small island in the Arctic Ocean that is administered by the County Governor of Nordland. It has no permanent population. Svalbard and Jan Mayen share the distinction of being Norway's only fully integrated regions that are not divided into counties. While the United Nations suggested a separate ISO code for Svalbard, it was the Norwegian authorities who took the initiative to include Jan Mayen in the code. Norwegian is the official language.
Salaries in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands range from 6,610 NOK per month to 117,000 NOK per month.
Mandatory benefits postulated by law include a probationary period, pay on annual leaves, public holidays, sick leaves, maternity leave, paternity leave, and overtime pay. Statutory benefits also include social security benefits.
There is currently no information on taxation in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
There is currently no information on taxation in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
There is currently no information on taxation in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, situated in the High Arctic, is the only visa-free zone in the world. Travelers who need a visa to enter mainland Norway/the Schengen area must, however, have a Schengen visa if they travel through mainland Norway/the Schengen region. This must be a double-entry visa in order for them to return to mainland Norway/the Schengen region.
Passports or national identification cards are required for anyone traveling to and from Svalbard, since all are subject to identity verification. Passports or national identification cards meet the identity verification criteria of the Schengen Agreement. Due to a transitional agreement, Norwegian nationals may also establish their identification using a Norwegian document that includes at least their name, portrait, and date of birth, such as a Norwegian driving license obtained after 1998; the transitional period expires on 30 April 2022.
Everyone, regardless of citizenship, is free to live and work in Svalbard forever. Treaty nationals have the same right of residence as Norwegian nationals under the Svalbard Treaty. Non-treaty nationals may also reside and work in the country without a visa permanently. "It has been a deliberate policy so far that we haven't created any distinction between treaty residents and those from outside the treaty," remarked Per Sefland, then Governor of Svalbard. "Regulations regulating rejection and expulsion from Svalbard" are applied without discrimination. Exclusionary grounds include a lack of means of support and a breach of rules or regulations.
In Norway, employment contracts must be in writing.
Contracts with indefinite periods are desired, however staff may be hired for temporary employment. This is often done for seasonal or project work, trainees, or the replacement of permanent staff who are out for a lengthy period of time, such as those on maternity leave. Temporary employment contracts are limited to one year. Temporary workers who are engaged in general (as opposed to temporary employees who fulfil a specific job or whose employment is restricted to a single project) may not make up more than 15% of all employees. Employees who have worked consistently in a temporary capacity for four years in a row are eligible for a permanent employment.
There is no set length for assignments. This is usually indicated in the employment contract for fixed-term employments.
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