International Protection through Family Reunification - Child

The child must be younger than 18 years old when an application is submitted.

The child may not have a spouse.

The child shall live in an household with its parent in Iceland.

The parent in Iceland must either have a residence permit as a refugee on grounds of international protection or subsidiary protection

If the parent has a residence permit on grounds of subsidiary protection, his/her permit must have been renewed once before family reunification with the person concerned can be applied for.

An exemption may be granted from this condition.

The child's birth certificate must be submitted in a legally authenticated original or as a certified copy of the legally authenticated original

Only custodial parents have the right to family reunification with their children.

If both parents hold custody of a child, a certified consent of the parent not applying for family reunification must be submitted.

A person holding custody of a child without being its biological parent, does not have the right to family reunification for the child unless having also adopted the child.

A residence permit based on international protection as a refugee's child is granted for three years at most, but never longer than the permit of the person on whom the right is based.

receive the same rights and obligations as the refugee they are reunited with in Iceland.

You can work in Iceland without a work permit.

The residence permit does not entail the right to family reunification.

You can apply for a permanent residence permit after you have held a residence permit on grounds of international protection for four years.