IcelandFamily
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A parent aged 67 or older who has an adult child in Iceland and wishes to be reunited with that child.
The residence permit is granted to an individual, 67 years or older, who has an adult child in Iceland with whom he/she wishes to be reunited.
The child must be 18 or older, live in Iceland and be an Icelandic citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a temporary permit for expert work, athletes, labour shortage, a collaboration/service contract, international protection, humanitarian grounds or special ties. The child must not have certain convictions in the past five years and must consent to the permit.
Your child is 18 or older, lives in Iceland and is an Icelandic citizen, a holder of a permanent residence permit or a holder of a temporary residence permit for work requiring expert knowledge for athletes due to a shortage of labour on the basis of a collaboration or service contract on grounds of international protection on humanitarian grounds or based on special ties to Iceland.
Your child may not, in the past five years, have been convicted
Your child consents to you being issued a residence permit in Iceland based on your family ties.
A birth certificate of the child living in Iceland: a certified copy of the legally authenticated original, with a certified translation if not in English or a Nordic language.
Birth certificate of your child that lives in Iceland
A certified copy of the legally authenticated original certificate must be submitted
If a birth certificate is in another language than English or a Nordic language a translation must also be submitted
Secure means of support for the permit period; for a parent 67+ dependent on a child in Iceland, the minimum is 50% of the individual amount (ISK 129,976 per month) plus amounts for other adults in the household. Health insurance valid in Iceland for at least three months from domicile registration, minimum coverage ISK 2,000,000.
For parents aged 67 or older , dependent on their child/children in Iceland, the minimum amount of funds required is 50% of the regular amount for an individual ( 129.976 ISK per month), in addition to the amount of funds needed to support other adults in the household.
A foreigner’s means of support must be secure for as long as the residence permit is valid.
An insurance certificate must be submitted, confirming that the applicant has taken out (purchased) a health insurance that is valid in Iceland, for at least three months from the date of the registration of the applicant's legal domicile in Iceland, with a minimum coverage of ISK 2,000,000.
Paper application to the Directorate of Immigration with a processing fee of ISK 110,000. The permit is generally granted one year at a time, for a maximum of two years, and not longer than the sponsor’s temporary permit; renewable while requirements are met. It gives no family-reunification right; work needs a work permit. It may be a basis for permanent residence (not more than 90 days abroad per year).
Applications must be submitted in their original form on paper.
The fee for an application is 110.000 ISK
A residence permit for a parent 67 years or older is generally granted for one year at a time, but for a maximum of two years.
The permit may be renewed for a maximum of two years, if the requirements are still met, however its duration cannot be longer than of the person from whom the applicant derives his/her right.
The residence permit does not confer the right to family reunification.
Holders of a residence permit for parents 67 years or older must apply for a work permit to be allowed to work in Iceland
The residence permit may be the basis for a
you have not resided abroad for more than 90 days in total each year
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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