Parent of a Child Younger than 18 Residence Permit

The permit is granted to the custodian parent of a child younger than 18 that resides in Iceland, if it is necessary either to maintain the parent's contact with the child or for an Icelandic child to continue to live in Iceland.

You are not married or in cohabitation with the child’s other parent.

The child is an Icelandic citizen or a foreign citizen with a residence permit in Iceland, and lives in Iceland.

You have sole custody of the child or share custody with the other parent.

You are in legal stay in Iceland when applying.

You have held a residence permit in Iceland that can no longer be renewed on the same grounds.

You have a right of access to your child (visitation rights) according to a certified agreement

The child must be an Icelandic citizen and live in Iceland.

If the child is a foreign citizen the application will be rejected.

A birth certificate must be submitted in a legally authenticated original or as a certified copy

issued by a competent public authority, for example, district commissioners or courts. The documents must not be older than six months when the application is submitted.

. If the parents of a child are divorced and the divorce papers state who has custody of the child

If one custodian of a child is deceased and the surviving custodian has sole custody, a certified copy of the death certificate is deemed as sufficient confirmation of custody.

An agreement on the right of access to child, certified by a district commissioner (sýslumaður).

Certified declaration by the other custodian parent regarding the actual time the applicant spends with the child

A statement on why granting a residence permit is necessary in order for the child to be able to continue living in Iceland.

a health certificate must be submitted in support of the statement.

Applicants must demonstrate that they have secure means of support for the period they wish to reside in Iceland.

259.951 ISK for individuals per month.

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.

This means that you must have the same legal domicile or place of stay, and must provably live together at the same address.

Applications must be submitted in their original form on paper.

The residence permit is granted on the basis of paragraph 3, Article 72 of the

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

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

Holders of a residence permit for parents of children younger than 18 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