Information for applicants for Icelandic citizenship to Alþingi

The Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi) has passed a law on the granting of Icelandic citizenship. The law does not take effect until the day after its publication in the Official Gazette. The Directorate of Immigration does not have information on when the law will be published.

When the law takes effect, the Directorate of Immigration prepares citizenship certificates for those who have been granted citizenship and sends the certificates to the National Registry. It may take a few days before the National Registry has registered the individuals with Icelandic citizenship in the national registry system, and only then can they apply for an Icelandic passport.

Alþingi sends out rejection letters to those who were not granted Icelandic citizenship. The decision on granting citizenship was entirely in the hands of the Parliament, therefore the Directorate of Immigration cannot answer why a particular applicant was not granted Icelandic citizenship.