Laws

• Foreign Nationals Act, No. 80/2016 (in Icelandic)

• Foreign Nationals' Right to Work Act, No. 97/2002 (in Icelandic)

• Icelandic Nationality Act, No. 100/1952 (in Icelandic)

Regulations

• Regulation on Foreigners, No. 540/2017 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on the Conditions for Special Processing of Asylum Applications – Expedited Procedure, No. 830/2014 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on Financial Assistance for Voluntary Return under the Foreign Nationals Act, No. 607/2023 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management (AMMR) and on Crisis and Force Majeure in the Field of Migration and Asylum, No. 740/2026 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on the Screening of Third-Country Nationals, No. 667/2026 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on the European Fingerprint Database (Eurodac), No. 668/2026 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on Visas, No. 1160/2010 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on the Crossing of Borders, No. 866/2017 (in Icelandic)

• Regulation on Icelandic languange test for persons applying for Icelandic citizenship, No. 1129/2008 (in Icelandic)

International treaties

• UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms