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International protection for parents of unaccompanied refugee children

Residence permit application

Requirements

  • A parent applying for international protection through family reunification with his/her child, who has the status of an unaccompanied refugee child in Iceland, must

    • have custody of the child, and

    • intend to live with their child in Iceland.

  • The unaccompanied refugee child must have been recognised as a refugee in Iceland before he or she turned 18.

Residence permit application