Students may apply for a residence permit provided they are enrolled full-time at an Icelandic school.

The permit is granted to the custodian parent of a child younger than 18 that resides in Iceland.

A spouse of a refugee in Iceland is entitled to international protection through family reunification unless there are special reasons to the contrary.

The permit is granted to children for them to reunite with their parents in Iceland.

A person aged 18-25 may apply for a residence permit if they intend to come to Iceland and work as an au pair for a host family.

In certain cases a foreign national may be expelled from Iceland if the requirements to stay in Iceland according to the Foreign Nationals Act are not met.