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Permanent Residence for a Former Icelandic Citizen at Birth

IcelandAncestry and return

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What family, citizenship, ethnic, historical or former-resident connection creates access to this route?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the family, citizenship, ethnic or historical connection that gives access to this route.

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How far back can the qualifying connection extend, and what important transmission limitations exist?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how far back the qualifying connection can extend and its transmission limits.

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What records are central to proving the lineage or historical connection?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the records needed to prove the lineage or historical connection.

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Does the pathway result in a visa, residence permit, right of return, citizenship or another status?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the status this route leads to.

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What application progression, residence obligations, family consequences or further citizenship/residence possibilities follow?

Under Article 58 of the Foreign Nationals Act, a permanent residence permit may be granted, without the usual prior-residence conditions, to a foreign national who acquired Icelandic citizenship at birth but has lost or renounced it. The permanent residence permit is applied for digitally online and the Directorate of Immigration decides on it. The Directorate decides whether to cancel the permit when the holder has stayed abroad for more than 18 months in a four-year period, and the permit lapses automatically when the holder's legal domicile has been registered abroad continuously for 18 months. A close relative of a holder of a permanent residence permit under Article 58 may apply for a residence permit on the basis of family reunification, subject to the conditions of Article 55 and Chapter VIII.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.
  • Recorded source · www.althingi.is
    Heimilt er í vissum tilvikum að veita útlendingi ótímabundið dvalarleyfi hér á landi án þess að skilyrði um fyrri dvöl skv. 1. mgr. og b-lið 2. mgr. séu uppfyllt:
  • Recorded source · www.althingi.is
    c. útlendingi sem öðlaðist íslenskan ríkisborgararétt við fæðingu en hefur misst hann eða afsalað sér honum,
  • Recorded source · island.is
    A permanent residence permit is applied for digitally online.
  • Recorded source · www.althingi.is
    Útlendingastofnun tekur ákvörðun um ótímabundið dvalarleyfi.
  • Recorded source · www.althingi.is
    Útlendingastofnun tekur ákvörðun um hvort fella skuli niður ótímabundið dvalarleyfi þegar leyfishafi hefur dvalist erlendis lengur en 18 mánuði á fjögurra ára tímabili. Ótímabundið dvalarleyfi útlendings fellur sjálfkrafa niður þegar lögheimili hans, sem skráð var hér á landi, hefur verið skráð erlendis samfellt í 18 mánuði.
  • Recorded source · www.althingi.is
    Nánasti aðstandandi íslensks eða annars norræns ríkisborgara sem er með fasta búsetu hér á landi eða útlendings sem dvelst hér á landi á grundvelli dvalarleyfis
  • Recorded source · www.althingi.is
    ótímabundins dvalarleyfis skv. 58. gr. getur með umsókn fengið dvalarleyfi á grundvelli fjölskyldusameiningar að fullnægðum skilyrðum 55. gr. og VIII. kafla.

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