Naturalisation As An Icelandic Citizen
A person may be naturalised as an Icelandic citizen after seven years' residence in Iceland. There are various concessions to the residence requirement:
- a reduction to four years for a citizen of another Nordic Council country
- where a person is married to (or in a recognised union with) an Icelandic citizen, the residence requirement is reduced to three years. The Icelandic spouse must have held citizenship for five years, and the marriage must have subsisted for four years.
- persons in a recognised cohabitation with an Icelandic citizen, the residence period is five years, subject to the same criteria as for spouses
- a reduction to two years for the child of an Icelandic citizen, provided the parent has held Icelandic citizenship for five years
- one year's residence is required for former Icelandic citizens
- the residence requirement for recognised refugees is 5 years
- a person born in Iceland and not holding any other citizenship may be granted citizenship after three years' residence.
Applicants are expected to be of good character and capable of supporting themselves in Iceland.
Since 1 July 2003, applicants are not expected to renounce any foreign citizenship they may hold.
Read more about this topic: Icelandic Nationality Law
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