Iceland Citizenship Reacquisition
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See if you're a match →Former Icelandic citizens may have a shorter path back to Icelandic citizenship after returning to live in Iceland.
- Type
- Citizenship reacquisition or shorter naturalization
- Good fit for
- Former Icelandic citizens living in Iceland
- Core requirement
- Prior Icelandic citizenship and Iceland residence
- What to know
- The exact route depends on how citizenship was lost
Summary
Iceland gives some former Icelandic citizens a shorter path back to citizenship.
The strongest version is for someone who acquired Icelandic citizenship by birth, lived in Iceland through age 18, later lost Icelandic citizenship, and has lived in Iceland for the last two years. Former Icelandic citizens may also have a shorter naturalization residence period after returning to Iceland.
Eligibility
You may be a fit if:
- You previously held Icelandic citizenship
- You now live in Iceland
- You can document how you acquired and lost Icelandic citizenship
- You can document the required Iceland residence history
- You can meet any remaining citizenship or naturalization requirements for the route you use
What This Route Allows
Depending on the facts, this can either be reacquisition by notification or a shortened naturalization route.
What This Route Is Not
This is not an ancestry route for someone whose family was Icelandic but who never personally held Icelandic citizenship. Those cases should start with citizenship by descent.
Key Documents
- Former Icelandic citizenship records
- Records showing loss or change of citizenship
- Iceland residence and domicile records
- Birth and identity records
- Any naturalization or foreign citizenship records involved
Next Steps
- Confirm whether you personally held Icelandic citizenship before.
- Identify how and when Icelandic citizenship was lost.
- Confirm your Iceland residence history.
- Match the facts to the reacquisition or shorter naturalization rule.
- Gather official citizenship, residence, and identity records.