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Montenegro on the list of safe countries

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01 Mar 2018

The Directorate of Immigration has added Montenegro to the Directorate‘s list of safe countries of origin.

Montenegro is a constitutional democracy and a member state to all principal treaties on human rights, i.e. the Geneva Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights. Human rights are generally respected in the country, people are not systematically persecuted and authorities can offer sufficient protection to their citizens. Montenegro has the status of an EU candidate country and negotiations are ongoing. The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration has investigated the situation in Montenegro and it is clear that all the prerequisites exist for defining Montenegro as a safe state.

The fact that an applicant comes from a state on the list of safe countries can never lead to the Directorate of Immigration not taking his/her case up for consideration or rejecting the application without prior examination. When appropriate, cases of nationals of states on the list undergo general material procedure; therefore the list is only intended for guideline purposes.

More information on the reasons why the Directorate has added Montenegro to the list of safe countries is available here in Icelandic.

Telephone connection reestablished

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27 Feb 2018

Due to technical problems there was no telephone connection to the Directorate's switchboard for a short while. The problem has now been solved. 

We apologize for the inconvenience that this caused.

Camera is working again

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12 Jan 2018

The Directorate's camera is working again. Applicants, who have been granted a residence permit, can come to the Directorate's office in Dalvegur 18 in Kópavogur to have their photo taken for the residence-permit card.

Changes in fees

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05 Jan 2018

Changes have been made to the processing fees of the Directorate of Immigration following a change of the Act on Revenue Increase ot the State that took effect on January 1st 2018.

Updated information about processing fees is available here.

Waiting time during telephone hours

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03 Jan 2018

Due to changes being made to the telephone answering at the Directorate of Immigration there can be delays in getting through to case handlers and lawyers during telephone hours for applications being processed, Monday to Thursday between 10:00 and 11:00.

Please be reminded that general questions are answered every day during switchboard hours.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

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