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Útlendingastofnun (the Icelandic Directorate of Immigration) is one of the divisions of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs and operates according to Act No. 96/2002 on Foreigners and also Regulation no. 53/2003 on Foreigners. The Act on Foreigners governs the rights of foreigners to enter Iceland and to reside in Iceland.
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According to the Icelandic Citizenship Act, any person who is not an Icelandic citizen is considered a foreigner.
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The most extensive objective of the Directorate is issuing residence permits. The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration handles all applications for residence permits, whether those are permits in conjunction with a work permit, or e.g. family reunification, student permits, au-pair permits, visas and requests for asylum.
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Other than this the Directorate is involved in many projects having to do with matters concerning foreigners and cooperates on many levels with other organizations.
