Issuance of residency card for family reunification

Have a marriage contract issued by an Iraqi court, or have a marriage contract issued outside Iraq, provided it is approved by the Iraqi Embassy in the country where the marriage contract was issued and the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

One of the (spouse) must be a resident of the Kurdistan Region and have support for residency.

If the foreign party (spouse) is outside Iraq, he or she must first obtain a pre-entry visa.

The validity of the residency card is one (1) to three (3) years.

If the foreign is applying for a residency card for the first time, he/she should be tested for communicable diseases (HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses, malaria, bilharzia).

Foreigner's Health Test

The Iraqi spouse must ensure the identity of the foreign spouse in the legal department of the Immigration Administration Office.

Fill out form number (17) and approve it in the legal department.

Work will be done on the statement No. (1) of 2021 on the issuance of electronic visas and residency cards, and the Foreigners Residency Law No. (76) of 2017 of the Iraqi House of Representatives.

Documents

For Iraqi (spouse): (National Identity Card, Information Card and Residency Support).

For foreign party (husband or wife): (Passport valid for not less than six (6) months, and two (2) personal photographs.

Time

two (2) days.

Price

According to Directive No. (1) of 2021, the following guidelines for issuing electronic visas and residency cards in the Kurdistan Region:
For the Iraqi side
(25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars per year if one spouse is an Iraqi.
(10,000) Ten thousand dinars administrative fee.

Procedures

The spouse visits the specialized residency department according to geographical boundaries.

spouse visits the Legal Chamber, in order to submit his application and fill out the form by the specialized employee, at the same place the administrative fees will be charged.

Visits the Family Reconciliation Chamber (an Iraqi spouse), in order to verify the application, prepare the file and the name of the service provider is sent to the central laboratory electronically in order to conduct health tests for the foreign spouse.

After the health test and the results are returned electronically to the Residency Directorate, the spouse and the foreigner (spouses) visit the family reunification room (an Iraqi spouse) in order to prepare a receipt for the fees.

Visits the accounting room, in order to pay fees.

He visits the Family Reconciliation Room (an Iraqi party) to return the receipts, scan his file and send it to the printing room.

He visits the printing room to receive his residency card and complete his transaction.

Application Form

پێویستە فۆرمی داواکاری هاوپێچ بکرێت، ئەگەر هەبێت.

Legal Documantation

Directive No. (1) of 2021, the following guidelines for issuing electronic visas and residency cards in the Kurdistan Region:

Directive No. (1) of 2021, the following guidelines for issuing electronic visas and residency cards in the Kurdistan (1.96 MB)

External Services

پێویستە خزمەتە پەیوەندیدارەکان دەستنیشان بکرێن، ئەگەر هەبن.

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پێویستە ئەم خزمەتە لەلایەن بەڕێزان وەزیر/سەرۆکی دەستە و بەڕێوبەری گشتی دیوان و لیژنەی خزمەت واژوو بکرێت.

Service ID

MOI-54

Topic

Documents

Last updated

07-04-2024

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