General Directorate of Nationality & Regional Civil Status

Issuance and renewal of residency cards for foreigners working in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) agencies. This card is valid for six months or one year and can be renewed after that period.

Any foreigner who officially visits the Kurdistan Region through the border points or international airports is initially issued a visa for a period of thirty (30) days Officially have the right to stay in the Kurdistan Region
But If the foreigner wishes to stay in the Kurdistan Region for longer than this period, he/she must apply for a visa extension in order to be officially entitled to stay in the Kurdistan Region.

Issuance of residency cards to foreigners who come to the Kurdistan Region through residency and visa companies. After receiving a visit visa, they can apply for a residency card to stay in the Kurdistan Region. This card is valid for six months or one year.

Issuance of residency cards to foreigners brought to the Kurdistan Region through foreign labor companies, working as domestic servants, this residency card is renewed for six months or one year after that period.

Issuance of residency cards is for spouses (husband and wife) who are one Iraqi and the other foreign.

A stamp on the passport or official document of foreigners who have officially arrived in the Kurdistan Region in order to leave the Kurdistan Region, but whose entry visa or residency card has expired or who wish to have their residency card cancelled ,or they are refugees, or foreigners who will be issued an exit passport

Issuing residency cards to foreigners who have previously been brought to the Kurdistan Region by companies or foreign workers to work as domestic servants. After the expiration of their residency cards, the employee renew the residency cards for the foreign servants on their own sponsorship.

A document issued to a foreigner resident in the Kurdistan Region to return him to his country, whose passport is not represented or consular in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, if his passport is expired or lost or deformed for any reason or for a newborn child, He doesn't have a passport.

Issuance of residency cards to foreign students studying in various educational institutions in the Kurdistan Region who are eighteen (18) years old or older. This card is valid for six months or one year and can be renewed after that period.