Apply for permanent residence permit on the Faroe Islands
If you have been granted a residence permit on the grounds of family reunification, you can normally be granted a permanent residence permit once you have held a temporary residence permit on the Faroe Islands for 3 years.
Questions and answers
If you have been granted a residence permit on the grounds of family reunification in order to live in the Faroe Islands with a spouse/partner, you can normally apply for a permanent residence permit once you have held the permit for three years on the same grounds.
If the residence permit was initially granted to you as a child, and your parent is a foreign national, he/she must hold a permanent residence permit as well.
In certain cases, you can apply for a permanent residence permit even though you have resided in the Faroe Islands for less than three years.
One example of how you can be granted permanent residence even though you have not resided in the Faroe Islands for three years includes:
- if you are a former Danish citizen and have been granted a residence permit according to the terms of section 9(1)(i)
You can be granted a permanent residence permit on the Faroe Islands when you meet the following requirements:
- You must still meet the requirements for your original residence permit
- You may not have overdue public debts above DKK 90,000.54 (2024 level)
- You may not have been sentenced to conditional/unconditional incarceration or have been found guilty of another crime that can lead to incarceration
In order to qualify for a permanent residence permit as a former Danish citizen, you must also meet the normal requirements:
- You may not have overdue public debts above DKK 90,000.54 (2024 level)
- You may not have been sentenced to conditional/unconditional incarceration or have been found guilty of another crime that can lead to incarceration
Please note that applications for a permanent residence permit tend to take longer to process than applications for an extension of a residence permit. If you do not qualify for permanent residence, you should apply only for an extension. Read more about extension of a residence permit
Fill in the application
You can apply for a permanent residence permit on the Faroe Islands by filling in and submitting an application form.
You can choose between 3 applications forms depending on the ground of your current residence permit. You can fill in the application form in Word format on your computer before printing it out. The application form is also available as a PDF file that can be printed out and filled in by hand.
Form to use if you are family reunified as a spouse
Form to use if you are family reunified as a child over the age of 18
Form to use if:
- you are a former Danish citizen
- you are a parent at the age of 60 or older to a current resident in the Faroe Islands
- you have close family ties or another type of close relationship to a permanent resident of the Faroe Islands, or
- you have been granted a residence permit due to special circumstances
The forms can also be obtained at a Faroese police station.
Submit the application
Applications to extend a residence permit should be submitted at a Faroese police station or to the Immigration Service.