Civic
Newcomer guides
Newcomer guides are in preparation. Each guide covers the first year in one host country.
- Status
- In preparation
- What it offers
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- Courses
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- Country programmes
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Before you begin IDCDC is a peer-to-peer network. It is not a university and acts for no government, party, corporation or faith body.
Courses are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are drafts until expert review.
In context
- Migration and status Rules on residence, asylum and status differ by country and change often. This is not immigration advice. Ask a regulated adviser where you live.
How this page handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Aryan Karimi (2020). Limits of Social Capital for Refugee Integration: The Case of Gay Iranian Male Refugees’ Integration in Canada. International Migration. DOI 10.1111/imig.12691
- Ahmad Karimi (2019). Sexuality and Integration: Gay Iranian Refugees Navigating Refugee Status and Integration in Canada. University of Alberta Library. DOI 10.7939/r3-w3zg-vh46
- Aryan Karimi (2018). Sexuality and integration: a case of gay Iranian refugees’ collective memories and integration practices in Canada. Ethnic and Racial Studies. DOI 10.1080/01419870.2018.1550207
- Rostami R, Wells R, Solaimani J et al. (2025). Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia.. Health Promot J Austr. DOI 10.1002/hpja.70032
- Siddartha Aradhya, Finn Hedefalk, Jonas Helgertz et al. (2016). Region of Origin: Settlement Decisions of Turkish and Iranian Immigrants in Sweden, 1968–2001. Population, Space and Place. DOI 10.1002/psp.2031
01What it offers
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Country guides
Housing, health care, schools, work and public services, country by country.
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Asylum and nationality
Plain explanations of how asylum and nationality law work.
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Referrals
Referrals to qualified legal and immigration services.
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Dates checked
Each guide states when it was last checked.
02Who it is for
- Newcomers
- Asylum seekers
- Students
- Local guides and volunteers
03How it works
- Choose
- a person chooses their country.
- Read
- they read the guide.
- Referral
- they are pointed to qualified services.
- Update
- guides are revised when rules change.
04What it always keeps
- Information and referrals only, never legal advice.
- Every guide cites official sources.
- No personal details are collected.
- Help is given whatever a person’s status.
05Courses
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First year in a new country
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Asylum systems compared
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Statelessness and nationality law
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
06More in Civic
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Rights literacy
Plain guides to human rights systems and the rule of law.
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Civic participation
How to take part in public life in the host country.
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Media literacy
Skills to check sources, spot manipulation and read the news critically.
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Dialogue across divides
Moderated dialogue between people who disagree, with published rules.
Cite this page
- APA
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Newcomer guides. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/civic/newcomer-guides/
- Chicago
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Newcomer Guides.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/civic/newcomer-guides/.
- BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_civic_newcomer_guides, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Newcomer guides}, url = {https://iranians.global/civic/newcomer-guides/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/civic/newcomer-guides/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - idcdc2026_civic_newc N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Newcomer guides UR - https://iranians.global/civic/newcomer-guides/ ER -
07Learn in the Academy
Courses and disciplines of the Academy on the subject of this page.
Courses
- First year in a new countryProposed
- Asylum systems comparedProposed
- Statelessness and nationality lawProposed
- Civic participation in CanadaOutlined
Disciplines
A completion record shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
08Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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Aryan Karimi · 2020 · International Migration
ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE
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Sexuality and Integration: Gay Iranian Refugees Navigating Refugee Status and Integration in Canada
Ahmad Karimi · 2019 · University of Alberta Library
ThesisDataCiteOpenAIRE
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Aryan Karimi · 2018 · Ethnic and Racial Studies
ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE
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Rostami R, Wells R, Solaimani J et al. · 2025 · Health Promot J Austr
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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Region of Origin: Settlement Decisions of Turkish and Iranian Immigrants in Sweden, 1968–2001
Siddartha Aradhya, Finn Hedefalk, Jonas Helgertz et al. · 2016 · Population, Space and Place
ArticleCrossref
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Nasibeh Ahadi · 2022 · University of British Columbia
ArticleDataCite
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Mehrdad F. Falavarjani, Christine J. Yeh · 2017 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
ArticleCrossref
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Melissa Kelly, Lina Hedman · 2015 · Journal of International Migration and Integration
ArticleCrossref
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First Generation Iranian Refugees and their Acculturation in the United States
Tania Hormozi · 2024 · Refugees and Migrants – Current Conditions and Future Trends [Working Title]
ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-3.0
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Failed Promise of Equality: Iranian women’s integration in the Netherlands
Halleh Ghorashi · 2020 · International Migration
ArticleOpenAIREOpen access
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Faranak Jelvehzadeh · 2025 · Chemnitz University of Technology
ThesisDataCite
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Bakhtiari A, Olyaeemanesh A, Behzadifar M et al. · 2026 · BMJ Public Health
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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