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Newcomer guides

Newcomer guides are in preparation. Each guide covers the first year in one host country.

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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.Migration and status

Courses are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are drafts until expert review.

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  • 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.

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Sources

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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

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Report an error What we are and are not

01What it offers

  • 01

    Country guides

    Housing, health care, schools, work and public services, country by country.

  • 02

    Asylum and nationality

    Plain explanations of how asylum and nationality law work.

  • 03

    Referrals

    Referrals to qualified legal and immigration services.

  • 04

    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

06More in Civic

  • In preparation

    Rights literacy

    Plain guides to human rights systems and the rule of law.

  • In preparation

    Civic participation

    How to take part in public life in the host country.

  • In preparation

    Media literacy

    Skills to check sources, spot manipulation and read the news critically.

  • In preparation

    Dialogue across divides

    Moderated dialogue between people who disagree, with published rules.

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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/},
}

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07Learn in the Academy

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08Research and sources

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  1. Limits of Social Capital for Refugee Integration: The Case of Gay Iranian Male Refugees’ Integration in Canada

    Aryan Karimi · 2020 · International Migration

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  2. Sexuality and Integration: Gay Iranian Refugees Navigating Refugee Status and Integration in Canada

    Ahmad Karimi · 2019 · University of Alberta Library

    ThesisDataCiteOpenAIRE

  3. Sexuality and integration: a case of gay Iranian refugees’ collective memories and integration practices in Canada

    Aryan Karimi · 2018 · Ethnic and Racial Studies

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  4. Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia.

    Rostami R, Wells R, Solaimani J et al. · 2025 · Health Promot J Austr

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  5. 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

  6. The settlement and integration experiences of recent Iranian immigrants in the suburbs of Vancouver : Surrey, Burnaby, and Coquitlam

    Nasibeh Ahadi · 2022 · University of British Columbia

    ArticleDataCite

  7. The impact of acculturation identification and acculturative stress on creativity among Iranian immigrants living in Malaysia

    Mehrdad F. Falavarjani, Christine J. Yeh · 2017 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    ArticleCrossref

  8. Between Opportunity and Constraint: Understanding the Onward Migration of Highly Educated Iranian Refugees from Sweden

    Melissa Kelly, Lina Hedman · 2015 · Journal of International Migration and Integration

    ArticleCrossref

  9. 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

  10. Failed Promise of Equality: Iranian women’s integration in the Netherlands

    Halleh Ghorashi · 2020 · International Migration

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  11. Understanding the integration of Afghan and Iranian refugees in Germany: A psycho-cultural approach with a focus on parenting

    Faranak Jelvehzadeh · 2025 · Chemnitz University of Technology

    ThesisDataCite

  12. Innovative pathways for sustainable health financing for migrants and refugees in Iran: a stakeholder and social network analysis approach.

    Bakhtiari A, Olyaeemanesh A, Behzadifar M et al. · 2026 · BMJ Public Health

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

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