Visas

Iceland has fully implemented the Schengen Agreement since 25 March 2001, which ended internal border checkpoints and controls.

Citizens of countries implementing the Schengen Agreement can cross the internal borders of the implementing countries at any point without checks.

A visa with no territorial restrictions (visitor's or business visa allowing the holder to stay up to 90 days per six-month period, transit or airport visa) granted to a third-country national by one implementing country entitles the holder, for the same purpose and for the duration of the visa's validity, to enter without border checks other implementing countries as well.

Any third-country national with a residence permit valid in one implementing country may travel on a valid passport, without requiring a visa, for up to 90 days per six-month period to other implementing countries.

The 24 Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Czech republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Malta.

All nationals that require a visa to enter the Schengen Area, need to apply for a visa for the purpose of travelling to Iceland before entering the Schengen Area. In a number of places, Iceland is represented - with respect to visas issued under the Schengen Convention - by other countries' embassies or consulates. If you intend to apply for a visa for Iceland (Schengen) you should therefore turn to the embassy of the country noted in the list below

• Who does not need a visa to enter Iceland?
• How to apply for a visa?
• Where can you apply for a visa?
• Rules that apply to foreigners residing in Iceland when travelling abroad?