GUIDE: Relocating to and working in Iceland

June 13, 2018

Iceland will need some 30,000 foreign workers to move to the country between now and 2030, Icelandic business leaders predict.
Would you be up for relocating and living and working as an expat in Iceland? If so, have a read of our short guide to the residency and working rules currently in place in Iceland.

EEA/EFTA citizens
Nationals of EEA/EFTA countries do not require a residence permit to live in Iceland. By virtue of their nationality, new arrivals from these countries may stay (and work) in Iceland without registering for up to three months, or up to six months if actively seeking employment.
After that time, EEA/EFTA citizens must register their residency in Iceland with Registers Iceland, but no specific residence permit needs to be applied for. Neither do they need to apply for a work permit.

The EEA/EFTA countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Other categories of person not requiring a specific residence permit include children of Icelandic parents, and spouses and registered partners or Icelandic citizens.

Non-EEA/EFTA citizens
New arrivals hailing from a country other than the 32 listed above must apply for an official residence and work permit if they wish to stay in Iceland longer than three months and engage in paid employment.

Work permits for non-EEA/EFTA citizens are issued by the Directorate of Labour.
Work permits must be applied for and obtained before moving to Iceland. Work permits are issued in respect of various – but closely defined – professional situations. 

Only on the basis of a work permit issued by the Directorate of Labour can the Directorate of Immigration grant the prospective expat a residence permit based on employment.
The Directorate of Labour provides a list of registered temporary-work agencies here. The European Union’s Job Mobility Portal EURES (https://ec.europa.eu/)also includes advertisements for job vacancies in Iceland.

This is just a short summary of some of the main rules governing living and working in Iceland, intended as a first point of reference. For more details – and all queries – please consult the website of Iceland’s Directorate of Immigration and Directorate of Labour.

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