Visa Information

Short Term Visa

Short Stay visa entitles an applicant, who does not hold a residence permit, to stay in Iceland for an uninterrupted period or a total of successive periods of stays that does not exceed 90 days in every 180 days period.

Family members of EU/EEA nationals

You may be entitled to an accelerated visa procedure free of charge if as you meet the following criteria:

you are a family member of an European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) citizen; and
that EU/EEA citizen is travelling to or is residing in a member state other than that of which he/she is a citizen; and
you are accompanying the EU/EEA citizen or planning to join him/her in the Schengen State of destination.

If you think you are entitled to an accelerated visa procedure you will need to show proof that you meet these criteria when you submit your visa application

Biometrics

When you come to the VFS Global Iceland visa application centre to deliver short term visa application, you will need to have your biometric data recorded. You should remove any henna on your fingertips, or allow it to fade, as this may prevent us from getting a clear scan.

Every applicant who is applying for the Schengen visa for the first time must visit the visa application centre in person. Children of less than 12 years need to visit but are not require to have fingerprints, only a photograph.

Storing of biometric features Biometric features (fingerprints and facial images) are stored by the Immigration authorities. If you are granted a residence permit, your fingerprints and facial image will be stored for 10 years. If you are not granted a residence permit, your fingerprints and facial image will be stored for 20 years. If you become an Iceland citizen, your fingerprints and facial image will be deleted.

Travel Medical Insurance

Applicants must provide proof of travel medical insurance covering the full time of their intended visit. The insurance must be valid throughout the territory of the Member States. The minimum cover shall be EUR 30,000.

Information for all applicants

You are responsible for ensuring that the information in the issued sticker is correct. When you receive your sticker, please verify it immediately.

If the sticker contains inaccurate details, inform the Iceland Mission or the ESP immediately in order to have it corrected. The Iceland Mission will correct the mistake and issue a new sticker without demanding an extra fee.

Applicants should check that all details on the sticker are correct (e.g. name, validity dates, passport number etc.).

In general, you are responsible for ensuring that you meet foreign entry requirements and that your travel documents, such as passports and visas (transit, business, tourist, and otherwise), are in order and any other foreign entry requirements are met.

The Iceland Mission is not liable for expenses related to e.g. change of flight ticket, new flight ticket, hotel etc. due to inaccurate details in the issued sticker.

Tourist Visit

Overview
Visa Fees
Documents Required
Photo Specifications
Processing Time
Download Forms

Overview

Application is applicable in case you are travelling for tourism.

A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Iceland and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.

Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 working days from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.

A visa does not allow you to work in Iceland unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.

Visa Fees

CATEGORY	VISA FEE IN EURO
Adult	90
Children between the age of 6 and 12	45
Children under the age of 6	Free of charge

Please Note:

The applicable fee is as per the current exchange rate. It is subject to change
All fees are non-refundable.
There is a logistic fee of Euro 109 levied per application over and above the permit application fee.
There is a VFS service fee of Euro 35 levied per applicant ( VAT not applicable ).

Documents Required

Please click on the below links for detailed information on:

Iceland Application form

Application Checklist for Tourist Visit

Photo Specifications

Photograph Quality

The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution. Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and Lighting

The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and Headcovers

If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
Headcovers:
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and Frame

Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
Processing Time

Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 60 days.

Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.

Download Forms

Iceland Visa Application Form - English (Form to be filled by Latin Letters in English)

Kindly download the visa application form for Iceland. Fill in the details and submit it at the Visa Application Centre.