Iceland visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Iceland

Q: What documents do I need to enter Iceland?

Passport validity: Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens' travel documents must be valid at least 3 months beyond the intended departure date and have been issued within the last 10 years. Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000 (Visa Code, Article 15). Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. Proof of funds: Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens must have enough money to support themselves, both during the planned stay and to return to their country of origin, or be in a position to obtain such money legally.

Q: How long can I stay in Iceland without a visa?

Up to 90 days for every visa-free passport.

Most travellers need a visa for Iceland: 105 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 93 passports enter visa-free.

Iceland is a Schengen member state; its Directorate of Immigration describes the Schengen agreement as a partnership between 29 states. EEA/EFTA citizens visiting Iceland must carry valid travel documents or identity cards accepted for border crossing. Other visitors must have a valid visa unless they are exempt from the visa requirement or hold a residence permit issued by another EEA/EFTA country; nationals on the EU's visa-exempt list are exempt for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period (ETIAS is not yet in operation). The visa application fee is EUR 90. Icelandic embassies issue visas in four cities; in about 120 other cities other Schengen states issue visas on Iceland's behalf.

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Passports visa-free

105

Embassy visa required

Do I need a visa for Iceland? Quick answers

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Visa for Iceland — requirements summary

Visa-free: 93 (47%)
Visa required: 105 (53%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Iceland, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa required	—	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa required	—	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa required	—	Details →
Belgium	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Belize	Visa required	—	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa required	—	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bulgaria	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa required	—	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Czechia	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Denmark	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa required	—	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa required	—	Details →
Finland	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
France	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Germany	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa required	—	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hungary	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Jamaica	Visa required	—	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kosovo	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kuwait	Visa required	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Lithuania	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Luxembourg	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa required	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa required	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Moldova	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa required	—	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa required	—	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Oman	Visa required	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa required	—	Details →
Poland	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Portugal	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Qatar	Visa required	—	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Russia	Visa required	—	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa required	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	—	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Seychelles	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Slovenia	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa required	—	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa required	—	Details →
Sweden	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	—	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa required	—	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa required	—	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa required	—	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Iceland visa types, fees and processing times

Schengen visa

Embassy

Fee: 90 EUR
Max stay: 90 days
Extension: Possible

The Visa Code sets EUR 90, EUR 45 for children from six to below 12, and no fee for children under six; Ísland.is gives EUR 90 (EUR 45 for six to twelve year olds). Icelandic embassies issue visas in four cities: London, New Delhi, Peking and Washington D.C.; in about 120 other cities, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has commissioned other Schengen states to issue visas on Iceland's behalf.

Official application site →

Entry requirements for Iceland

Passport validity

3 months

Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens' travel documents must be valid at least 3 months beyond the intended departure date and have been issued within the last 10 years.

Ísland.is — Entry requirements to Iceland (Directorate of Immigration)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

EUR 30,000

Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000 (Visa Code, Article 15). No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors.

Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. The Schengen Borders Code lists a return or round-trip ticket among the supporting documents that may verify the entry conditions, and the UK government tells British visitors they may need to show a return or onward ticket at Icelandic border control.

EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

ISK 8,000,

Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens must have enough money to support themselves, both during the planned stay and to return to their country of origin, or be in a position to obtain such money legally. The European Commission's table of reference amounts gives Iceland's minimum amount per day and per person as ISK 8,000, with the remark "ISK 40,000 - for each entry".

European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: EES — Entry/Exit System (biometric registration)

If you arrive at a Schengen border crossing point for the first time since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints, the EU says. The UK government tells British travellers they do not need to take any action before they arrive at the border, and that there is no cost for EES registration.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Iceland travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: ETIAS — European Travel Information and Authorization System

The EU says ETIAS is the new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries, Iceland among them. It is currently not in operation and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.

ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

Foreign nationals without a residence permit may be expelled if they are residing in Iceland illegally. Expulsion entails a re-entry ban, permanent or temporary, normally not less than two years. Wilful or negligent violation of the Act is punishable by fines or imprisonment of up to six months.

Government of Iceland (government.is) — Foreign Nationals Act No. 80/2016, English translation✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

Iceland Revenue and Customs says that if you carry cash of more than €10,000, or the equivalent in other currencies, travellers' cheques or bearer negotiable instruments, when departing or arriving in Iceland, you must declare it to customs at the point of departure or arrival.

Skatturinn (Iceland Revenue and Customs) — Cash declaration✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Iceland visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

105

Most common: Visa required

Least common: Visa-free

47%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 63 passports

Understanding Iceland visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Iceland for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 105 passports (53%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (93 passports).

Entry categories for Iceland

Visa-free entry: 93 passports can enter without a visa, for up to 90 days.
Visa required: 105 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Iceland

Passport validity: Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens' travel documents must be valid at least 3 months beyond the intended departure date and have been issued within the last 10 years.
Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000 (Visa Code, Article 15).
Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required.
Proof of funds: Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens must have enough money to support themselves, both during the planned stay and to return to their country of origin, or be in a position to obtain such money legally.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Iceland or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Iceland visas

Do I need a visa for Iceland?

EEA/EFTA citizens visiting Iceland must carry valid travel documents or identity cards accepted for border crossing. Nationals of the countries on the EU's visa-exempt list (Annex II of Regulation 2018/1806), which includes the United States, are exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period. Other visitors must have a valid visa unless they hold a residence permit issued by another EEA/EFTA country; the visa application fee is EUR 90, and in about 120 cities other Schengen states issue visas on Iceland's behalf.

Is Iceland in the Schengen Area even though it is not in the EU?

Yes. Iceland's Directorate of Immigration says Iceland is a Schengen member state, that the Schengen agreement is a partnership between 29 states, and that a uniform visa issued by all Schengen states is valid for travel throughout the region. The Schengen Borders Code sets short stays at no more than 90 days in any 180-day period on the territory of the Schengen states.

Do I need ETIAS to visit Iceland?

Not yet. The EU says ETIAS, the new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries including Iceland, is currently not in operation and no applications are being collected, and that it will announce the start date several months before launch. The ETIAS website lists a EUR 20 application fee.

Do I need a visa for an Icelandair or PLAY stopover in Iceland?

Iceland's Directorate of Immigration says that under the Schengen rules, transit means only a transit from a flight from a non-Schengen state through an airport in a Schengen state and onwards to another non-Schengen state. A person travelling from New York to Iceland and onwards to Berlin, or any other airport in the Schengen area, is not in transit and is entering the Schengen area in Iceland. Citizens of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the People's Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka need an Airport Transit Visa to transit through an Icelandic airport.

Is it safe to drive in Iceland in winter?

Canada's travel advice says driving can be hazardous, particularly in winter; that winter tires are mandatory between November and April, with exact dates subject to change based on weather conditions; and that roads in the highlands and other remote areas are only open during the summer. It links to road and weather information from the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration and Safe Travel Iceland.

Do US citizens need a visa for Iceland?

US citizens can visit Iceland visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Iceland?

UK citizens can visit Iceland visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Iceland?

German citizens can live and travel in Iceland freely. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Iceland?

Passport validity: Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens' travel documents must be valid at least 3 months beyond the intended departure date and have been issued within the last 10 years. Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000 (Visa Code, Article 15). Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. Proof of funds: Ísland.is says non-EEA/EFTA citizens must have enough money to support themselves, both during the planned stay and to return to their country of origin, or be in a position to obtain such money legally.

How long can I stay in Iceland without a visa?

Up to 90 days for every visa-free passport.

How many countries can visit Iceland without a visa?

93 of 198 passports can enter Iceland visa-free (47%). and 105 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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