Residence permit for Working Holiday / Youth Mobility

Residence permits on the grounds of a Working Holiday / Youth Mobility are granted based on bilateral agreements between Iceland and

• Andorra

• Canada

• Chile

• Japan and

• the United Kingdom
  

Application

Applications can only be submitted in paper form.

They can either be sent by regular mail to the Directorate of Immigration or delivered to the drop box in the Directorate’s reception. It is necessary to first pay the processing fee by bank transfer and submit the payment receipt with the application for confirmation, see information on how to pay the processing fee.

Directorate of Immigration (see map)
Dalvegur 18
201 Kópavogur
Iceland

Applications can also be handed in and paid for in the Directorate’s reception or at the offices of District Commissioners outside the capital area.

Processing fee

The fee for an application is 16.000 ISK for applicants from Andorra, Canada, Chile and the UK. An unpaid application will be returned to the applicant. The processing fee is not refunded if the applicant cancels the application.

For citizens of Japan there is no fee for a Working Holdiday/Youth Mobility application.

Stay in Iceland during application procedure

Citizens of Andorra, Canada, Chile, Japan and the United Kingdom do not need a visa to travel to Iceland and may therefore be in Iceland when submitting an application and while it is being processed, provided that their stay in the Schengen Area does not exceed 90 days in the last 180-day period. If the stay exceeds this period, processing of the application will be stopped until the applicant has left Iceland and has presented a departure boarding card to prove it.

Law

The residence permit is granted on the basis of Article 66 of the Foreign Nationals Act.