mfa.is Passports & National Identity Cards Iceland : Ministry For Foreign Affairs

Organization : Ministry For Foreign Affairs
Type of Facility : Passports & National Identity Cards
Country: Iceland

Website : https://www.government.is/

Passports and National Identity Cards :

Passport requirement:
Any foreigner entering or leaving Iceland shall have a passport or other identification document recognised as a travel document.

Related : UTL Directorate of Immigration Iceland Apply For Residence Permit : www.statusin.org/8908.html

The identification documents listed in Appendix 2 are recognised as travel documents when entering or leaving the country. Any foreigner who surrenders his passport to police or other authorities in Iceland shall be provided with a receipt evidencing its delivery.

The passport requirement does not apply to Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish nationals who come to Iceland directly from Denmark, Finland, Norway or Sweden, or travel to those countries directly from Iceland.

Any foreigner who has attained the age of 18 years, who is not a national of any of the Nordic countries, shall, while staying in Iceland, at all times either carry a passport or other travel document, a competent authority’s receipt for delivery as provided for in the first paragraph, or a document issued to the foreigner by Icelandic authorities, such as a certificate evidencing a permit to stay.

Conditions of validity relating to passports as travel documents:
Every passport shall have been issued by a competent authority of the state of the holder’s nationality, and shall be valid for travel to Iceland. A passport shall furthermore be valid for travel back to the issuing state or to a third state.

Subject to the provisions of Articles 13 and 14, a passport shall be issued to the name of a single individual.

In each passport, the holder’s full name, sex, date of birth, place of birth and nationality shall be written, and the time when its validity expires. The passport shall contain a sample of the holder’s handwritten signature.

A recent, good quality photograph of the holder shall be fixed in each passport. The passport shall contain the stamp or seal of the issuing authority. Any corrections in its text must have been inserted by a competent authority.

A passport shall be in Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, French, Italian, Spanish or German, or contain a translation to one of these languages.

The period of validity of a passport shall extend at least three months past the planned stay in Iceland. For EEA-citizens, it is sufficient to present valid travel documents

Consular Assistance:
Consular assistance is the assistance that Icelandic citizens who are in distress or other difficulties can obtain from the Icelandic Consular service in the Icelandic Foreign Ministry or Icelandic foreign missions (embassies and consulates).

Assistance can take the following form:
** helping people to help themselves, i.e., advice and information
** the reissuing of lost or stolen Icelandic passports
** measures in connection with serious illness or death of an Icelandic citizen abroad
** measures in connection with major accidents and disasters involving Icelandic citizens abroad.

Contact the Consular service for further information about Consular assistance. tel + (354) 545 9900