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Travel Document Requirements

Foreign nationals who visit Iceland must carry valid travel documents or identity cards that are accepted for border crossing.

In order to be valid, a travel document or identity card, of non-EEA/EFTA citizens, must:

  • be valid at least 3 months beyond the departure date and
  • have been issued in the last 10 years.

Travel documents of EEA/EFTA citizens only need to be valid beyond their stay in Iceland.

The following foreign ID cards are accepted as travel documents instead of passports upon arrival and departure from Iceland:


1. Travel document for refugees, issued in accordance with the United Nations Refugee Convention of July 28 1951. The travel document must be valid for return to the issuing country.

2. A document issued by competent authorities to a stateless person or a citizen of another country than the issuing country, if the document fulfils the requirements set out in chapter III of the Regulation on Foreigners.

3. The following ID cards issued to citizens of the respective countries:

Austria Personalausweis. 
Belgium

Carte d'Identité (Identiteitskaart, Personalausweis, Identity card).
Identiteitsdocument (Document d'identité, Identitätsdokument, Identity document), útgefið til belgískra barna undir 12 ára aldri, skilyrði er þó að barnið ferðist með foreldri sem ber fullnægjandi ferðaskilríki.

Bulgaria Lichna karta (ЛИЧНА КАРТА, Identity card).
Cyprus Deltio Taytotitas (ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑΣ, Kimlik Karti, Identity Card).
Czech Republic Občanský průkaz (Czech Republic Identification Card).
Estonia Eesti Vabariik Isikutunnistus (Republic of Estonia Identity Card).
Finland Henkilökortti (Identitetskort, Identity Card).
France Carte Nationale d'Identité.
Germany Personalausweis (Identity card, Carte d'Identite), Vorläufiger Personalausweis (Identity card, Carte d'identite), and Reiseausweis als Passersatz. If the ID does not contain a photograph of the holder, he/she must also present the expired pass or Personalausweis.
Greece Deltio Taytotitas (ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑΣ).
Hungary Személyazonosító Igazolvány (Identity card).
Ireland Pas/Passport/Passeport.
Italy Carta d'Identità.
Latvia Personas apliecība (Personal Identity Card).
Liechtenstein   Identitätskarte (Carte d'Identité, Carta d'Identità).
Lithuania Asmens tapatybés kortelé (Personal Identity Card).
Luxembourg Carte d'Identité (Identity Card, Personalausweis).
Malta Karta Ta'l-Identità.
Netherlands Nederlandse Identiteitskaart (Identity card, Carte d'identité).
Poland Rzeczpospolita Polska Dowód Osobisty (Republic of Poland Identity Card).
Portugal Bilhete de Identidade de Cidadão Nacional (Carte d'Identité, Identity card of national citizen) and Cartão de Cidadão (citizen card).
Rumenia Carte d'Identite (Carte de identitate, Identity card).
Slovakia Obciansky Preukaz (Identification Card).
Slovenia Osebna Izkaznica (Identity Card).
Spain Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI).
Sweden Nationellt identitetskort (National Identity Card, Carte nationale d'identité).
Switzerland Carte d'Identité Citoyen Suisse (Identitätskarte Schweizerbürger, Carta d'Identità Cittadino Svizzero).
Identitätskarte (Carte d'Identité, Carta d'Identità, Carta d'Identitad, Identity Card).

 4. Seaman's book or seafarer's identity document issued in accordance with the ILO Conventions concerning Seafarers National Identity Documents No. 108 of 1958 or No. 185 of 2003 in connection with documentation of hire on board or discharge from a ship in an Icelandic or foreign port.

5. Flight crew member certificate issued by competent authorities in a member state of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), if the holders can proof that they have signed on as members of the crew of an aircraft located in Iceland.

6. NATO Travel Order – Ordre de Mission OTAN (for NATO military personnel) on the condition that the holder has a military service book and an individual or collective NATO movement order.

7. NATO Leave Order on the condition that the holder has a military service book and a valid travel warrant to Iceland. The document permits a stay in Iceland for up to 90 days.

8. Laissez-passer issued to staff of the United Nations, subordinate agencies of the UN or the International Atomic Energy Agency, if the holders are traveling for the abovementioned organizations and present, besides the laissez-passer, a declaration from the UN or the agency they work for stating that they are traveling in the interest of the UN or the agency concerned.

9. Valid travel documents (Ausweis, Laissez-passer, Lascia-passare) issued by the European Union.

10. Valid UNMIK Travel Documents issued to residents of Kosovo by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo.

11. Valid travel documents issued in accordance with Regulation 2016/1953 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals.

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