Iceland · Digital nomad
Long-Term Visa for Remote Workers
Closed. Visa Act No. 37/2026 of 4 May 2026, published on 11 May 2026 with immediate effect, repealed the Foreign Nationals Act provision on long-term visas, the legal basis of this remote-work visa. Visas already granted stay valid. The new short-term residence permit for stays over 90 days is open only to close family members on extended visits and to artists, scientists and athletes; remote workers are not among them.
Worth knowing because agency sites still sell it. Iceland's six-month remote-work visa, capped just below the 183-day tax residency line, no longer exists. Its replacement, the short-term residence permit, keeps the 180-day cap and the ISK 12,200 fee but serves a different audience: relatives of residents, artists, scientists and athletes. A remote worker has no dedicated route into Iceland today.
Qualifying routes
Monthly income of roughly EUR 6,900, earned outside Iceland. No longer available.
Monthly income. No longer available.
The facts
- Minimum
- 1M ISK
- Total landed cost
- Historic: ISK 12,200 per person. No longer available.
- Route type
- Income requirement
- Physical presence
- Not applicable
- Permanent residency
- Not applicable
- Citizenship
- Not applicable
- Language test
- Not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Abolished. Any adviser still quoting the ISK 1,000,000 remote-work visa is working from stale material.
- The successor does not cover remote work. The short-term residence permit lists close family members, artists, scientists and athletes only, and it can be revoked for working on the Icelandic labour market without authorisation.
- Even while it existed, it led nowhere: no permanent residence, no citizenship, no accumulation.