European Health Insurance Card

• 3 years in general. 

• 5 years for old-age and disability pensioners. 

• You can apply for a new card when there are 6 months left of the validity period.  

• The card will expire if you are no longer covered by health insurance in Iceland. 

• A card that has expired may not be used.  

If the card is lost, you can apply for a temporary card that is valid for 3 months.  

Who can apply for the European Health Insurance Card in Iceland? 

• Citizens of EEA countries, the United Kingdom or Switzerland who are resident and covered by health insurance in Iceland. 

• Spouses and children of citizens of EEA countries, the United Kingdom and Switzerland who are resident and covered by health insurance in Iceland. 

Who is not entitled to the European Health Insurance Card? 

• Individuals with citizenship outside the EEA and are not family members of EEA citizens. In order to be considered a family member of an EEA citizen, registered information must be available at Registers Iceland. They can apply for an insurance statement. 

• The card is sent to your legal address. 

• It can take 10-14 business days for the card to arrive. 

• It is not possible to apply for a new card until there are 6 months left of the current card's validity period. 

• It is still possible to apply for a temporary card. 

• In the application for the European Health Insurance Card, you can apply for a provisional card.  

• The provisional card is a PDF file. 

• It is recommended to print out the PDF file. 

• The PDF will be sent to you immediately (will appear in your inbox on Ísland.is), so you can use it if you've lost the card itself or if you don't have time to wait for it. 

• Guardians of children can download a child's provisional card from the child's mailbox (change user in the top right corner). 

• Austria 

• Belgium 

• United Kingdom 

• Bulgaria 

• Denmark 

• Estonia 

• Finland 

• France 

• Greece 

• Netherlands 

• Ireland 

• Italy 

• Croatia 

• Cyprus (Greek section) 

• Latvia 

• Liechtenstein 

• Lithuania 

• Luxembourg 

• Malta 

• Norway 

• Portugal 

• Poland 

• Romania 

• Slovakia 

• Slovenia 

• Spain 

• Switzerland 

• Sweden 

• Czech Republic 

• Hungary 

• Germany 

How much do I pay? 

• When you go to a hospital, health clinic or healthcare facility, you must pay for your medical expenses and apply for payment participation when you return home.  

Additional insurance 

• It is possible to get additional insurance for travel from insurance companies or through the payment card with which the trip is paid.  

• Such insurance pays compensation for more than health insurance does, for example the cost of ambulance transport home to Iceland. 

Insurance declaration for travel outside the EEA 

• Health insurance issues a special insurance declaration to individuals who intend to travel abroad to countries that are outside the EEA area. It states that the person in question is insured by social security in Iceland and what such insurance entails. 

• Please note that when the person in question presents an insurance declaration abroad, he/she must pay full price for the service but can apply for payment participation when returning home. 

• It is only possible to apply for an insurance declaration for a maximum of 3 months at a time, a total of 6 months over a 12-month period.