13th January 2023

Electronic death proceedings

District Commissioner's have been working for over a year to ensure that all procedures in death cases can be electronic. The electronic handling of death cases is one of a number of digital steps taken by the District Commissioner's to increase digital services where the user and his/her needs are put first.

12th January 2023

New electronic requests for rulings on simple child maintenance and orders on contact

Two new electronic requests have now been launched on Ísland.is.

11th January 2023

Passport on My Pages on Ísland.is

Access to passport information has been simplified through Ísland.is My pages.

19th December 2022

Opening hours for Þorláksmessa

The opening hours of the District Commissioner in Þorláksmessa shall be as follows:

19th December 2022

Digital driving study book

A major milestone in digitising driving learning is now being achieved with the activation of the digital driving study book by the Icelandic Transportation Authority.

10th June 2022

Digital driving licence only valid in Iceland

Since digital driving licences were made available in Iceland in the spring of 2020, 133 thousand individuals have downloaded this for their smartphones.

19th April 2022

Mortgage certificates are now digital

The District Commissioners continue to make their services digital, and now mortgage certificates can be retrieved through an electronic application on island.is at any time.

22nd March 2022

Application for a parking card for people with reduced mobility, words digital

Persons with reduced mobility may be entitled to a parking card (P-sign) for persons with reduced mobility, in order to park in a specially marked outdoor parking space (P-park) which should be near to places of access for persons to receive services, such as public institutions and shops.

31st January 2022

New issue of criminal records

New and improved version of digital criminal record are now available

12th January 2022

Repatriation 2022

Applications for home accommodation are now open for 2022. A home-stay permit gives an individual permission to sell accommodation in his domicile or in properties owned by him/her.