Residence permit for Working Holiday / Youth Mobility

• A residence permit for Working Holiday / Youth Mobility can be granted for up to one year.

• If the holder of the permit stays abroad for more than three consecutive months, the residence permit can be revoked. A foreign national’s residence permit is automatically revoked if his/her domicile, which was registered in Iceland, has been registered abroad for a period of three months.

Right to renewal

• Andorran, Canadian and UK citizens can renew the permit for up to one year.

• Japanese citizens can not renew the permit.

Right to family reunification

• The permit does not confer the right to family reunification

Right to work

• The permit includes an unlimited work permit, this means that the holder may work and change their employer without applying for a work permit at the Directorate of Labor.

Right to permanent residence

• The permit is not a basis for a permanent residence permit.