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Residence permit for Working Holiday / Youth Mobility

Residence permit application

Rights and obligations

  • 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, Chilean 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.

Right to permanent residence

Residence permit application