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Keep Icelandic social security while working abroad

Request for membership in the Icelandic social security system (.pdf)

Agreements

Iceland has made agreements with a number of countries to ensure that people can move and work abroad without losing their rights.

Those who have lived or worked abroad for part of their working life can therefore have rights abroad in addition to their Icelandic pension, for example old-age and disability pension.

Different rules apply in the contracting countries and therefore a right in one country does not need to create a right in another country.

Other contracts

Iceland has concluded social security agreements with the following countries outside the EEA.

The contracts are different. Most of them only deal with whether you retain the right to collect pension rights in Iceland while working abroad.

Request for membership in the Icelandic social security system (.pdf)