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Iceland travel restrictions, quarantine and entry requirements in 2024

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Iceland 🇮🇸
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The travel advice is Exercise normal safety precautions to Iceland. Iceland is Unknown restrictions for travel. Get travel ban, restrictions alerts and advice before travelling to Iceland. Iceland is part of Europe with main city at Reykjavík. Its Developed country with a population of 334K people. The main currency is Iceland Krona. The languages spoken are Icelandic.
👍 Developed   👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 334K people

🛡️ Travel safety for Iceland

Exercise normal safety precautions

Avoid areas near volcano eruption sites and areas close to mountains with steep slopes on the Reykjanes peninsula due to the danger of falling rocks. We advise: Exercise normal safety precautions in Iceland.

🚨 Travel Advice for Iceland

Unknown restrictions for travel
    1. Passengers are not allowed to enter.
  • This does not apply to:
- nationals and residents of Iceland;
- nationals of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City (Holy See) and EEA Member States;
- British nationals who reside in Iceland and have a residence certificate (C-122), which can be obtained at https://www.icetra.is/about/press-room/news/travel-restrictions-for-uk-citizens-due-to-covid-19
- passengers with a residence permit issued by Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City (Holy See) or an EEA Member State;
- family members of nationals of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City (Holy See) and EEA Member States;
- residents of Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore and Thailand arriving from their country of residence;
- passengers in a long-term intimate relationship with a national or resident of Iceland;
- military personnel traveling on duty;
- passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Details can be found at https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/greinar/grein/item44162/Certificate-of-vaccination-against-COVID-19-accepted-at-the-border ;
- passengers with a certificate of previous COVID-19 infection. The certificate must be in Danish, English, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish. Tests accepted are:
- positive COVID-19 PCR test result issued at least 14 days before arrival; or
- presence of antibodies against COVID-19 measured by ELISA serologic assay.
More details can be found at: https://www.logreglan.is/english/regarding-travel-restrictions-to-iceland-as-a-result-of-covid-19/  .
    1. Passengers traveling through Iceland to another Schengen Member State must have a written confirmation of their permission to enter the other Schengen Member State.
      Passengers must complete the "Preregistration for visiting Iceland" at https://visit.covid.is/  before arrival.
      Passengers must have a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure. The test result must be in Danish, English, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish. They are subject to a COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival.
  • This does not apply to:
- nationals and residents of Iceland;
- passengers younger than 16 years traveling with a parent/guardian;
- passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Details can be found at https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/greinar/grein/item44162/Certificate-of-vaccination-against-COVID-19-accepted-at-the-border ;
- passengers with a certificate of previous COVID-19 infection. The certificate must be in Danish, English, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish. Tests accepted are:
- positive COVID-19 PCR test result issued at least 14 days before arrival; or
- presence of antibodies against COVID-19 measured by ELISA serologic assay.
Details can be found at https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/greinar/grein/item43709/Certificates-regarding-previous-COVID-19-infection-that-are-accepted-at-the-border-in-Iceland-from-10-December-2020 .
  1. Nationals and residents of Iceland without a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure are subject to a fine upon arrival.
    Passengers are subject to a COVID-19 test upon arrival. Details can be found at https://www.government.is/news/article/2021/04/20/COVID-19-Temporary-introduction-of-stricter-border-measures-/ .
    Passengers could be subject to quarantine. Details can be found at https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/visiting-iceland .

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🍽️ Restaurants & bars Fully Open
🛍️ Open shopping
🚌 Operational transport
📅 events Allowed

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