ICELANDIC DRIVERS LICENSE

ICELANDIC DRIVERS LICENSE

Icelandic drivers license:  A foreign driver’s license is valid in Iceland for those who stay here on temporary basis Icelandic. The principle is, however, that if a person has permanent residence in Iceland (normally legal domicile) he or she must hold an Icelandic driver’s license online . Exceptions to the rule are as follows:

• Driver’s license issued in the Faroe Islands or countries that are parties to the EEA Agreement gives the holder the same rights he or she has under the license of the issuing country. The rights are based on the validity of the license, but no longer than to the age of seventy.Driver’s license issued in states that are not parties to the EEA Agreement gives the holder rights to drive in Iceland for up to one month after he or she have registered a legal domicile in Iceland. After that, the person concerned must hold an Icelandic driver’s license in order to drive in Iceland.HOW TO TRADE A FOREIGN DRIVERS LICENSE FOR AN ICELANDIC DRIVERS LICENCE ONLINE

  Individuals who reside in Iceland (in most cases have legal domicile) can trade their foreign driver’s license for an Icelandic one.

Application forms can be obtained from the district commissioners (magistrates) and the chief of police outside the greater Reykjavík area. Within the jurisdiction of the chief of police in Reykjavík applicants can resort to the district commissioners in Kópavogur and Hafnarfjörður. See the website of district commissioners (magistrates).

• Application for an Icelandic drivers license, in exchange for a foreign one, shall include:A photograph (35×45 mm) of the applicantForeign driver’s license