UK help and services in Iceland

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Iceland. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Iceland, and your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU.

Emergency help for British nationals in Iceland

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Iceland

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Iceland

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Iceland

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Iceland

Guidance on your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU, accessing healthcare, getting a document legalised, English-speaking lawyers, how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Iceland

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  • What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  • Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad.

  • How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  • Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

  • Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Iceland

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in Iceland

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Iceland.

Trade and invest: Iceland

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Iceland.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Iceland, and Icelandic companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Iceland

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British Embassy in Reykjavik maintains and develops relations between the UK and Iceland.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.