Lögheimili
Legal domicile
Lögheimili
Everyone who stays, or intend to stay in Iceland for six months or longer, is required by law to have legal domicile in Iceland.
The right to public services and support is generally dependant on the person in question having registered legal domicile in Iceland. Therefore it is recommended that you register your legal domicile as soon as possible, if you intend to stay in Iceland.
In order to register your legal domicile with Registers Iceland you must be able to demonstrate that you can support yourself financially.
- Legal domicile must be in a house registered as residential housing in the real estate registry. You cannot register your legal domicile in a hostel, hospital, work camp or other similar types of housing.
- You can only have legal domicile at one location.
- Everyone who has a registered domicile is registered in the National Registry.
- Employees of Registers Iceland give information on whether a person has a registered legal domicile in Iceland.
Information for EEA and EFTA citizens about how to register legal domicile in Iceland
Information for citizens from non-EEA and EFTA states about how to register domicile in Iceland
Information about how to change legal domicile within Iceland
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You need to keep in mind that an ID No. and registration of a legal domicile are not the same thing and even though you have an Icelandic ID No., this does not necessarily mean that you have registered your legal domicile in Iceland. Employees of Registers Iceland give information on whether a person has a registered legal domicile in Iceland. |
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