Visa to the Faroe Islands

You would like to apply for a visa, because you are planning a short-term visit (up to 90 days) to the Faroe Island.

Questions and Answers

Who needs a visa?

If you plan on making a short-term visit (up to 90 days) to the Faroe Islands, you must have a visa that is valid for entry into the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland, if you come from a country with a visa requirement.

See list of countries with a visa requirement and visa-free countries

As a citizen of a visa-free country, you do not need a visa to enter the Faroe Islands. Read more about visa-free visits.

If you have a diplomatic passport, service passport, oﬃcial passport or special passport, you can be visa-free even if you are a citizen of a country with a visa requirement.

Citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are free to enter, reside and work on the Faroe Islands.

A visa to enter Denmark or another Schengen country is not valid for entry into the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands is not a member of the EU and is not parties to the Schengen Agreement.

If you need a visa to enter the Faroe Islands, you will most likely also need a Schengen visa, since most travel to these two countries goes through a Schengen country, such as Denmark.

What are the conditions?

In general, if you qualify for a Danish visa, you also qualify for a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland.

Important exceptions from the normal conditions:

A Danish/Schengen visa does not give permission to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland
Residence permits, residence cards and D visas, whether issued by Denmark or another Schengen country, do not give permission to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland
An ID card issued by an EU or Schengen country that is valid for entry into Denmark does not give permission to enter Greenland. Such individuals will require a passport to travel to Greenland. However, this does not apply to ID cards issued by a Nordic country, which are also valid for entry into Greenland
Individuals with a visa valid only for entry to the Faroe Islands or Greenland are not required to possess travellers’ health insurance.

Holders of Danish residence permits who require a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland

Foreigners with a temporary residence permit in Denmark on the grounds of asylum, family reunification etc. and foreigners with permanent residence permit who requires a visa and who wants to visit the Faroe Islands and Greenland must contact the Danish Immigration Service and request an entry permit for the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Choose the subject 'Residence permit or entry permit to the Faroe Islands and Greenland'

Foreigners with a temporary residence permit in Denmark on the grounds of work, study, au pair etc. who requires a visa to visit the Faroe Islands and Greenland must request an entry permit for the Faroe Islands or Greenland at one of SIRIs offices. You can book an appointment here.

Remember to bring your passport, your flight or ferry ticket (departure and return) and your residence card (if you have one).

If you entered Denmark on a visa or residence permit issued by another Schengen country

You must apply for a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland before you arrive in Denmark. In certain cases, the Immigration Service can issue a permit if you are already in Denmark.

In such cases, you must declare the purpose of your visit to the Faroe Islands/Greenland, possess a ticket or other documentation for the planned trip and state why you did not apply for a visa before entering Denmark.

The application for an entry permit can be send via the Immigration Service's contact form. Choose the subject 'Short stay visa'

Holders of residence permits valid for the Faroe Islands or Greenland who need a visa to travel to Denmark

If you hold a residence permit valid for the Faroe Islands or Greenland, you will need a visa to enter Denmark. Such individuals do not need supplementary travellers’ insurance in order to enter Denmark.

Such individuals must also have a visa if they wish to travel to another Schengen country. Supplementary travellers’ insurance is also required, unless you have refugee status in Greenland.

An application for a visa to enter Denmark or a Schengen country must be submitted to the police on the Faroe Islands or in Greenland, who will then send it to the Immigration Service.

How to apply

The application procedure for visas to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland is the same as for a Danish visa. If you are seeking to obtain a visa to enter the Faroe Islands or Greenland, as well as a Schengen visa, you only need to submit a single application.