Exemption from the requirement of a work permit

You can work in the Faroe Islands without a work permit if your stay is shorter than 3 months, and if you are:

• a researcher  or a lecturer who has been invited to teach or lecture on the Faroe Islands,
• an artist, musician, performer or similar, and you have made an agreement with an organiser on the Faroe Islands prior to your event,
• a representative of a foreign company or business organisation, which do not have a branch office on the Faroe Islands, who is on a business trip to the Faroe Islands,
• an individual employed in the household of foreign nationals visiting the Faroe Islands for up to three months,
• a professional athlete or coach, and you stay on the Faroe Islands to do sports, athletics or coaching,
• a fitter, consultant or instructor hired to fit, install, inspect or repair machines, equipment, computer programmes or similar items. Read more about the so-called “fitter rule” here.

If you stay for a period that is longer than 3 months, you must apply for a residence and work permit before you start working.