Au Pair Residence Permit

The au pair's tasks in the home of the host family may be childcare, accompanying children to and from school and leisure activities, and light housework, i.e. easy cleaning, simple cooking and light shopping.

Au pairs are not to take care of chronically ill children or other individuals in a similar position.

The family must consist of a married couple or cohabiting partners with a child or children or a single parent with a child or children.

At least one adult member of the family must hold Icelandic citizenship or a permanent residence permit.

There may not be a familial connection between the host family and the au pair.

A host family may only have one individual as an au pair at a time.

The applicant and the host family must complete a written contract issued by the Directorate of Immigration.

The host family shall provide the au pair with food and a lockable private room with a window in the family's home.

The host family is required to pay the au pair a minimum of 15.000 ISK in pocket money per week.

The host family must purchase health insurance for the au pair that is valid for the first 6 months of the stay.

The working hours of an au pair may not exceed 30 hours per week or 5 hours per day.

The permit does not confer the right to work in Iceland, neither paid nor unpaid.

An au pair permit is granted for as long as the duration of the au pair agreement, but never longer than one year.

An au pair can make a new agreement with another host family. The new agreement shall be submitted to the Directorate of Immigration together with documents on secure means of support from the new host family.

An au pair permit may be renewed once for one year, however never for longer than the duration of the au pair contract.

The permit does not confer the right to family reunification

The permit is not a basis for a permanent residence permit