Faroe Islands Visa Policy

Faroe Islands is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark as an autonomous country.

Faroe Islands is not part of the EU or Schengen Area, but some facilitated regulations are applied to these countries’ citizens. Generally, passports and visas of citizens arriving from all over the world will be checked except:

• Danish citizens who travel to the Faroe Islands from Denmark
• Nordic Passport Union countries’ (Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland) citizens who travel to the Faroe Islands from Nordic countries
• EU/EFTA and Schengen countries’ citizens who travel to the Faroe Islands from a Schengen country (their own homeland)

The above-mentioned citizens can also enter Faroe Islands with their National ID card or in some cases any photo identification (without their passport), but in any case, they have to prove their citizenship. Visa-exempted nationals can stay in the Faroe Islands for up to 90 days without a visa.

As the Faroe Islands is not a member of the Schengen Agreement (Schengen Area), visas and permits valid for Schengen countries don’t allow you to enter the Faroe Islands directly. If you are required to obtain a visa to travel to Denmark, it means you are also required to obtain a visa to travel to the Faroe Islands. You cannot enter the Faroe Islands with an ordinary Denmark (Schengen) visa. 

You are required to obtain a separate visa to the Faroe Islands from Danish diplomatic missions (embassies/consulates). A special wording – “Valid for the Faroe Islands” must be indicated on the visa. On the other hand, you cannot travel to Denmark nor other Schengen countries with a visa valid for the Faroe Islands only either.

So basically, if you are not a visa-exempted national for Denmark, you have to obtain two different types of visa in order to visit Faroe Islands – one for Denmark (Schengen visa), and another one for the Faroe Islands (a visa that is “valid for the Faroe Islands”). You can check Denmark Visa Policy and visa requirements for exact information.

People who have a residence permit to Denmark or other Schengen countries don’t have an automatic right to travel to the Faroe Islands either, they also have to obtain a special permit to travel to the Faroe Islands.

Freedom of movement policy between Schengen countries is not valid in the Faroe Islands, as it is not an official part of the Schengen Agreement. If anyone (visa-exempted nationals included) wants to stay in the Faroe Islands for more than 90 days for some reasons (such as research, work, study, etc.), he/she must obtain a special permit within the Faroe Islands.