[mmstan]

So this is long-term visa which:

1) Is not visa, you have to not need visa for Iceland to qualify 2) Is not long term, it's valid up to 180 days

On the other hand, they recognize remote workers which kind of fit somewhere in between tourists and people who come to work, which many other countries don't.

[trcarney]

It is a visa. Iceland offers visa free travel for many countries for the purposes of tourism. I haven’t looked at Iceland’s program but normally these programs are for 30-90 days. Therefore 180 days would be considered a long term tourist visa.

[SkyPuncher]

Most tourist visa's do not allow you to work (even remotely). I'm sure tons of people do it, but this is basically allowing people to legally "travel" the country for 6 months while explicitly working.

[digianarchist]

To my knowledge only the UK, Australia and Canada will allow remote work on a visitor visa with the caveat that the business must be based outside the country.

[SkyPuncher]

Last time I read Canada's (several years ago), they allow you to travel for "business meetings" (including conferences), but I don't believe you can technically use it to "work" in Canada.

Basically, you can travel to meet a Canadian business - but you shouldn't be planning to travel just to do your job.

[digianarchist]

It was an actual example of the CIC website.

I’m paraphrasing slightly but they said work performed on the internet by someone not usually resident in Canada was permitted if the employer wasn’t a Canadian company.

[jzymbaluk]

3) is only available to citizens of mostly EU nations [1]

[1] https://utl.is/index.php/en/eea-efta-citizens-and-their-rela...

Maybe this is my American ignorance shining through here, but I didn't realize Iceland was not a member of the EU

[EduardoBautista]

It has the specific requirement of _not_ being an EU citizen.

[CalRobert]

If I'm not mistaken EU/EEA citizens wouldn't need this visa https://english.hi.is/university/entry_conditions_for_icelan...

[marcos100]

British people are allowed!

[sofixa]

> Maybe this is my American ignorance shining through here, but I didn't realize Iceland was not a member of the EU

Yep, only the European Economic area, like Norway. As with them, a big reason is stuff around fishing.

[occamrazor]

The webpage specifies that it is _not_ available to citizens of EU/EFTA countries. In fact they can already work remotely from Iceland without any visa requirement, thanks to Freedom of Movement agreements.

[CalRobert]

It is, however, part of Schengen. An understandable mistake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland%E2%80%93European_Union...

[isbvhodnvemrwvn]

Schengen is inconsequential, they just don't check your documents. They are in EEA, with agreement for free movement of goods, people, services and capital which is much more important.