Schengen

The practicalities of free movement within an area without internal border controls were first set out by the Schengen Agreement in 1985 and the subsequent Schengen Convention in 1995 that abolished controls on internal borders between the signatory countries. The Amsterdam Treaty on the European Union, which came into force on the 1 May 1999, incorporated the set of measures adopted under the Schengen umbrella into the Unions legal and institutional framework. These measures are now fully accepted by 13 EU Member States (with the exception of the United Kingdom and Ireland), as well as other countries external to the Union (Norway and Iceland). New applicants to the Union will have to fulfil these same requirements. The Schengen principles of free circulation of people are backed by improved and still developing security measures to ensure that the EUs internal security is not threatened. More (From the European Commission's website).

Useful links:

• The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration
• The Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs
• Police Website
• Keflavík Airport