{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"FR","name":"France","slug":"france"},"destination":{"code":"SH","name":"St. Helena"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"st-helena-non-visa-ordinary-passports-short-term-permit-on-arrival","title":"St Helena: non-visa ordinary passports receive short-term entry permit at the border","summary":"St Helena Government says non-visa nationals may arrive without an advance short-term entry permit and that the permit is issued at the border. The arrival-issued permission is normalized as visa_on_arrival, while retaining the authority’s own non-visa terminology.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["This is not a literal visa-on-arrival: it is the current arrival-issued Short Term Entry Permit normalized to visa_on_arrival because the applicable visitor permission is issued at the border.","The Government’s current policy expressly defines non-visa nationals against its Annex 3 visa-national schedule and says they can arrive without an advance short-term permit; this policy uses that stated complement rather than omission alone.","The permit may be granted for a visit not exceeding 183 days. It requires a valid passport, intended departure, pre-arranged accommodation, sufficient funds and medical-evacuation insurance; the current stated entry fee is GBP 20.","The immigration officer retains discretion. Criminal-conviction, passport-validity, health, admission, work, residence, long-term, landing-permission, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, St Helenian-status, and Ascension or Tristan da Cunha arrangements are excluded. British nationality or status categories other than the catalog’s ordinary GB passport are also outside this baseline."],"sourceIds":["st-helena-government-current-immigration-policy","st-helena-government-current-short-term-entry-permit","uk-government-current-st-helena-entry-requirements"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"st-helena-government-current-immigration-policy","title":"St Helena Government Immigration Policy","url":"https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/documents/final-immigration-policy-240613/","publisher":"St Helena Government","jurisdiction":"St Helena","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"st-helena-government-current-short-term-entry-permit","title":"St Helena Government: Short Term Entry Permit","url":"https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/st-helena/government/portfolios/safety-security-and-home-affairs/immigration/short-term-entry-permit/","publisher":"St Helena Government Immigration Service","jurisdiction":"St Helena","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"uk-government-current-st-helena-entry-requirements","title":"GOV.UK travel advice: St Helena entry requirements","url":"https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha/entry-requirements","publisher":"UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office","jurisdiction":"United Kingdom / St Helena","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}