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Seychelles visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20265 official sources collected
Citizenship1ETA198
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  1. Current official routeCitizenship

    Seychellois nationals: outside foreign visitor-entry scope

    The visitor permit and foreign-visitor Travel Authorisation framework does not establish entry requirements for Seychellois nationals travelling on a Seychelles passport.

    • This classification does not establish the departure-form, carrier, document, dual-nationality, permit-holder, or admission treatment of a particular Seychellois national.
    • The Electronic Border System separately describes an Embarkation Information Form for Seychellois citizens and permit holders leaving Seychelles; it is not a visitor ETA classification.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Seychelles

    Official sourcesGovernment of Seychelles Electronic Border System: Seychelles Electronic Border System — Travel Authorisation introductionImmigration and Civil Status, Seychelles: Visitors Permit
  2. Current official routeETA

    All foreign ordinary passports: no visa, mandatory pre-travel ETA and visitor permit on arrival

    Seychelles does not require an entry visa regardless of nationality and issues the Visitor's Permit on arrival, but every foreign ordinary visitor must first obtain a Travel Authorisation/ETA before departure. The mandatory pre-travel authorization is normalized as eta.

    • Seychelles' Immigration guidance expressly distinguishes a no-visa system from the mandatory pre-departure Electronic Travel Authorisation. For this repository's access taxonomy, the live mandatory ETA is the operative entry status and supersedes an otherwise visa_free label; it does not turn the Visitor's Permit into a visa on arrival or an eVisa.
    • The Visitor's Permit is issued on arrival, initially for up to three months and free for that first period. It may be extended in successive periods of up to three months to a maximum of twelve months if the visitor continues to meet the conditions; each extension costs SCR 5,000.
    • A visitor must not be a prohibited immigrant or already hold a permit entitling residence; must have a valid return/onward ticket, confirmed accommodation and sufficient funds. Immigration's general entry guidance states a minimum of US$150 or equivalent per day.
    • The visitor route covers holiday, pleasure, business, and visits to friends/family. It does not permit paid or unpaid full-time or part-time work by a non-Seychellois; a Gainful Occupation Permit is separate. Residence, student, dependant, international-trade-zone, crew, maritime, diplomatic, transit, refugee, alien-document, laissez-passer, and other special-document cases are not established by this ordinary visitor policy.
    • A valid passport or other Seychelles-recognised travel document is required and must remain valid through the intended stay and return to the country of origin/residence. A yellow-fever certificate is required only for a traveller resident in, recently visiting, or transiting more than 12 hours through a listed endemic-risk country.
    • Use the Seychelles e-Border app or seychelles.govtas.com before departure. The current portal permits a Travel Authorisation application within 30 days of scheduled arrival and requires the passport page, traveller photo, trip information, health/customs answers and payment; permit holders additionally upload the applicable permit.
    • Official government pages publish inconsistent standard TA fee/application-window wording: Tourism Seychelles states €10, while MFA states EUR 10.90 and says up to 10 days before flight. Treat the live official portal checkout and current carrier instructions as controlling for price and timing; neither discrepancy changes the mandatory-ETA status.
    198 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Austria, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Latvia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Iceland, United States, Bulgaria, Monaco, Romania, Cyprus, Chile, Hong Kong (SAR China), Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, San Marino, Israel, Barbados, Brunei, The Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mexico, Uruguay, Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Grenada, Panama, Paraguay, Dominica, Macao (SAR China), Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Ukraine, Peru, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Serbia, Solomon Islands, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Montenegro, Tonga, North Macedonia, Tuvalu, Nicaragua, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Georgia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau Islands, Moldova, Venezuela, Russian Federation, Qatar, Türkiye, South Africa, Belize, Kuwait, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Fiji, Guyana, Vanuatu, Oman, Jamaica, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, China, Kosovo, Botswana, Belarus, Bolivia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Suriname, Namibia, Dominican Republic, Lesotho, eSwatini, Morocco, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, The Gambia, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Philippines, Tunisia, Benin, Uganda, Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, Mongolia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kyrgyzstan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Togo, Gabon, India, Madagascar, Senegal, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Guinea, Mali, Comoro Islands, Tajikistan, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Rep.), Vietnam, Bhutan, Cambodia, Haiti, Djibouti, Laos, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Iran, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

    Official sourcesImmigration and Civil Status, Seychelles: Visitors PermitMinistry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora: Travelling to SeychellesMinistry of Home Affairs, Immigration and Civil Status Department: Information on Immigration Entry Requirements and ProceduresGovernment of Seychelles Electronic Border System: Seychelles Electronic Border System — Travel Authorisation introductionTourism Seychelles: Seychelles Electronic Border System remains the official government website for Travel Authorisations