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Saint Helena visa information - Visa, Embassy, travel and country Information for Saint HelenaShort-Term Visitors
Yacht crews and passengers of other vessels may land, but if staying for longer than forty-eight hours will require a Visitor's Pass. All those disembarking, however long they intend to stay will be required to pay a fee Children under 12 years of age are not subject to payment of this fee. A Visitor's Pass will normally be issued for a period of up to one month. It may be renewed to take the total period of stay up to 3 months. Any visitor staying for longer than forty-eight hours and not covered by reciprocal health preparations between St Helena and the United Kingdom or somewhere else is required to have medical insurance and to present proof of this.
Longer-Term Visitors
Such guests should on arrival make know their intention and will normally be given a Visitor's Pass for a period of 3 months given that they can demonstrate:
(a) That they have their own home on the Island or that they are staying with relatives or have made arrangements for paid Accommodation for the period; and (b) that they have adequate medical insurance cover.
However, those envisage a stay of over 3 months from outset are advised to consider applying for an Entry Permit. An Entry Permit is issued for a period of up to a maximum of 5 years, especially where the applicant is a spouse or common law partner of someone with `St Helena status'. However, the Entry Permit may be made conditional on the maintenance of medical insurance cover. An Entry Permit is suitable for those who would like to retire on St Helena or who are in a relationship with a St Helena or other person with permission to stay on the Island. Entry Permits are also suitable for those undertaking longer-term study on St Helena, and the following will be taken into account when considering an application:
(a) The financial means and health of the applicant (b) His character and antecedents (c) Hardship which he or his family may suffer if the application is refused (d) The public interest.
Employment visas
Persons without 'St Helena status' (other than officials in the service of the Crown, spouses of St Helena’s, consular officers, officers and crew of ships regularly visiting St Helena) entering St Helena to work require a Work Permit. "Employment" and "work" in either instance means to carry on or to be employed in any profession, trade, business or vocation for gain or reward, whether as an employee, agent or director or other officer of a corporate body, or as a self-employed person, in partnership or otherwise.
A Work Permit will be granted where the balance of advantage is that it would be of benefit to the economy of St Helena, account being taken, as appropriate, of the introduction of skills not available on the Island. An applicant for a Work Permit must demonstrate that adequate living accommodation for himself and his family, where applicable, has been or is being arranged. The immediate family of applicants for Work Permits may be considered simultaneously for Dependant's Passes and the duration of such passes will normally be the same as that for the Work Permit.
A Work Permit will normally be issued for periods of up to 5 years validity and may be renewed so long as the conditions of its issue are met. Work permits essential to inward investment are considered according to criteria laid down in the Approved Investor Policy and may be granted by the Governor in Council for periods longer than 5 years. They will be considered for renewal for a similar period where the original conditions can be met.
A Work Permit may be revoked if the permit has been obtained by fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact, or where the holder has ceased to work in the employment for which it was granted. Any relevant Dependant's Passes would normally be revoked at the same time. Saint Helena Visa, Embassy, travel and mofa Links
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