Seychelles visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Seychelles

Q: What documents do I need to enter the Seychelles?

Passport validity: Seychelles Immigration says the passport must be valid for the period of the intended stay until arrival back in the holder's country of origin or residence. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Seychelles. Return or onward ticket: Seychelles Immigration says a valid return or onward ticket for the duration of the visit must be presented for the Visitor's Permit issued on arrival, and the official Travel Authorisation site says you can apply only after booking your airline ticket and accommodation. Proof of funds: Seychelles Immigration says a visitor must have sufficient funds for the duration of the stay, a minimum of US$150 or equivalent per day, together with a valid return or onward ticket and confirmed accommodation.

Q: How many countries can visit Seychelles without a visa?

0 of 198 passports can enter Seychelles visa-free (0%). 198 can apply online (eVisa or eTA), and 0 need a visa from an embassy.

Most travellers can visit the Seychelles without going to an embassy: 0 passports enter visa-free, 198 apply online for an eTA.

Seychelles' official Travel Authorisation site says there are no visa requirements for any traveller visiting Seychelles. Seychelles Immigration says a Visitor's Permit is issued on arrival, initially for a stay of up to three months, to visitors who meet its criteria, and that all visitors must hold a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation before departing.

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Passports visa-free

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Do I need a visa for Seychelles? Quick answers

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Visa for Seychelles — requirements summary

eTA: 198 (100%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Seychelles, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Albania	eTA	90 days	Details →
Algeria	eTA	90 days	Details →
Andorra	eTA	90 days	Details →
Angola	eTA	90 days	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	eTA	90 days	Details →
Argentina	eTA	90 days	Details →
Armenia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Australia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Austria	eTA	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bahamas	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bangladesh	eTA	90 days	Details →
Barbados	eTA	90 days	Details →
Belarus	eTA	90 days	Details →
Belgium	eTA	90 days	Details →
Belize	eTA	90 days	Details →
Benin	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bhutan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bolivia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	eTA	90 days	Details →
Botswana	eTA	90 days	Details →
Brazil	eTA	90 days	Details →
Brunei	eTA	90 days	Details →
Bulgaria	eTA	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	eTA	90 days	Details →
Burundi	eTA	90 days	Details →
Cambodia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Cameroon	eTA	90 days	Details →
Canada	eTA	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	eTA	90 days	Details →
Central African Republic	eTA	90 days	Details →
Chad	eTA	90 days	Details →
Chile	eTA	90 days	Details →
China	eTA	90 days	Details →
Colombia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Comoros	eTA	90 days	Details →
Costa Rica	eTA	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	eTA	90 days	Details →
Croatia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Cuba	eTA	90 days	Details →
Cyprus	eTA	90 days	Details →
Czechia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Denmark	eTA	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	eTA	90 days	Details →
Dominica	eTA	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	eTA	90 days	Details →
DR Congo	eTA	90 days	Details →
Ecuador	eTA	90 days	Details →
Egypt	eTA	90 days	Details →
El Salvador	eTA	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	eTA	90 days	Details →
Eritrea	eTA	90 days	Details →
Estonia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	eTA	90 days	Details →
Ethiopia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Fiji	eTA	90 days	Details →
Finland	eTA	90 days	Details →
France	eTA	90 days	Details →
Gabon	eTA	90 days	Details →
Gambia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Georgia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Germany	eTA	90 days	Details →
Ghana	eTA	90 days	Details →
Greece	eTA	90 days	Details →
Grenada	eTA	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	eTA	90 days	Details →
Guinea	eTA	90 days	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	eTA	90 days	Details →
Guyana	eTA	90 days	Details →
Haiti	eTA	90 days	Details →
Honduras	eTA	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	eTA	90 days	Details →
Hungary	eTA	90 days	Details →
Iceland	eTA	90 days	Details →
India	eTA	90 days	Details →
Indonesia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Iran	eTA	90 days	Details →
Iraq	eTA	90 days	Details →
Ireland	eTA	90 days	Details →
Israel	eTA	90 days	Details →
Italy	eTA	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	eTA	90 days	Details →
Japan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Jordan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Kazakhstan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Kenya	eTA	90 days	Details →
Kiribati	eTA	90 days	Details →
Kosovo	eTA	90 days	Details →
Kuwait	eTA	90 days	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Laos	eTA	90 days	Details →
Latvia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	eTA	90 days	Details →
Lesotho	eTA	90 days	Details →
Liberia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Libya	eTA	90 days	Details →
Liechtenstein	eTA	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	eTA	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	eTA	90 days	Details →
Macau	eTA	90 days	Details →
Madagascar	eTA	90 days	Details →
Malawi	eTA	90 days	Details →
Malaysia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Maldives	eTA	90 days	Details →
Mali	eTA	90 days	Details →
Malta	eTA	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	eTA	90 days	Details →
Mauritania	eTA	90 days	Details →
Mauritius	eTA	90 days	Details →
Mexico	eTA	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Moldova	eTA	90 days	Details →
Monaco	eTA	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Montenegro	eTA	90 days	Details →
Morocco	eTA	90 days	Details →
Mozambique	eTA	90 days	Details →
Myanmar	eTA	90 days	Details →
Namibia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Nauru	eTA	90 days	Details →
Nepal	eTA	90 days	Details →
Netherlands	eTA	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	eTA	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	eTA	90 days	Details →
Niger	eTA	90 days	Details →
Nigeria	eTA	90 days	Details →
North Korea	eTA	90 days	Details →
North Macedonia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Norway	eTA	90 days	Details →
Oman	eTA	90 days	Details →
Pakistan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Palau	eTA	90 days	Details →
Palestine	eTA	90 days	Details →
Panama	eTA	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	eTA	90 days	Details →
Paraguay	eTA	90 days	Details →
Peru	eTA	90 days	Details →
Philippines	eTA	90 days	Details →
Poland	eTA	90 days	Details →
Portugal	eTA	90 days	Details →
Qatar	eTA	90 days	Details →
Republic of the Congo	eTA	90 days	Details →
Romania	eTA	90 days	Details →
Russia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Rwanda	eTA	90 days	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eTA	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	eTA	90 days	Details →
Samoa	eTA	90 days	Details →
San Marino	eTA	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	eTA	90 days	Details →
Saudi Arabia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Senegal	eTA	90 days	Details →
Serbia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Sierra Leone	eTA	90 days	Details →
Singapore	eTA	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	eTA	90 days	Details →
Somalia	eTA	90 days	Details →
South Africa	eTA	90 days	Details →
South Korea	eTA	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Spain	eTA	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	eTA	90 days	Details →
Sudan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Suriname	eTA	90 days	Details →
Sweden	eTA	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	eTA	90 days	Details →
Syria	eTA	90 days	Details →
Taiwan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Tajikistan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Tanzania	eTA	90 days	Details →
Thailand	eTA	90 days	Details →
Timor-Leste	eTA	90 days	Details →
Togo	eTA	90 days	Details →
Tonga	eTA	90 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	eTA	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Türkiye	eTA	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Tuvalu	eTA	90 days	Details →
Uganda	eTA	90 days	Details →
Ukraine	eTA	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	eTA	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	eTA	90 days	Details →
United States	eTA	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	eTA	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	eTA	90 days	Details →
Vanuatu	eTA	90 days	Details →
Vatican City	eTA	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	eTA	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	eTA	90 days	Details →
Yemen	eTA	90 days	Details →
Zambia	eTA	90 days	Details →
Zimbabwe	eTA	90 days	Details →

Seychelles visa types, fees and processing times

Electronic Travel Authorisation

eTA

Fee: 10 EUR
Entries: Single

Standard processing (24 hours) for adults and children 12 and under. Premium processing (6 hours) is €30; expedited processing (60 minutes) is €70 for adults and €30 for children. The official site says the fees do not include bank charges.

Documents (2)

Passport photo page
Traveller's photo

Official application site →

Visitor's Permit extension

Extension

Fee: 5,000 SCR
Max stay: 90 days

Seychelles Immigration says the initial Visitor's Permit is free for the first three months and that extensions cost SCR 5,000 for each additional three-month period or part thereof, up to twelve months in total; apply online at permits.ics.gov.sc and pay by card, or in person at Independence House, Victoria.

Entry requirements for Seychelles

Passport validity

Seychelles Immigration says the passport must be valid for the period of the intended stay until arrival back in the holder's country of origin or residence. The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for the duration of your stay.

UK FCDO — Seychelles travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

12 hours

The official Travel Authorisation site says you upload a yellow fever vaccination certificate only if you are travelling from a country or region where the disease is endemic, and that you do not need one if you transit through an airport in such a region for less than 12 hours.

Seychelles Electronic Border System — FAQs✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Seychelles.

Seychelles Electronic Border System — FAQs (Information for Visitors & Tourists)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

Seychelles Immigration says a valid return or onward ticket for the duration of the visit must be presented for the Visitor's Permit issued on arrival, and the official Travel Authorisation site says you can apply only after booking your airline ticket and accommodation.

Seychelles Immigration and Civil Status — Visitor’s Permit✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

US$150

Seychelles Immigration says a visitor must have sufficient funds for the duration of the stay, a minimum of US$150 or equivalent per day, together with a valid return or onward ticket and confirmed accommodation.

Seychelles Immigration and Civil Status — Visitor’s Permit✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

The UK Foreign Office says that if you are taking cash with a value of 50,000 Seychellois rupees or more into Seychelles, you must declare it when you apply for your travel authorisation.

Seychelles Revenue Commission — Customs and Excise (Passenger Guide, cash declaration)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Seychelles visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

198

Most common: eTA

Visa-free access

Understanding Seychelles visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Seychelles for 198 passports. The most common situation is eTA, which applies to 198 passports (100%).

Entry categories for Seychelles

eTA: 198 passports need an electronic travel authorisation before departure.

What else you need to enter Seychelles

Passport validity: Seychelles Immigration says the passport must be valid for the period of the intended stay until arrival back in the holder's country of origin or residence.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Seychelles.
Return or onward ticket: Seychelles Immigration says a valid return or onward ticket for the duration of the visit must be presented for the Visitor's Permit issued on arrival, and the official Travel Authorisation site says you can apply only after booking your airline ticket and accommodation.
Proof of funds: Seychelles Immigration says a visitor must have sufficient funds for the duration of the stay, a minimum of US$150 or equivalent per day, together with a valid return or onward ticket and confirmed accommodation.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Seychelles or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Seychelles visas

Do I need a visa for Seychelles?

No — Seychelles' official Travel Authorisation site says there are no visa requirements for any traveller visiting Seychelles. Seychelles Immigration says a Visitor's Permit is issued on arrival, initially for a stay of up to three months, and that all visitors must hold a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation before departing.

What is the Seychelles Travel Authorisation?

The official site says all non-citizens travelling to Seychelles must complete the Travel Authorisation, a digital form that serves as approval for travel, applied for on the official website or in the official Seychelles e-Border app, and that travellers of all ages must comply. It lists the fee by processing speed: for adults €10 (standard, 24 hours), €30 (premium, 6 hours) or €70 (expedited, 60 minutes); for children 12 and under €10, €30 and €30; bank charges are not included. It says that without one you may be denied boarding by your airline.

How long can I stay in Seychelles?

Seychelles Immigration says the Visitor's Permit is initially granted for a stay of up to three months and can be extended for successive periods of up to three months each, to a maximum total of twelve months, provided you continue to meet its criteria (a return or onward ticket, confirmed accommodation and sufficient funds).

What do I need to show on arrival in Seychelles?

Seychelles Immigration says all visitors must hold a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation before departing, and that the Visitor's Permit requires a valid return or onward ticket, confirmed accommodation and sufficient funds for the stay (minimum of US$150 or equivalent per day). It says the passport must be valid for the period of the intended stay until arrival back in the holder's country of origin or residence.

Do I need vaccinations for Seychelles?

Do US citizens need a visa for the Seychelles?

US citizens need an eTA for the Seychelles. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for the Seychelles?

UK citizens need an eTA for the Seychelles. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for the Seychelles?

German citizens need an eTA for the Seychelles. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter the Seychelles?

Passport validity: Seychelles Immigration says the passport must be valid for the period of the intended stay until arrival back in the holder's country of origin or residence. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Seychelles. Return or onward ticket: Seychelles Immigration says a valid return or onward ticket for the duration of the visit must be presented for the Visitor's Permit issued on arrival, and the official Travel Authorisation site says you can apply only after booking your airline ticket and accommodation. Proof of funds: Seychelles Immigration says a visitor must have sufficient funds for the duration of the stay, a minimum of US$150 or equivalent per day, together with a valid return or onward ticket and confirmed accommodation.

How many countries can visit Seychelles without a visa?

0 of 198 passports can enter Seychelles visa-free (0%). 198 can apply online (eVisa or eTA), and 0 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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Where can Seychelles citizens travel visa-free?

Seychelles passport holders can visit 102 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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