The British Overseas Territories maintain their own rules regarding immigration requirements different from the visa policy of the United Kingdom, but remain under its sovereignty. As a general rule, British citizen passport holders do not generally have automatic right of abode in these territories.
Video Visa policies of British Overseas Territories
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia - The visa policy is the same as for Cyprus, which follows the visa policy of the Schengen Area. However, stays longer than 28 days per 12-month period require a permit. The territory has open borders with Cyprus, but maintains border checks with Northern Cyprus.
Maps Visa policies of British Overseas Territories
Anguilla
Anguilla - A maximum visa-free stay of 3 months is granted to holders of British passports, all European Union citizens and nationals of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, East Timor, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, Uruguay and Vanuatu. Passengers can stay in transit for 24 hours without a visa except for nationals of Afghanistan, China, Colombia, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Montenegro, Nigeria, Serbia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Uganda.
In addition, holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom and holders of diplomatic passports do not require a visa.
- Statistics
Most visitors arriving in Anguilla were from the following countries:
Bermuda
Bermuda - Visitors are granted entry for not more than 6 months and usually for only 21 days. Extensions of stay are possible from the Bermuda Department of Immigration.
Since 1 March 2014, Bermuda does not issue its own visas. However, it requires that visitors who need a multiple-entry visa to transit the United Kingdom, the United States or Canada (the only countries with direct flights from Bermuda) present this visa upon arrival in Bermuda. For visitors who need such visa, both the passport and the visa must be valid for at least 45 days beyond the end of their intended stay.
Bermuda does not require the following nationals to present a visa, regardless of the country of transit: holders of British passports; all European Union citizens; nationals of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominica, East Timor, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City and Zambia.
Nationals of the following additional countries do not need a visa only if transiting the United Kingdom: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Haiti, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Montenegro, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan; and nationals of Venezuela with a biometric passport.
- Statistics
Most visitors arriving in Bermuda (including arrivals by air, cruise and yacht) were from the following countries:
British Antarctic Territory
British Antarctic Territory - is administered in London by staff in the Polar Regions Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It issues permits to those travelling to the British Antarctic Territory. New applications should be filed at least four months in advance. Organisers need to demonstrate that they are sufficiently prepared for a visit to Antarctica.
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory - visitors must obtain a valid permit before travelling. Permits are issued by British Indian Ocean Territory Administration at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. Any permit issued is valid for the outer islands only while the access to Diego Garcia is restricted to those with connections to the military facility. No unauthorised vessel is permitted to approach the Diego Garcia within 3 nautical miles and vessels in transit, on "innocent passage" as defined under Maritime Law, should maintain their course away from Diego Garcia. Proof of travel insurance and yacht insurance is required. Passports must be valid for six months. Any person who enters BIOT without a permit is liable to imprisonment for 3 years and/or a fine of £3000.
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands - Usually visitors are granted a one-month entry stamp on arrival. Persons visiting can be granted leave up to one calendar month in the first instance and may also be granted an extension for one further month, except for Taiwanese visitors who are granted a stay of six months upon arrival. Extensions for up to six months are granted on the discretion of the Chief Immigration Officer. There is a departure tax.
A visa-free stay is granted to holders of British passports, all European Union citizens, and nationals of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China1, Costa Rica, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Permanent residents of the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom do not require a visa. They must arrive directly from their countries of permanent residence, or, for permanent residents of Canada and the UK, on an immediate connecting flight from their countries of permanent residence. Visa holders of these three countries may also visit BVI for up to six months providing they have a used, multiple-entry visa valid for at least six months.
- 1.^ Visa exemption according to a government press release. Still listed as needing visas by the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board and Timatic.
Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands - A maximum visa-free stay of 6 months (the period of stay is determined by the immigration officer on arrival), for tourist purposes only, is granted to: holders of British passports1; all European Union citizens2; nationals of Abkhazia3, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Ossetia3, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela and Zambia; and nationals of Jamaica under 15 or over 70 years of age1.
A maximum visa-free stay of 30 days is also granted to permanent residents of the United States when arriving directly from the United States, of Canada when arriving directly from Canada or the United States, or of the United Kingdom when arriving directly from the United Kingdom.
Nationals of China and Jamaica who hold a valid visa issued by the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom can visit the Cayman Islands for up to 30 days only if arriving directly from the country that issued the visa.
Passengers can stay in transit for 24 hours without a visa except for nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liberia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Cyprus, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
- 1.^ The regulations specify a visa waiver for nationals of all countries in the Commonwealth of Nations except for Bangladesh, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and for nationals of Jamaica between 15 and 70 years of age. Timatic lists British nationals as exempt from visas only if they are British citizens or British Overseas Territories citizens, but neither the regulations nor the Department of Immigration of the Cayman Islands mentions such restriction. Timatic mentions the visa waiver for nationals of Jamaica under 15 and over 70 years of age, but the Department of Immigration does not. Although Rwanda joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 2009 and the Maldives left it in 2016, as of 2018 both Timatic and the Department of Immigration of the Cayman Islands still list Rwanda as needing visas and the Maldives as exempt.
- 2.^ In May 2018, the government of the Cayman Islands issued a regulation exempting nationals of Bulgaria and Romania from transit visas, but the Department of Immigration and Timatic listed these countries as exempt from entry visas, while incoherently keeping them in the transit visa list. The visa waiver for these countries is unclear.
- 3.^ The regulations do not grant a visa waiver to nationals of these countries, but the Department of Immigration lists them as exempt from visas. Timatic does not list these countries.
- Statistics
Most visitors arriving in the Cayman Islands by air were from the following countries:
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands - A visa-free stay is granted to holders of British passports, all European Union citizens, and nationals of Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States, Uruguay and Vatican City. Holders of International Travel Documents issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross and holders of a Laissez-Passer issued by the United Nations also do not require a visa. Persons who would normally require a visa but are transiting by air or sea for less than 24 hours are exempted from the visa requirement.
Gibraltar
Gibraltar - Follows mainly the visa policy of the United Kingdom. European Union citizens and nationals of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are entitled to freedom of movement. A visa-free stay is granted to other holders of British passports and to nationals holding ordinary passports of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, East Timor, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Vatican City. Passports are required by all visitors to Gibraltar, except EU citizens who are in possession of a valid national identity card.
- Additional visa exemptions
- holders of a valid UK multiple entry visa issued for 6 months or more or a biometric residence permit (BRP), regardless of category, or
- holders of indefinite leave to remain in the UK, or
- holders of a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode in the UK, or
- holders of an EU family residence permit/card, or
- holders of the equivalent of indefinite leave to remain in any Schengen member state, or
- citizens of China, India, Mongolia, Morocco and Russia holding a Schengen multiple entry visa with a minimum remaining validity of 7 days (for a stay of up to 21 days in Gibraltar), or
- citizens of China, Russia and Ukraine visiting Gibraltar on a day trip as part of an organised tour arranged through a Gibraltar-based tour operator.
Montserrat
Montserrat - A visa-free stay of 6 months (or 14 days if holding a form of ID other than passports unless otherwise stated) is granted to holders of British passports (also 6 months for holders of a form of ID), all European Union citizens (except Croatia) (also 6 months for French ID Card holders), and nationals of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada (also 6 months for holders of a form of ID), Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Multiple-entry eVisa valid for 1 year can be obtained through the internet, prior to departure.
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands - visitors wishing to stay on Pitcairn for under two weeks do not require a visa or licence prior to arrival. The Immigration Officer assesses applications for short-term visitors to Pitcairn upon arrival.
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - different rules apply to different parts of the territory.
- Ascension Island -- All visitors must apply for an entry visa in advance (minimum 14 days). An entry visa issued by the Administrator of Ascension Island allows a stay of up to 3 months. Passport must be valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of entry into Ascension Island.
From May 2015, Ascension Island Government no longer issues entry visas to nationals of Belarus, China, Egypt, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Ukraine and Vietnam; in 2017 nationals of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan also were deprived of the opportunity to obtain an entry visa.
- Saint Helena -- Visa-free entry is granted to holders of British passports, all European Union citizens, and nationals of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, East Timor, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Vatican City.
Nationals of other countries may apply for an electronic visa online.
All visitors must be covered by medical insurance, proof of which must be produced on arrival. Visitors are issued an entry permit valid for up to 183 days. Passport must be valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of entry into Saint Helena. - Tristan da Cunha -- No visas are required, but all visitors must hold a valid passport and obtain permission to land in advance from Island Council by having a landing stamp inserted in their passport. Landing stamps may also be issued to passengers and crew not intending to go ashore, but who wish their travel document to be endorsed as a souvenir of the visit. There are different rates for Tristan da Cunha Island and for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands. Inaccessible Island is a World Heritage Site, and landings are restricted for environmental and wildlife conservation reasons. Passport must be valid for the proposed duration of stay.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - the Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, based in Stanley, Falkland Islands regulates all access to the Territory. Visas are not required, but all visitors irrespective of their nationality or mode of transport must apply to the Commissioner for permission to land in advance. The visit permit is issued to a 'Permit Holder', normally a cruise vessel expedition leader or a yacht master. Visitors travelling to South Georgia as paying passengers on cruise ships and yachts do not need to submit a visit application.
Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands - A maximum visa-free stay of 90 days is granted to holders of British passports, all European Union citizens, and nationals of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, Qatar, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey1, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City and Venezuela.
Permanent residents or holders of valid visas of the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
- 1.^ Listed as exempt from visas in the regulations and government's website, but not in Timatic.
Summary of visa exemptions
See also
- Visa policy of the United Kingdom
- Visa requirements for British Overseas Territories Citizens
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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