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Immigration and Civil Status Seychelles
and responsible for the issuance of passports to citizens of Seychelles.
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Seychelles Electronic Border System
“All of Seychelles’ border formalities have been digitised and must be completed by all travellers before entering Seychelles and Seychellois before leaving Seychelles via the Seychelles Electronic Border System. Please click the following link to fill in your immigration forms.”
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Services offered by the Departments of Immigration and Civil Status on Praslin are now available under one roof at the island’s new Customer Service Centre, located at the Pension Fund Complex at Grand Anse Praslin.
Gainful occupation permits (GOP) can be collected between 1 - 5 days after submission of application.
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Recent Publications
ID ENROLLMENT IN DISTRICTS
The Department of Immigration & Civil Status is launching a Mobile ID enrollment program starting...
LAUNCH OF NEW DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES
Exciting News from the Department of Immigration & Civil Status (ICS) in partnership with the...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL ID CARDS FOR PERMIT HOLDERS Effective 17 th September...
Border control officers keep abreast of new techniques
Border control officers from the department of immigration and civil status are being brought up...
Minister Fonseka takes questions on law enforcement, the war on drugs, and FCIU seizures
Members of the National Assembly had the opportunity to put forward their oral questions to...
UNODC, Seychelles team up to combat human trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime yesterday kick-started a three-day workshop on human...
Immigration and Civil Status
The Seychelles Immigration maintains an effective Border Control, Assess claims of citizenship of Seychelles and reponsible for the issuance of passports to citizens of Seychelles.
LIVING AND WORKING IN SEYCHELLES
All expatriate workers in Seychelles require a Gainful Occupation Permit (GOP). Without this, non-Seychellois are not permitted to work full time or part time, paid or unpaid.
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- Office of the President
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Seychelles Tourism Board
- Ministry of Tourism. Civil Aviation, Port and Marine- Tourism Department
- Ministry of Finance, Trade and Economic planning
- Department of Information Communication Technology
- National Bureau of Statistics
- Seychelles Revenue Commission
- Employment Department
- Ministry of Health Seychelles
- Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority
- Seychelles Police