Mon 6 Feb 2012, 6:01
About Seychelles How do I get to Seychelles?
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Air Seychelles, the national carrier, operates non-stop scheduled flights from UK (London/Heathrow), France (Paris/Charles de Gaulle), Italy (Rome/Fumicino, Milan - Malpensa), Frankfurt, Zurich, Moscow-Vnukovo, Singapore, Mauritius and South Africa (Johanesburg) into Mahe International Airport. Qatar Airways (QR) and Emirates (EK) provide direct flights to various worldwide sectors through their hubs in Dubai and Doha. Other airlines flying to Seychelles include Air France (AF), Air Mauritius (MK), Condor/Thomas Cook (DE) (all on code share with Air Seychelles, Kenya Airways (KQ), and Air Austral (UU). Flying times to Seychelles are relatively short: 10 hours from London, 91/2 hours from Paris, 81/2 hours from Rome, 63/4 from Singapore, 21/2 hours from Mauritius, 41/2 hours from Johanesburg, 41/2 hours from Dubai, 5 hours from Doha, 23/4 hours from Nairobi and 21/2 hours from Reunion. Visitors arriving in private aircraft are welcomed at Seychelles International Airport provided clearance permission is obtained from the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) prior to arrival and that all relevant formalities are in order.
Entry formalities
Presentation of all the above documents will grant you a Visitor's Permit that will be issued upon arrival by the Seychelles Department of Immigration. The Visitor's Permit is initially valid for the period of visit of up to one month. It can be extended for a period of up to three months from date of issue and capable of further extensions for successive periods not exceeding three months at a time to a maximum period of twelve months, provided that the person still meets the criteria of a bona fide visitor. The visitor's permit is issued free of charge for the first three months after which there is a fee of SR5,000 for extension covering each period of three months or any part thereof. For all your visa exemptions and extensions and other enquiries regarding immigration issues please contact: Department if Immigration Custom formalities The duty free allowance for all liquors (including wine, beer, stout, ale and port) perfumes and tobacco is:
All personal possessions intended to be re-exported on departure are exempt from tax. In addition to the duty free allowances listed above, each visitor may import tax-free a video camera, other camera, musical instrument, portable electronic or electric equipment, sports requisites and other leisure equipment. All personal possessions intended to be re-exported on departure are exempt from tax. In addition to the duty free allowances listed above, each visitor may import tax-free a video camera, other camera, musical instrument, portable electronic equipment, sports requisites and other leisure equipment. Offensive weapons such as stun guns, mace, bows and arrows, knuckle dusters, daggers, swords, tear gas, whips, firearms and ammunition are prohibited imports unless the appropriate import permit or official authorization has been obtained in advance from the relevant authorities. This also applies to spear guns, fireworks, pyrotechnic products and explosives of any kind. The import of plants and parts of plants, animal and animal products, biological specimens, radioactive substances and apparatus, dangerous drugs, medicines, pharmaceutical items and poisons is forbidden without the necessary import permit or official authorization having obtained in advance from the relevant authorities. The value of food items brought into Seychelles by a passenger must not be in excess of the SCR3, 000 personal/household allowance unless the relevant import permits have been obtained in advance. Where goods are imported in excess of allowances, payment of import tax is to be made in cash (or personal cheque drawn on a local account). Credit card facilities are not available for the payment of import tax. Pornography in the form of obscene articles, publications, video tapes and software is strictly forbidden. |
