Source-backed scope
Adult Indian ordinary-passport holder resident in India travelling directly by air for an ordinary holiday/sightseeing visit, with no foreign-country presence/transit in the previous 21 days. Passport already has at least six months remaining and covers the full stay and return to India. Not a Seychelles resident/permit holder or prohibited immigrant. Holiday/pleasure/family visitor framework; no conference, religious-duty, work, study or residence assessment.
- Jurisdiction
- Seychelles
- Purpose
- Tourism / holiday
- Destination
- Seychelles
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Adult Indian ordinary-passport holder resident in India travelling directly by air for an ordinary holiday/sightseeing visit, with no foreign-country presence/transit in the previous 21 days. Passport already has at least six months remaining and covers the full stay and return to India. Not a Seychelles resident/permit holder or prohibited immigrant. Holiday/pleasure/family visitor framework; no conference, religious-duty, work, study or residence assessment.
Seychelles Immigration and Civil Status requirements checked 2026-10-26. Only the category and stage stated above are covered.
How to use this checklist
Start with the route facts first: citizenship, residence, application country, destination and purpose. Then review the document rows and order processing only where the row says it is required or optional.
Document requirements
| Document | Status | Scope | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approved Travel Authorisation before departure | required | visa application | Apply and pay through seychelles.govtas.com or the official Seychelles e-Border application before departure. Operational portal allows applications within 30 days of arrival; MFA older page says 10 days, so follow actual portal dates. Approval is separate from the Visitor Permit issued at entry; visa-free does not mean no application. |
| Original passport and passport photo-page upload | required | visa application | Immigration requires validity through the stay and arrival back in India. Tourism notice adds six months remaining; this guide covers passports already meeting both. Upload the photo page and carry the matching passport. Shorter-validity cases require confirmation; no certified passport-copy rule is established. |
| Traveller photograph or selfie | required | visa application | Take/upload the traveller photo requested by the official authorisation process. No fixed paper-photo count, notarisation or certified-photo requirement is established. |
| Return or onward flight booking | required | visa application | Have the ticket for the planned visit and upload airline confirmation showing arrival/departure dates under MFA instructions. For onward travel carry any destination permission required. |
| Host invitation OR full accommodation bookings | required | visa application | For an overnight family/friend stay provide the host letter showing host name, address, contact number, NIN details and details of your stay. For hotel stays upload bookings for every location with property name and check-in/out dates. Do not replace a private-host invitation with a universally mandatory hotel booking. |
| Funds for the full visit | required | visa application | Immigration states a minimum equivalent to USD 150 per day. Be able to show adequate financial support for the intended stay; no universal cash-only method or fixed bank-history period was established. |
| Visitor Permit on arrival and actual admitted dates | required | visa application | Immigration issues the initial permit up to three months for holidays/pleasure/visiting family/friends, subject to entry conditions and actual authorised dates. This is not an automatic three-month grant, work authorisation or residence permission. |
| Current health declaration and travel-history check | recommended | visa application | Answer the actual authorisation health/customs questions. Direct India/no foreign presence or transit in preceding 21 days is this guide scope. DRC recent-travel cases fall under the current 21-day/monitoring evidence measures and need separate official assessment. Yellow-fever certification depends on relevant residence/visit or airport transit over 12 hours in endemic areas, not nationality alone. |
Processing route
- Approved Travel Authorisation before departureApply and pay through seychelles.govtas.com or the official Seychelles e-Border application before departure. Operational portal allows applications within 30 days of arrival; MFA older page says 10 days, so follow actual portal dates. Approval is separate from the Visitor Permit issued at entry; visa-free does not mean no application. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Approved Travel Authorisation before departure in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Original passport and passport photo-page uploadProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Immigration requires validity through the stay and arrival back in India. Tourism notice adds six months remaining; this guide covers passports already meeting both. Upload the photo page and carry the matching passport. Shorter-validity cases require confirmation; no certified passport-copy rule is established. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Original passport and passport photo-page upload in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Traveller photograph or selfieTake/upload the traveller photo requested by the official authorisation process. No fixed paper-photo count, notarisation or certified-photo requirement is established. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Traveller photograph or selfie in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Return or onward flight bookingHave the ticket for the planned visit and upload airline confirmation showing arrival/departure dates under MFA instructions. For onward travel carry any destination permission required. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Return or onward flight booking in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Host invitation OR full accommodation bookingsFor an overnight family/friend stay provide the host letter showing host name, address, contact number, NIN details and details of your stay. For hotel stays upload bookings for every location with property name and check-in/out dates. Do not replace a private-host invitation with a universally mandatory hotel booking. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Host invitation OR full accommodation bookings in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Funds for the full visitImmigration states a minimum equivalent to USD 150 per day. Be able to show adequate financial support for the intended stay; no universal cash-only method or fixed bank-history period was established. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Funds for the full visit in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Visitor Permit on arrival and actual admitted datesImmigration issues the initial permit up to three months for holidays/pleasure/visiting family/friends, subject to entry conditions and actual authorised dates. This is not an automatic three-month grant, work authorisation or residence permission. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Visitor Permit on arrival and actual admitted dates in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Current health declaration and travel-history checkAnswer the actual authorisation health/customs questions. Direct India/no foreign presence or transit in preceding 21 days is this guide scope. DRC recent-travel cases fall under the current 21-day/monitoring evidence measures and need separate official assessment. Yellow-fever certification depends on relevant residence/visit or airport transit over 12 hours in endemic areas, not nationality alone. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Current health declaration and travel-history check in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
Official citations
- Seychelles Electronic Border SystemSeychelles Electronic Border System official guidanceseychelles.govtas.comLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version seychelles-travel-authorisation-20261026
Official indexed operational instructions: apply within 30 days of scheduled arrival; passport page, travellerphoto, trip and health/customs answers, payment. Direct route renders shell; valid-resident permit copy does not apply to an ordinary visitor.
- Seychelles Ministry of Foreign AffairsSeychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs official guidancemfa.gov.scLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version seychelles-ta-upload-evidence-20261026
Direct page: passport/selfie/contact/trip, airline booking arrival/departure, all accommodation bookings or host invitation, payment card. Its 10-day window differs from operational portal 30 days; use actual current portal dates. Yellow-fever certificate is travel-history conditional, not all Indian visitors.
- Seychelles Immigration and Civil StatusSeychelles Immigration and Civil Status: India to Seychelles ordinary holiday: Travel Authorisation and visitor entrywww.ics.gov.scLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version india-seychelles-tourism-authorisation-2026-10-26
Official indexed Visitor Permit guidance expressly covers family/friends, on-arrival permit up to 3 months and predeparture TA; direct Immigration pages errored. Official portal/FAQ index and directly read MFA supply uploads/private-host evidence. Conflicting passport/window wording and current DRC health boundary stated.
- Seychelles Immigration and Civil StatusSeychelles Immigration and Civil Status official guidanceics.gov.scLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version seychelles-visitor-entry-20261026
Substantive official indexed entry text: passport valid through return to origin/residence, return/onward ticket, accommodation, funds at leastUSD 150 equivalent/day. Direct www-version errors; no universal bank-history/cash-only claim.
- Tourism SeychellesTourism Seychelles official guidancetourism.gov.scLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version seychelles-tourism-passport-wording-20261026
6 December 2024 Tourism page adds six months remaining and full stay/return validity; Immigration instead states full stay/return. Guide scope already meets both, without calling six months a reconciled universal Immigration rule.
- Seychelles Electronic Border SystemSeychelles Electronic Border System official guidanceseychelles.govtas.comLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version seychelles-host-invitation-20261026
Official indexed FAQ: overnight family/friend stay needs host invitation with name/address/contactnumber/NIN and stay details. Hotel evidence requires property name and check-in/out. Direct rendering omits FAQ body; no notarisation rule stated.
- Seychelles Ministry for Tourism and CultureSeychelles Ministry for Tourism and Culture official guidancetourism.gov.scLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version seychelles-drc-health-october2026-20261026
19 October 2026 current notice implements 14 October health advisory: foreign nationals with DRC travel require 21 days outside DRC, compliance with monitoring and supporting documents where applicable. Resident/citizen branch differs.
Exceptions
- Requirements and accepted document formats can change. Follow the linked authority for your exact purpose and application stage.
- Use row-level processing labels: translation, notarisation, apostille, embassy attestation and MEA or HRD attestation are not interchangeable.
Relevant Enuncia services
- Document checklist review
FAQs
Are all documents for Seychelles tourism / holiday automatically translated?
No. Translation is shown per document row because official sources may accept some documents as issued while requiring translation for others.
Can I order document processing from this checklist?
Build your checklist using the route facts first. A processing option can be selected only where supported by the document row. Rows needing language or authentication confirmation remain under review before pricing.
Related guides
- Seychelles destination guide
Destination overview for all published source-backed routes.