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British Commonwealth of Nations and Overseas Territories
Visa
Visa required
Vaccinations
Conditional
Visa guide
THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES: Citizens of the scattered islands that make up British Overseas Territories have full British citizenship and residence within the UK. The 14 British Overseas Territories are: Anguilla Bermuda British Antartic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Island St Helena & Dep. (Ascension Island & Tristan da Cunha) The Sovereign base areas on Cyprus Turks & Caicos Islands South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands BRITISH COMMONWEALTH / COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS The Commonwealth is a voluntary organisation made up mostly of former British colonies. Some states may give preferrential treatment to citizens of fellow member states. Other states make no distinction in its treatment of foreign citizens between member and non-member states. For visa requirements, the relevant country guide should be visited. For more information on the Commonwealth, visit: www.thecommonwealth.org The member states are: Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas, The Bangladesh Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam Cameroon Canada Cyprus Dominica Fiji Ghana Grenada Guyana India Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Lucia Samoa Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and The Grenadines Swaziland Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Vanuatu Zambia
Visa required for South African passport holders.
Vaccinations
| ANGUILLA | |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Typhoid, Hepatitis A&B, Tetanus, Polio |
| BERMUDA | |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Polio |
| BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Typhoid, Hepatitis A&B, Tetanus, Polio |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Typhoid, Hepatitis A&B, Tetanus, Polio |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS | |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Polio |
| GIBRALTAR: | |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Polio |
| MONTSERRAT: | |
| Compulsory: | Yellow Fever (Dependant on Country of Origin/Stopover) |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Polio |
| PITCAIRN ISLAND: | |
| Compulsory: | Yellow Fever (Dependant on Country of Origin/Stopover) |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis A & B, Tetanus, Polio |
| ST. HELENA & DEP (Ascension Island & Tristan da Cunha) | |
| Compulsory: | Yellow Fever (Dependant on Country of Origin/Stopover) |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis A &B, Typhoid, Tetanus, Polio |
| TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: | None Required |
| Compulsory: | None |
| Recommended: | Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Polio |
Requirements
Visas for all British Overseas Territories are processed by the British High Commission in Pretoria and NOT by the Department of Home Affairs.
The British Overseas Territories are:
1) Anguilla
2) Bermuda
3) British Antarctic Territory
4) British Indian Ocean Territory
5) British Virgin Islands
6) Cayman Islands
7) Falkland Islands
8) Gibraltar
9) Montserrat
10) Pitcairn Island
11) St. Helena & Dep. (Ascension Island & Tristan da Cunha)
12) Turks & Caicos Islands
13) South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands