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Visa

Visa required

Vaccinations

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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

Please check with relevant authorities for the latest updates before travel.

Last updated: 11 May 2026