Gainful Occupation Permit for a prospective non-Seychellois employee.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 6
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Eastern Africa · Immigration
Seychelles
Seychelles sits in Eastern Africa. Its immigration system runs 7 distinct routes — led by long-term residence, work and starting a business, each set out in official law. All 7 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
1 further route is recorded for Seychelles but not shown here — its details are still under review.
- Immigration routes
- 7across 6 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 7 of 7cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Long-term residence2 of the 7 routes — see them under Long-term residence below
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Victoria
- Population
- 122,730
- Official language
- Seychellois Creole, English · +1
- Currency
- SCR
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 7 routes, grouped by purpose — 7 of 7 cite an official government source directly.
Work
1 route
Starting a business
1 route
Gainful Occupation Permit for a self-employed person establishing business activity in Seychelles.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 5
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Study
1 route
Student Permit for a non-Seychellois accepted by an approved educational institution.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 4
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Family
1 route
Dependent permit for the non-Seychellois spouse or minor child of a Seychelles citizen.
Process & costs: 2Report facts: 8
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Long-term residence
2 routes
Permanent residence status subject to the published immigration, absence and criminal-sentence conditions.
Report facts: 1
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Discretionary residence permit based on a family or domestic connection or a special economic, social or cultural contribution.
Report facts: 1
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Short stays and visits
1 route
Visitor permit issued on arrival for holiday, pleasure, business or visiting friends and family.
Report facts: 8
Official government source: ics.gov.sc · checked 2026-07-26
Official sources
- ICS Immigration Civil StatusGovernment
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