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Seafarer Shore Leave by Deemed Landing Pass

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

A crew member holding a qualifying seaman's identification card -- one furnished under section 22 or issued by the vessel's master, owner or agent, and which a Senior Immigration Officer considers sufficiently identifies the holder -- is automatically deemed to hold a valid Landing Pass, without a separate transit permission. The source does not name nationality-based exemptions.

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  • Whether any nationalities are exempt, and the specific cases in which the Controller may direct that the card not be deemed a Landing Pass, are not stated by this source.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The official source does not state whether a qualifying crew member may remain airside without crossing immigration control, or under what circumstances immigration control must be crossed. The deemed Landing Pass entitles the holder to enter Brunei Darussalam and remain during the vessel's stay, but the official source does not describe airside procedures or border-crossing requirements.

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  • The official capture does not mention airside procedures or whether immigration control must be crossed.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affecting the immigration requirement.

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  • The official capture does not mention baggage, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations.
  • Laws of Brunei, CAP. 17 Rg 1 (Immigration Regulations), Attorney General’s Chambers
    Where any member of a crew is in possession of — (a) (i) a seaman’s identification card furnished under the provisions of section 22; or (ii) any identification card issued to him by the master of the vessel on which he is employed or by the owners or agents of such vessel, and (b) such card in the opinion of a Senior Immigration Officer sufficiently identifies him, it shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 18 and unless the Controller otherwise directs generally or in any particular case or cases, be deemed to be a valid Landing Pass issued to him under the provisions of regulation 13.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

The qualifying identification card is deemed to be a valid Landing Pass issued under regulation 13, which entitles the holder to remain in Brunei Darussalam for the duration of their vessel's stay in Brunei Darussalam, rather than a fixed number of hours.

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  • The source ties the permitted stay to the length of the vessel's stay in Brunei Darussalam (via the regulation-13 Landing Pass this card is deemed to be) rather than to a fixed number of hours; overnight or multiple-stop rules are not stated.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

No separate application exists: a qualifying seaman's identification card automatically functions as the Landing Pass, subject to any conditions the Controller has notified in writing to the vessel's master.

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Limits of the record
  • No fee or separate application form is described by this source for the deemed Landing Pass.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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