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Transit Pass

EswatiniTransit

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

A transit pass is available to a person who wishes to enter Swaziland (Eswatini) for the purpose of travelling to a destination outside Swaziland. Exempted persons (a class or description of person exempted by the Minister under the Act) do not need an entry permit or pass. The official source does not state which nationalities must obtain a transit pass or which classes the Minister has exempted.

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  • The regulations do not list which nationalities must obtain a transit pass or which classes the Minister has exempted.

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

Every person other than an exempted person must, immediately on arrival, report in person to the nearest immigration officer. When an aircraft arrives, the person in charge must prevent such persons from leaving the airport precincts until authorised by an immigration officer, and must notify the immigration officer if a passenger whose destination is outside Swaziland fails to continue the journey on that aircraft. The official source does not state an explicit airside-transit rule.

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  • No explicit airside-transit rule is stated.
  • https://www.gov.sz/images/home-affairs/immigration%20regulations.pdf
    3. (1) Every person other than an exempted person, shall immediately on arrival in Swaziland, present himself in person and report his entry into Swaziland to the nearest Immi- gration officer and, if so required by an immigration officer, complete an entry declaration form in Form I in the First Scheduled hereto and deliver the same to an immigration officer.
  • https://www.gov.sz/images/home-affairs/immigration%20regulations.pdf
    (b) prevent any person to whom subregulation (1) applies from leaving the precincts of the airport until authorized by an immigration officer.
  • https://www.gov.sz/images/home-affairs/immigration%20regulations.pdf
    (4) Where any aircraft enters Swaziland carrying any person from outside Swaziland whose destination is also outside Swaziland but who fails to continue his journey in such aircraft in circumstances which raise a reasonable presumption that the person has remained in Swaziland, the person in charge or agent of such aircraft shall, as soon as possible, notify the nearest immigration officer of the failure of the person to continue his journey.

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 the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the Immigration Regulations 1987 (regs 3, 21-22, 36, Form 10) and the Immigration Act 1982 for baggage collection, terminal change, separate tickets or self-transfer; none addressed.

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

The transit pass is valid for a period not exceeding seven days; the official source does not separately address overnight stays, airport changes or multiple-stop connections.

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

The permission is a transit pass. The person applies to an immigration officer in Form 10, must hold such valid documents as are required to enter the country of destination and be otherwise qualified under that country's law to enter it; the pass is endorsed in the holder's passport.

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