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TAAF Entry Visa and Senior Administrator Agreement

French Southern and Antarctic LandsShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

For ordinary foreign travellers, the required documents and any visa depend on the applicable international agreements and regulations. When a visa is required, it is issued only after the TAAF Senior Administrator agrees. This statutory chapter does not apply to diplomatic agents or career consuls. TAAF are outside both the European Union territory and the Schengen Area.

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  • Conditions generales - entry permission and exception
    Pour entrer dans les Terres australes et antarctiques francaises, tout etranger doit etre muni des documents et visas exiges par les conventions internationales et les reglements en vigueur. Lorsqu'un visa est requis, il est delivre apres accord de l'administrateur superieur des Terres australes et antarctiques francaises. Les dispositions du present chapitre ne sont pas applicables aux agents diplomatiques et aux consuls de carriere.
  • Conditions generales - territorial status
    Les TAAF sont situees en dehors du territoire de l'Union Europeenne et hors de l'espace Schengen.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The official application set expressly includes scientific missions. The general forms for the Austral districts (Crozet, Saint-Paul/Amsterdam and Kerguelen) and the Scattered Islands (Europa, Juan de Nova and Glorieuses) require each applicant to state the object of the stay.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Where a visa is required, it is issued only after the agreement of the TAAF Senior Administrator, who specifies the duration and conditions of the person's stay in the territory. The official source does not state a fixed maximum stay, rolling-period rule or number of entries.

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  • The official source does not state a fixed maximum stay, rolling-period rule or number of entries.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The documented application evidence includes the applicant's identity, nationality, passport number, issue and expiry details, a passport copy, address, profession, destination, proposed dates and purpose. A scientific applicant must additionally attach a CV and identify the scientific institution, mission title, scientific programme and programme manager. The official source does not state funds, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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  • Scientific form - evidence fields
    First name; Surname; Date of birth; Place of birth (City and country of birth); Nationality; Passport number and date of issue; Expiration date; (Attach a copy of the passport); Address; Profession (attach a CV); Place of stay; For a period of (dates); Mission: (scientific institut, title of the mission, name and number of the scientific program, program manager ...)
  • Austral districts form - identity fields
    First name; Surname; Date of birth; Place of birth (City and country of birth); Nationality; Passport number and date of issue; Expiration date; (Attach a copy of the passport); Address; Profession.
  • Austral districts form - purpose
    Object of the applicant's stay.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

When a visa is required, first obtain the TAAF Senior Administrator's agreement and then apply through the consulate or embassy in the applicant's country of residence; residents in metropolitan France may apply through their departmental prefecture. Current sources contain a timing discrepancy: CESEDA Article L367-2 requires the agreement request at least one month before arrival, while the TAAF administrative page instructs applicants to request it at least two months before arrival. Both allow a diplomatic or consular authority to seek a shorter period in an emergency. The TAAF page separately states that a non-resident foreign national holding a Schengen visa may request an extension of that visa from the metropolitan prefecture where temporarily present.

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  • Procedure - conditional scope
    Lorsqu'un visa est requis, il est delivre apres accord de l'administrateur superieur des TAAF.
  • Procedure - visa filing
    Apres accord de l'administrateur superieur, les demandes de visas se font aupres des consulats et ambassades du pays de residence de l'interesse. Les residents en Metropole peuvent en faire la demande aupres de la prefecture du departement de leur residence.
  • CESEDA L367-2 - statutory timing
    L'accord mentionne a l'article L. 367-1 doit etre demande un mois au moins avant la date d'arrivee sur le territoire. L'autorite diplomatique ou consulaire peut solliciter une reduction de ce delai dans les situations d'urgence.
  • TAAF page - administrative timing
    L'accord de l'administrateur superieur doit etre demande deux mois au moins avant la date d'arrivee sur le territoire. L'autorite diplomatique ou consulaire peut solliciter une reduction de ce delai dans les situations d'urgence.
  • Procedure - Schengen visa extension statement
    Les etrangers non residents, titulaires d'un visa Schengen peuvent demander une extension de leur visa aupres de la prefecture metropolitaine du lieu ou ils se trouvent temporairement.

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

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