How to Get a Seychelles Passport: Eligibility, Documents, and Applying

To get a Seychelles passport, you must first be a confirmed Seychellois citizen, then appear in person at an authorized enrollment station with your identity documents, pay SCR 750, and pick up the biometric passport three working days later.¹ Citizenship comes first; the passport itself is quick.

Confirm You Are a Seychellois Citizen

A passport is issued only to citizens, so the Immigration Division needs to see your status before anything else. If you were born in Seychelles, you are a citizen at birth only if at least one parent was a Seychellois citizen at the time. Birth on Seychellois soil alone does not confer citizenship. A child born abroad to a Seychellois father or mother is also a citizen at birth, but the parent must register the birth with the Immigration and Civil Status Division before applying for a passport.²

If you gained citizenship by naturalization or registration rather than birth, keep your citizenship certificate on hand. You will need it as proof of status when you enroll.¹

Documents to Bring

First-time applicants must present the National Identity Number card. The Immigration Division verifies citizenship status internally and may ask for your original or certified birth certificate to confirm the parental link.¹ Naturalized or registered citizens should bring the certified citizenship certificate.

For a renewal, bring the expiring or expired passport and your National Identity Number card.³ If your name has changed for any reason other than marriage or adoption, bring certified copies of the supporting legal documents.

You do not need to supply passport photographs. Your photo, fingerprints, and digital signature are captured at the enrollment station.¹

Where and How to Apply in Seychelles

You must appear in person. There is no paper application form; you present yourself and your documents to the customer service agent at the enrollment office.¹ On Mahé, that office is the Immigration Customer Service Centre on the ground floor of Independence House in Victoria.³

The fee for a standard biometric passport is SCR 750.³ Once payment is complete and your biometric data has been captured, collection is 72 hours (three working days) after enrollment.¹

Applying From Overseas

Seychellois citizens living abroad apply through designated embassies or high commissions. Start remotely by forwarding a copy of your current, expiring, or expired passport to the Immigration office in Seychelles for verification. Once verification is complete, you will be instructed to attend the designated enrollment station at the embassy or consulate to provide biometric data in person.¹

First-time applicants abroad face an extra step: citizenship must be established before enrollment can begin. You submit your birth certificate and any other required documents, all authenticated, and the Immigration Division issues a “Letter of ID” confirming your status. That letter is forwarded to the embassy or high commission so enrollment can proceed.¹

The overseas fee is the same SCR 750.¹

Applications for Minor Children

A minor must be accompanied by a parent at the enrollment station. For a renewal, bring the child’s birth certificate to confirm the parental link with the accompanying parent.¹ First-time applications for a child follow the same enrollment process as adults, with the child’s citizenship status and identity documents presented and biometric data captured on site.

Replacing a Lost or Stolen Passport

Report a lost or stolen passport to the local police as soon as possible and obtain a police report. If you are abroad, contact the nearest Seychelles embassy or consulate, which can issue emergency travel documentation to get you home.

The standard SCR 750 fee still applies to a replacement, plus a penalty surcharge of SCR 1,500, for a total of SCR 2,250.³

1
Immigration and Civil Status Seychelles. Applying for a Seychelles Passport
2
Constitute Project. Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2017) Constitution
3
Immigration and Civil Status Seychelles. Seychelles Bio-Metric Passport