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Mauritius Visa Requirements
29 July, 2010
All foreigners entering Mauritius must have a valid passport and a return or onward ticket. Visitors Visas are normally granted for a period of 2 to 4 weeks from date of arrival, and can be extended on request at the Passport and Immigration Office.
Visas are issued to foreigners for a short duration - usually not exceeding six months in one calendar year.
Citizens of several countries do not require a visa to enter Mauritius. The full list of these countries is available from the Government of Mauritius.
Application requirements for visas include:
- valid passport
- valid return ticket
- proof of sufficient funds to meet the cost of living in Mauritius
- letter from a local sponsor
Conditions for the granting of a visa include:
- non-citizen should leave at expiry of visa
- non-citizens undertake not to engage in any financially gainful activities during their stay in Mauritius
The Immigration Act makes provision for the granting of residence permits to non-citizens signifying their intention to reside in Mauritius.
The Non-Citizens - Employment Restriction Act provides detailed information regard working in Mauritius.
Details and information and documentary evidence that will required for an Application for Residence Permits are as follows:
- name of applicant
- profession - occupation
- name of local employer
- post in which to be employed in Mauritius
- duration of contract or assignment
- place and date of birth
- gender
- marital status
- nationality
- passport no. and place of date of issue
- last place of permanent residence
- period and purpose of stay
- intended place of residence in Mauritius
- name of local sponsor
- two recent passport size photographs of self and accompanying dependents
- name and other particulars of dependents, if any, intending to accompany applicant
- proof of a valid passport
- proof of a return ticket
- proof of sufficient financial means
- proof of ability to re-enter country of origin
The residence permit may be cancelled at any time without any reasons being given.
Some of the conditions attached to the granting of residence permits are as follows:
- a residency permit is issued to the corresponding period of the Work Permit
- if no work permit is issued, applicant, if already in Mauritius, should leave the country
- the necessary deposits are made
- the dependents of the expatriates, except for those employed as skilled workers, may be allowed to stay in Mauritius on the strength of the residence and work permits provided documentary evidence of family relationship is produced and verified.
- skilled workers are allowed to take up employment in Mauritius for a maximum period of three years. They may be re-employed only after a period of one year has lapsed since they last left Mauritius.
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