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Ascension - Double Transit Visa

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

The following are exempt from seeking an entry visa before entering Ascension, or permission to remain: active members of HM Armed Forces and their accompanying dependants; persons in the service of the Crown in right of the Government of Ascension; persons in the service of the Crown in right of the Governments of the United Kingdom, the Falkland Islands, St Helena or Tristan da Cunha visiting on official duties and their dependants; persons in the service of the United States Government or of a contractor of that Government under the Bahamas Long Range Proving Ground Agreement and their dependants; NATO personnel visiting on official duties and their dependants; exempt dependants; and any other persons or classes the Governor appoints by notice in the Gazette. The official source does not state which nationalities must hold a transit visa.

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Limits of the record
  • The policy states who is exempt but gives no nationality matrix of who must hold a transit visa; it only records that a restricted list of nationalities may be refused.
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    The following groups of persons are exempt under Section 5(2) of the Entry Control Ordinance 2007 from the requirements of this policy with regard to seeking an entry visa prior to entry to Ascension, or for permission to remain in Ascension: (a) active members (and any accompanying dependants) of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces; (b) persons in the service of the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government of Ascension; (c) persons (and any accompanying dependants) in the service of the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Governments of the United Kingdom, of the Falkland Islands, of St Helena, or of Tristan da Cunha, when visiting Ascension in connection with their official duties; (d) persons (and any accompanying dependants) in the service of the Government of the United States of America, or of a contractor of that Government, as provided for by Article XII of the Bahamas Long Range Proving Ground Agreement dated 25 June 1956; (e) persons (and any accompanying dependants) in the service of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation when visiting Ascension in connection with their official duties; (f) exempt dependants, as defined in subsection (3); and (g) any other persons or classes of persons the Governor from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, appoints.

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

A person who lands in Ascension but remains in a secure area approved by the Administrator for the temporary accommodation of passengers who are in transit is deemed not to have landed in Ascension for the purposes of this policy.

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    11. A person who lands in Ascension but remains in a secure area approved by the Administrator for the temporary accommodation of passengers who are in transit, is deemed not to have landed in Ascension for the purposes of this policy.

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
  • Read Annex A section 4) Transit / Double Transit, paragraphs 10 to 22 and Annex B in full. The policy says nothing about baggage collection, terminals, separate tickets or self-transfer. Airport operating procedure was deliberately not inferred from the immigration rules.

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

A Double Transit visa allows for two stays for a maximum of seven days where a return journey within three months of the first visit will involve a stopover in Ascension Island.

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    A Double Transit visa allows for two stays for a maximum of seven days where a return journey within three months of the first visit will involve a stopover in Ascension Island.

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

Applications must be made in the prescribed form and submitted to the Royal St Helena Police Ascension Island Detachment, with payment made in accordance with the fee specified. The official source does not state an onward-travel evidence requirement for a transit visa.

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Limits of the record
  • The policy states no onward-travel evidence requirement for a transit visa; the transit holder's stated pre-arrival evidence is medical insurance and recognised accommodation.
  • The sentence is the general application rule for all visa categories, not one written for transit alone.
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    18. Applications must be made in the prescribed form and submitted to the Royal St Helena Police Ascension Island Detachment, and payment made in accordance with the fee specified.

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

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