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Personal or Family Visit Entry Permit

South SudanShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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

An entry permit is required for this route. The official source does not state whether a visa is also required.

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Limits of the record
  • The page lists the entry permit among visa-application documents; it does not say whether it replaces or accompanies a visa, or whether visa-exempt nationals also need it.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The route covers personal or family visits.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum stay, validity and entry rules.

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Limits of the record
  • No stay-duration figure is stated for this entry permit on this page.

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

The listed evidence is bank statements showing sufficient funds to cover the stay (personal visit), a passport valid for at least six months before expiry with an unused page for the visa, one recent passport-size photo and a yellow fever vaccination certificate. The official source does not state accommodation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • Apart from the bank statements marked "(personal visit)", these are general visa documents; the page does not say which apply specifically to the family-visit entry permit.

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

The entry permit is obtained from the concerned family or friends through the Immigration Department in South Sudan. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

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Limits of the record
  • No rule is given on extending or changing the stay.

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

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