Visa checklists by country and visa type

Visitor’s Visa for an approved academic sabbatical at a South African tertiary institution.

Airport transit visa for Bangladeshi travellers connecting through Sweden without entering Schengen.

Airport transit visa for Bangladeshi travellers connecting through Iceland without entering Schengen.

Airport transit visa for Bangladeshi travellers connecting through Slovenia without entering the Schengen area.

Airport transit visa for Bangladeshi travellers connecting through Latvia without entering Schengen.

Airport transit visa for Bangladeshi travellers connecting through Finland without entering Schengen.

Airport transit visa for Bangladeshi travellers connecting through Luxembourg without entering Schengen.

Visa guidance for approved Atypical Working Scheme assignments in Ireland, based on the permitted work duration.

Short Term Visa for business meetings, company visits, trade fairs, and related business engagements in South Africa.

Schengen short-stay visa for temporary business travel to Luxembourg.

Schengen short-stay visa for business meetings, events, and professional visits to Iceland.

Schengen short-stay visa for business visit to Latvia.

Schengen short-stay visa for business visit to Finland.

Short Stay C visa for business meetings, commercial engagements, and permitted short-term work in Ireland.

Schengen short-stay visa for meetings, events, and temporary professional travel to Slovenia.

Schengen short-stay visa for short-term business travel to Sweden.

Long Term Visa for foreign entrepreneurs establishing, investing in, and actively working in a South African business.

Child Student visa for children aged 4 to 17 studying at an eligible independent school in the United Kingdom.

Short Term Visa for attending conferences in South Africa without undertaking paid work.

Short Stay C visa for conferences, symposiums, and professional or academic events in Ireland.

Long Term Work Visa for foreign workers individually authorised under a South African employer’s valid Corporate Visa.

Long Term Work Visa for eligible professionals whose occupation appears on South Africa’s current Critical Skills List.

Long Term Visitor’s Visa for spouses and dependant children accompanying or joining an eligible foreign visa holder in South Africa.

Airside transit visa for changing flights in the UK without passing through UK border control.

Long Stay D visa for research in Ireland under an approved Hosting Agreement.

Long Stay D visa for employment in Ireland under an approved DETE Employment Permit.

Short Stay C visa to sit an eligible employment- or study-related exam in Ireland.

Long Term Visa for structured educational, cultural, economic, or social exchange programmes involving South African and overseas partner institutions.

Facilitated Schengen short-stay visa for eligible family members travelling with or joining an EU/EEA citizen in Slovenia.

Facilitated Schengen visa route for eligible family members accompanying or joining an EU/EEA citizen in Luxembourg.

Schengen short-stay visa for eligible family members accompanying or joining an EU/EEA citizen in Iceland.

Schengen short-stay visa for eligible family members accompanying or joining an EU/EEA citizen in Sweden.

Schengen short-stay visa for eligible family members accompanying or joining an EU/EEA citizen in Finland.

Schengen short-stay visa for eligible family members travelling with or joining an EU/EEA citizen in Latvia.

Short Stay C visa for eligible family members accompanying or joining an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen in Ireland.

Family visa for eligible partners and spouses joining a qualifying partner to live together in the United Kingdom.

Short Term Visa for film productions, shoots, modelling projects, and approved industry assignments in South Africa.

Long Term Work Visa for eligible foreign professionals with a qualifying South African job offer under the current points-based system.

Reduced-fee sponsored work visa for eligible health and care professionals joining approved UK employers.

Short Stay C visa for eligible unpaid internships required as part of third-level studies in Ireland.

Long Term Work Visa for existing employees transferred within the same international company group to a South African branch, subsidiary, or affiliate.

Long Stay D visa for eligible de facto partners joining a CSEP or Hosting Agreement holder in Ireland.

Long Stay D visa for eligible family members joining an Irish national to live in Ireland.

Long Stay D visa for eligible family members joining a qualifying non-EEA sponsor in Ireland.

Long Stay D visa for eligible non-EEA family members joining a UK national sponsor in Ireland.

Short Stay C visa guidance for eligible seafarers joining a ship departing from Ireland.

Marriage Visitor visa for giving notice, marrying or forming a civil partnership in the United Kingdom, for visits of up to 6 months.

Short Stay C visa for eligible travel to Ireland to marry or enter into a civil partnership.

Short Term Visitor’s Visa for medical treatment at private hospitals, clinics, or medical practitioners in South Africa.

Short Stay C visa for eligible private medical treatment in Ireland for up to 90 days.

Long Term Visa for planned medical treatment in South Africa requiring an extended treatment period.

Long Stay D visa for eligible religious personnel serving an established religious body or faith community in Ireland.

Schengen short-stay visa for official delegations and government-authorized visits to Sweden.

Schengen short-stay visa for official delegations, government duties, and formally authorized travel to Slovenia.

Schengen short-stay visa for government-authorized missions and official travel to Latvia.

Schengen short-stay visa for official delegations and government-authorized travel to Finland.

Schengen short-stay visa for official delegations and government-authorized travel to Iceland.

Schengen short-stay visa for official missions and government-authorized travel to Luxembourg.

Visa for one parent to live with and care for a Child Student aged 4 to 11 at an independent school in the United Kingdom.

Short Stay C visa for performances, sport, cultural events, and competitive tournaments in Ireland.

Long Term Visa for eligible immediate family members joining a South African citizen or permanent resident.

Visitor’s Visa for eligible foreign-employed professionals working remotely from South Africa for more than three months.

Visitor’s Visa for eligible researchers undertaking a defined research project with a South African host institution.

Long Term Visa for financially eligible applicants intending to retire in South Africa.

Schengen short-stay visa for seafarers joining, leaving, or transiting to a vessel through Finland.

Schengen short-stay visa for crew change, vessel joining, sign-off, or maritime transit through Iceland.

Schengen short-stay visa for crew change, vessel joining, sign-off, and maritime transit linked to Latvia.

Schengen short-stay visa for seafarers joining, leaving, or transiting to a vessel through Sweden.

Temporary sponsored work visa for eligible seasonal horticulture or poultry production work in the United Kingdom.

Short Term Visa for defined project-based work and temporary technical assignments in South Africa.

Short-term study visa for English-only courses lasting more than 6 months and up to 11 months in the United Kingdom.

Sponsored work visa for eligible skilled jobs with a Home Office-approved UK employer.

Standard Visitor visa for eligible academics, scientists and researchers undertaking permitted UK research or formal exchange activities.

Standard Visitor visa for permitted business activities in the United Kingdom, normally for up to 6 months.

Standard Visitor visa for permitted UK exams, professional tests and assessments, normally for up to 6 months.

Standard Visitor visa for planned medical consultation or treatment in the United Kingdom, normally for up to 6 months.

Standard Visitor visa for eligible experts undertaking a pre-arranged paid engagement in the UK within 30 days of entry.

Standard Visitor visa for short courses at an accredited UK institution, normally for up to 6 months.

Standard Visitor visa for holidays, sightseeing and leisure travel to the United Kingdom, normally for up to 6 months.

Standard Visitor visa for temporary visits to family, relatives or friends in the United Kingdom, normally for up to 6 months.

Student visa for eligible further and higher education in the United Kingdom with a licensed student sponsor.

Dependant permission for eligible partners and children joining a qualifying UK Student visa holder.

Study Permit guidance for master's and doctoral degree programmes at Canadian designated learning institutions.

Study Permit guidance for Bangladeshi children attending primary or secondary school in Canada.

Study Permit for eligible college, university and other post-secondary programmes at Canadian designated learning institutions.

Study Permit guidance for eligible studies in Quebec, with the Quebec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ) and federal IRCC approval.

Long Stay D visa for eligible full-time study in Ireland for more than 90 days.

Long Stay D visa for eligible full-time study in Ireland for more than 90 days.

Long-stay Super Visa for eligible parents and grandparents visiting family in Canada, with stays of up to 5 years at a time.

Schengen short-stay visa for tourism, holidays, and leisure travel to Sweden.

Schengen short-stay visa for holidays, sightseeing, nature trips, and leisure travel to Slovenia.

Schengen short-stay visa for holidays, sightseeing, city breaks, and leisure travel to Luxembourg.

Schengen short-stay visa for tourism, sightseeing, holidays, and leisure travel to Iceland.

Schengen short-stay visa for holidays, sightseeing, and leisure travel to Latvia.

Short Term Visa for holidays, sightseeing, cruising, and other leisure travel in South Africa.

Schengen short-stay visa for tourism, holidays, and leisure travel to Finland.

Short Stay C visa for company-to-company work or professional development training in Ireland.

Short Term Visa for temporary training in South Africa where the applicant is not paid for work by a South African entity.

Short Term Visa for Bangladeshi ordinary passport holders transiting South Africa en route to another country.

Transit Visa for qualifying international air connections through Canada lasting 48 hours or less.

Transit visa guidance for airside connections through Ireland and entry-visa requirements where border control applies.

Long Term Visa for participation in approved programmes conducted under an international agreement involving South Africa.

Trusted Employer Scheme pathway for eligible critical-skills professionals employed by an approved South African Trusted Employer.

Trusted Employer Scheme pathway for eligible foreign professionals who qualify for a South Africa General Work Visa.

Trusted Employer Scheme pathway for existing employees transferred within the same international company group to South Africa.

Short Stay C visa for visiting family members or friends living in Ireland.

Short Stay C visa for tourism, holidays, sightseeing, and leisure travel to Ireland.

Schengen short-stay visa for temporary private visits to family, relatives, friends, and close personal contacts in Slovenia.

Schengen short-stay visa for visiting family, relatives, friends, and close personal contacts in Iceland.

Schengen short-stay visa for visiting family, friends, and close personal contacts in Finland.

Schengen short-stay visa for private visits to family, relatives, friends, and close personal contacts in Latvia.

Schengen short-stay visa for visiting family, friends, and close personal contacts in Sweden.

Schengen short-stay visa for private visits to family, relatives, friends, and close personal contacts in Luxembourg.

Short Term Visitor’s Visa for visiting family members or friends and staying with a host in South Africa.

Transit visa for connecting journeys through the UK that require border control, with departure within 48 hours.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for eligible business meetings, conferences, trade fairs and other permitted short-term business activities in Canada.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for genuine temporary travel to Canada in serious or distressing personal circumstances, with most visitors admitted for up to 6 months.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for temporary visits to family members in Canada, with most visitors admitted for up to 6 months.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for visa-required seafarers travelling to Canada by air or land to join a vessel as marine crew.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for temporary travel to Canada for planned medical consultation, assessment or treatment.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for eligible courses or study programs of 6 months or less in Canada, where a study permit is generally not required.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for spouses or partners with a Canadian permanent-residence sponsorship application in process, including eligible faster processing after AOR.

Visitor Visa (TRV) for holidays, sightseeing and leisure travel to Canada, with most visitors admitted for up to 6 months.

Long Stay D visa for eligible unpaid volunteering with an eligible organisation in Ireland.

Long Term Visitor’s Visa for unpaid voluntary or charitable activities with a bona fide organisation in South Africa.

Dependant visa guidance for eligible partners and children joining a qualifying UK work visa holder.