South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Togo passportEdit check
Permit, stay set by the visa
Before you travel: entry is by permit from the administering authority, not a visa. See the conditions for who issues it.
How long you may stay is set by your visa.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions4 to check
- Entry requires a permit issued by the Principal Immigration Officer of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands under section 7; the permit sets the duration of the stay, and for a visit permit the specified period must not exceed 30 days.
- An application must be submitted to the Principal Immigration Officer with any fee not less than 14 days before the date on which the applicant intends to enter the Territories.
- The Principal Immigration Officer must refuse to issue a permit to an applicant who does not have health insurance (medical expenses insurance covering emergency evacuation and repatriation).
- The Entry Control Ordinance 2022 is in force; it commenced on 1 August 2025.
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
Except as provided by this Ordinance, no person is permitted to enter or remain in the Territories. … A person who wishes to enter the Territories and who is not entitled to deemed permission under section 9 must apply in accordance with this section for a permit for either— (a) tourism, leisure or other purpose of a private nature that is not work (“a visit”); or (b) work. … The Principal Immigration Officer may issue a permit to any person who applies under section 6 and who is not of a description in section 8(1).
Aevamo’s reading
The Entry Control Ordinance 2022 is enacted by the Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 'to provide for the control of entry into and residence in' the Territory; section 5 prohibits entry by 'no person' except as the Ordinance provides and sections 6-7 impose the permit requirement on every traveller, so it creates the obligation collectively rather than describing one created elsewhere.
Section 5 prohibits every person from entering the Territories except as the Ordinance provides; section 6(1) then obliges anyone not within a deemed-permission category to apply for a permit, naming the visit permit (tourism and private purposes); and section 7(1) vests issue of the permit in the Principal Immigration Officer. Together these make a permit from the administering Government a condition of entry for every holder of any travel document, whatever its nationality.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Enacted 4 May 2022, published 13 May 2022; commenced 1 August 2025 by notice of the Commissioner.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.