About St Helena

USEFUL INFORMATION

All visitors must have valid passports (for at least 6 months after the intended travel date) along with return tickets and pre-booked accommodation.  A fee of £20.00 is payable for all visitors over 12 years of age when arriving at St Helena. 

All visitors must have valid medical insurance for at least £175,000 which includes aeromedical evacuation or other means to pay for treatment to cover themselves for the duration of their stay, proof of which must be produced on arrival.  

If visitors wish to stay for more than 90 days they must apply for a residence permit, which can be issued for up to a period of 2 years.

For further information please visit the St Helena Immigration website

St Helena has limited international card acceptance services for cards such as VISA and Mastercard outside of cash advances at the local bank (fees apply). There aren’t any ATM’s on-island. Bank of St Helena’s Tourist Card is a Virtual Prepaid GBP Cash Card that will allow you to use a virtual bank card available on your mobile device and make payments on-island using the local card payment system called St Helena Pay. For more information and to apply for a Tourist Card, visit the Bank’s official website here

Banking services are provided by the Bank of St Helena with the main bank being located in Jamestown and smaller Kiosks at the airport and Jamestown wharf.  The on island currency is the St Helena pound however sterling is also accepted. 

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