Saint Lucia
Holy See (Vatican City State) passportEdit check
Visa, stay set by the visa
Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate.
How long you may stay is set by your visa.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- The quoted s.4(1) is footed '(Amended by S.I. 12/2007)'; that amendment concerns the Schedule 4 list itself and does not alter the rule that only Schedule 4 countries are exempt, so it has no effect on these issuers.
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
4. Exemption from visa requirement … Subject to subsection (3), a person who is a subject or a citizen of a country referred to in Schedule 4 shall not require a visa to be allowed entry into Saint Lucia.
Aevamo’s reading
The Immigration (Visa) Order, made under s.7(3) of the Immigration Act, imposes the visa requirement: s.3(1) makes the passport of a subject or citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1 unacceptable for entry unless it bears a valid visa, and s.3(2)-(3) distinguish visa on arrival from visa prior to arrival. It creates the obligation rather than reporting it; the External Affairs lists and bilateral agreements describe or modify it.
The exemption from the visa requirement is confined to subjects or citizens of countries referred to in Schedule 4; these issuers (British protected person, British subject, British overseas citizen, South Sudan, Holy See, stateless and refugee classes) are not named in Schedule 4 or any other exemption list held, so the ordinary requirement that a visa be obtained before travel applies to them.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Immigration (Visa) Order: S.I. 33/2006 in force 15 May 2006, amended by S.I. 12/2007 in force 13 March 2007 and by S.I. 134/2020 in force 7 September 2020; the Revised Laws of Saint Lucia edition is 2023. Department of External Affairs Saint Lucia Visa Requirements: govt.lc edition dated 'Last Updated – November 2018'; 2024 High-Commission edition. OECS free movement: commenced 1 August 2011.
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.