Informations on Covid 19 on Reunion island:

Consult the guidelines announced by the Reunion Island Prefecture on 2nd September 2021 for the loosening of Covid-19 measures.

The Reunion Island Prefecture has decided to loosen restrictive measures as from Monday 6th September 2021. The new guidelines will apply until Monday 20th September 2021.

  • Weekdays: freedom of movement from Monday to Friday without the need for a travel certificate. Curfew from 9pm to 5am.
  • Weekends: on Saturdays and Sundays, travel allowed only within a 10km radius. Curfew from 7pm to 5am.

The health pass on Reunion Island

Measures are to be adjusted from 10th August 2021. The health pass is now mandatory to access:

  • leisure and culture venues: show venues, cinemas (with seated spectators), libraries, media libraries, documentation centre, museums, exhibition venues, monuments, theme parks and leisure parks, zoos, wildlife parks, games rooms, bowling alleys, escape games, casinos, stadiums, gyms,
  • bars and restaurants, even seated outdoors, with the exception of cafeteria-style restaurants and take-away services,
  • hotels, guesthouses, campsites, residences, for restaurant and communal areas,
  • fairs and exhibitions,
  • concerts, festivals,
  • health, social and care services and establishments (hospitals, retirement homes, etc.), except in the case of emergencies,
  • stadiums, gyms, sports competitions.

Reunion Island: travel formalities for foreign nationals

The respect of the entrance/stay formalities is the responsibility of the passenger. It’s up to the passenger to check with the competent authorities that this information is very applicable to his situation.

Your Flight to Reunion Island: Necessary Travel Documents

  • Identity documents: ID card or passport in effect
  • No visas required, the length of stay does not matter

  • Identity documents : passport in effect ;
  • Required travel documents : return or ongoing ticket ;
  • Visas : in overseas departments (Reunion Island, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guiana), nationalities subjected to the visa are the same than in France.
We invite you to consult the website of the Foreign Affairs Department to know the conditions of visas delivery: Coming to france. Minor child, foreign national, travelling outside the French territory: “Movement Certificate” or Republican ID card. These documents are essential to the child abroad journeys if he is minor and does not possess the French nationality. They allow the minor to prove his identity. These documents will allow him to travel abroad and to return on the French territory. Indeed, the child must have a document proving the regularity of his stay in France, which will allow him to return on the national territory.

We remind you that Reunion Island, French overseas department, is not a member of the Schengen area. For the holder of Schengen visa, the entrance in overseas departments/territories is possible only if the visa label contains the name of the overseas department/territory destination: “Valid for Reunion Island”. The non-resident foreign nationals, holders of the Schengen visa, have to request a visa extension for the desired overseas department, which requires the consultation of the overseas prefect: prefecture of Reunion Island. Only consulates and prefectures are authorized to question overseas departments for the delivery of a visa concerning them.

Chinese and Indian nationals no longer need a visa for stays of up to 15 days. To organise their stay, they have three options:
  • They may buy an entire package tour (flight + accommodation) from a travel agency in China or India offering Reunion Island as a destination. This agency will then contact an incoming agency on Reunion Island with a licence to request visa waivers.
  • Or they may apply to an incoming agency on Reunion Island which can also sell a package tour (list on our website:resa.reunion.fr/en/practical- information/our-points-of- sale-on-the-island/ managementcompanies.html).
  • Or they may book their flight directly with the airline and apply to a local agency with a licence to organise their stay (accommodation, activities, transport on the island etc.)
Choose one of these three options to benefit from professional advice, and thus enjoy a top-quality holiday on our island, as well as the handling of administrative formalities regarding the visa waiver.

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NB:

Should your stay exceed 15 days, you will need to apply for a visa at the French consulate or embassy.

  • You may also go on a 24-hr visa run to Mauritius then come back to Reunion Island, provided you organize your second stay via one of the three options detailed above.
  • The maximum duration of authorized stay on Reunion Island is 90 days per 6-month period for up to 15 days at a time.
  • Please note, given that Reunion Island is not part of the Schengen area, so a visa for mainland France is not valid. Please consult a French embassy or consulate.

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