Document checklist
Tokelau → French Guiana: Short-stay tourist
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
5 itemsIdentity
A valid passport that meets three conditions
RequiredYour travel document must be valid and recognised by France, valid for at least three months after the date you plan to leave, contain at least two blank pages, and have been issued less than 10 years ago. In a duly justified emergency the authorities may waive the three-month validity rule. A visa can only be put in a passport that meets these conditions.
Purpose of travel
A stay of no more than 90 days in any 180 days
RequiredThe entry conditions in the order are for a stay of up to 90 days in any 180 days. A short-stay visa cannot let you stay longer than that in total.
Travel
A short-stay visa valid for French Guiana (a Schengen visa is not valid here)
RequiredThis checklist is for nationalities that are not visa-exempt for French Guiana. Overseas France is not part of the Schengen Area, so a Schengen visa does not let you in: you need a short-stay visa valid for French Guiana, and the territory it covers is written on the visa sticker. Check that the sticker names French Guiana before you travel.
Enter through a controlled border crossing point
RequiredEveryone must report to one of the controlled crossing points listed in annex I of the order so the entry conditions can be checked, and your travel document is stamped on entry and exit. The stamp fixes the date and place you crossed the border.
Other
Visa application documents: not listed in the order
The order sets the entry conditions but does not list the documents you submit with a visa application, and the French visa portal and consular pages could not be read when this checklist was built. Apply through the French consulate or visa centre that serves your country of residence, and check the official France-Visas website for the current list of documents and fee.
Why applications on this route get refused
The passport does not meet the order's conditions
A visa can only be placed in a travel document that is valid for at least three months after you leave, has two blank pages and was issued less than 10 years ago, and the same conditions apply at the border.
How to avoid it: Check the validity, the blank pages and the issue date before you apply, and renew the passport first if it falls short.
The visa is not valid for French Guiana
The territory a short-stay visa covers is written on its sticker, and overseas France is not part of the Schengen Area, so a Schengen visa does not let you enter.
How to avoid it: Ask for a visa valid for French Guiana and check that the sticker names it before you travel.
Sources
- Légifrance (Direction de l'information légale et administrative), consolidated the arrêté of 26 July 2011 (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon): article 1 (entry conditions), article 3 and annex II (visa exemptions) · checked 11 Oct 2026
- Service-Public.gouv.fr (DILA, French Prime Minister's services): Un étranger a-t-il besoin d'un visa pour un voyage en outre-mer ? (updated 2024-11-20) · checked 11 Oct 2026
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