How many months of passport validity do you need to enter Seychelles?

Important warning: although Aeroflot and Seychelles official sites only require the passport to be valid for the duration of the trip, in practice Russian customs at departure may refuse to let a passenger exit the country if less than 6 months of passport validity remain. The suggested workaround is to urgently obtain a second passport (e.g. a 10-year one) and use it while keeping the old one valid, to avoid problems at the Russian border.

According to the official Seychelles Immigration Department website, the only stated requirement is that the passport remain valid for the duration of the trip, regardless of nationality. The 6-month mention appears only as a 'recommendation' for long-term visa applications, not as a mandatory rule for regular entry.

If a traveler for some reason doesn't qualify for visa-free entry, they can visit the Seychelles consulate in Moscow and request to have a visa explicitly affixed to their passport. This gives more control over the passport-validity decision and is usually faster and less stressful than replacing the passport, since the volume of applications from Russian citizens to this consulate is low and individual accommodation is common.

Clarification on the rule: the 6-month passport validity requirement applies specifically to your entry date into Seychelles. On your departure date (including re-entry to your home country), the passport just needs to still be valid — no minimum remaining period required.

Confirmed via the Timatic system (used by all airlines for document checks at check-in, including Emirates and Aeroflot) — it only requires the passport to remain valid throughout the trip; there's no separate 6-month rule for departure.

Answer to a specific scenario: if you have 4 months of passport validity left on your departure date from Seychelles, that's fine — you'll be allowed entry, since the strict 6-month requirement only applies at the point of entry.