A captain’s entry status is rarely a simple tourist stamp — command carries professional weight, and immigration treats it that way.
Because commanding a vessel is professional activity, the tourist VOA is often the wrong choice for a working captain. Where your duties reach beyond leisure, a pre-arrival visit visa or a work-permit route applies. We assess your role, recommend the compliant pathway and keep your papers in step with the crew file and the yacht’s own cruising and clearance permits.
Command is professional activity
Standing a watch as master is not tourism, and entering on a leisure VOA can leave a working captain out of standing. For a short positioning trip a Visa on Arrival may suffice, but where you are engaged to command — particularly on charter — the B211A visit visa or a formal work-permit route is the correct footing. We read your engagement and recommend the pathway that keeps you clean.
In step with crew and vessel
A captain’s papers should never sit in isolation. We coordinate your visa with the crew roster and the yacht’s cruising, port-clearance and agency documents, so command, crew and vessel all present a single consistent picture to Imigrasi and the harbour master.
Captain documents
A short professional checklist — we confirm the exact set once we know your route and engagement.
Commanding a charter vessel? Your captain visa is coordinated with the crew file and any commercial permits.
From First Message to Approval
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1
Share your engagement
Tell us the vessel, your role and dates. We assess whether a visit visa or a work permit is the right footing.
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2
We prepare the file
Forms, competency papers and sponsor letters, aligned with the crew roster and the vessel permits.
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We file & sponsor
A licensed partner submits and guarantees your application through the official channels.
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Cleared to command
Your visa arrives by email, and we remain on hand for extensions, crew coordination and clearance.