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Designated Country/Territory List

Before obtaining your holiday visa, you will be required to undergo a medical examination if you have resided or spent time (6 or more consecutive months) in a designated country or territory, or for any time during the 1 year period immediately preceding the date of seeking entry (for 6 consecutive months).

A country/territory is designated if there is a 'Yes' in the column entitled 'Designated' in the following tables.

Designated Country/Territory List
Countries A-E
Country/Territory	Medical Office	Designated
Afghanistan	New Delhi	Yes
Albania	Paris	No
Algeria	Paris	Yes
American Samoa	Singapore	Yes
Andorra	Paris	No
Angola	Nairobi	Yes
Anguilla	Port of Spain	No
Antigua & Barbuda	Port of Spain	No
Argentina	Port of Spain	Yes
Armenia	London	Yes
Ascension	Paris	Yes
Australia	Singapore	No
Austria	Vienna	No
Azerbaijan	London	Yes
Azores	Paris	Yes
Bahamas	Port of Spain	Yes
Bahrain	London	Yes
Bangladesh	Singapore	Yes
Barbados	Port of Spain	No
Belarus	London	Yes
Belau - Republic of	Hong Kong	Yes
Belgium	Paris	No
Belize	Port of Spain	Yes
Benin	Paris	Yes
Bermuda	Ottawa	No
Bhutan	New Delhi	Yes
Bolivia	Port of Spain	Yes
Bora Bora	Singapore	Yes
Bosnia-Hercegovina	Vienna	Yes
Botswana	Nairobi	Yes
Brazil	Port of Spain	Yes
Brunei	Singapore	Yes
Bulgaria	Vienna	Yes
Burkina-Faso	Paris	Yes
Burundi	Nairobi	Yes
Cambodia	Singapore	Yes
Cameroon	Paris	Yes
Cap Vert	Paris	Yes
Central African Rep.	Paris	Yes
Chad	Paris	Yes
Chagos Archipelago	Nairobi	Yes
Chile	Port of Spain	No
China	Hong Kong	Yes
Colombia	Port of Spain	Yes
Comoros - Islamic Federal Republic	Nairobi	Yes
Congo - Democratic Republic (Kinshasa)	Paris	Yes
Congo - Republic (Brazaville)	Paris	Yes
Costa Rica	Port of Spain	No
Croatia	Vienna	Yes
Crozet Archipelago	Nairobi	No
Cuba	Port of Spain	No
Cyprus	Paris	No
Czech Republic	Vienna	No
Denmark	London	No
Desirade	Port of Spain	No
Djibouti	Nairobi	Yes
Dominica	Port of Spain	No
Dominican Republic	Port of Spain	Yes
Ecuador	Port of Spain	Yes
Egypt	London	Yes
El Salvador	Port of Spain	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Paris	Yes
Eritrea	Nairobi	Yes
Estonia	London	Yes
Ethiopia	Nairobi	Yes

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Designated Countries/Territories
Countries F-J
Country/Territory	Medical Office	Designated
Fiji	Singapore	Yes
Finland	London	No
France	Paris	No
French Guiana	Port of Spain	Yes
French Polynesia	Singapore	Yes
Gabon Republic	Paris	Yes
Gambia	Paris	Yes
Georgia	London	Yes
Germany	Vienna	No
Ghana	Paris	Yes
Gibraltar	Paris	No
Greece	Paris	No
Greenland	London	No
Grenada	Port of Spain	No
Guadeloupe	Port of Spain	No
Guam	Manila	Yes
Guatemala	Port of Spain	Yes
Guinea - Republic of	Paris	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Paris	Yes
Guyana	Port of Spain	Yes
Haiti	Port of Spain	Yes
Honduras	Port of Spain	Yes
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Yes
Huahine	Singapore	Yes
Hungary	Vienna	Yes
Iceland	London	No
India	New Delhi	Yes
Indonesia	Singapore	Yes
Iran	Paris	Yes
Iraq	Paris	Yes
Ireland	London	No
Island - Christmas	Singapore	Yes
Island - Easter	Port of Spain	Yes
Island - Lord Howe	Singapore	No
Island - Niue	Singapore	Yes
Island - Norfolk	Singapore	No
Island - Pitcairn	Singapore	No
Island - Truk	Manila	Yes
Island - Wake	Manila	Yes
Island - Yap	Manila	Yes
Islands - Admiralty	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Austral	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Balearic	Paris	Yes
Islands - British Virgin	Port of Spain	No
Islands - Canary	Paris	Yes
Islands - Cayman	Port of Spain	No
Islands - Cocos	Singapore	No
Islands - Cook	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Cooz	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Falkland	Port of Spain	No
Islands - Faroe	London	No
Islands - Gambier	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Kerguelen	Nairobi	Yes
Islands - Loyalty	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Marquesas	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Marshall	Manila	Yes
Islands - Midway	Manila	Yes
Islands - New Guinea	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Solomon	Singapore	Yes
Islands - Tokelau	Singapore	Yes
Islands - U.S. Trust Terr. of Pacific	Manila	Yes
Islands - U.S. Virgin	Port of Spain	No
Israel	Paris	No
Italy	Paris	No
Ivory Coast	Paris	Yes
Jamaica	Port of Spain	No
Japan	Manila	No
Johnston Atoll	Manila	Yes
Jordan	Paris	No

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Designated Countries/Territories
Countries K-O
Country/Territory	Medical Office	Designated
Kazakhstan	London	Yes
Kenya	Nairobi	Yes
Kiribati	Singapore	Yes
Korea (North)	Manila	Yes
Korea (South)	Manila	Yes
Kosrae	Hong Kong	Yes
Kuwait	London	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	London	Yes
Laos	Singapore	Yes
Latvia	London	Yes
Lebanon	Paris	No
Lesotho	Nairobi	Yes
Liberia	Paris	Yes
Libya	Paris	No
Liechtenstein	Paris	No
Lithuania	London	Yes
Luxembourg	Paris	No
Macao	Hong Kong	Yes
Macedonia	Vienna	Yes
Madagascar	Nairobi	Yes
Madeira	Paris	Yes
Maio	Singapore	Yes
Makatea	Singapore	Yes
Malawi	Nairobi	Yes
Malaysia	Singapore	Yes
Maldives	Singapore	Yes
Mali Republic	Paris	Yes
Malta	Paris	No
Martinique	Port of Spain	No
Maupiti	Singapore	Yes
Mauritania	Paris	Yes
Mauritius	Nairobi	Yes
Mexico	Port of Spain	Yes
Micronesia	Manila	Yes
Moldova	Vienna	Yes
Monaco	Paris	No
Mongolian People's Republic	Hong Kong	Yes
Montserrat	Port of Spain	No
Moorea	Singapore	Yes
Morocco	Paris	Yes
Mozambique	Nairobi	Yes
Myanmar - Union of	Singapore	Yes
Namibia	Nairobi	Yes
Nauru	Singapore	Yes
Nepal	New Delhi	Yes
Netherlands	Vienna	No
Netherlands Antilles	Port of Spain	No
New Britain	Singapore	Yes
New Caledonia	Singapore	Yes
New Guinea Mainland	Singapore	Yes
New Hebrides	Singapore	Yes
New Ireland	Singapore	Yes
New Zealand	Singapore	No
Nicaragua	Port of Spain	Yes
Niger	Paris	Yes
Nigeria	Paris	Yes
Northern Mariana	Manila	Yes
Northern Sinai	Paris	Yes
Norway	London	No
Oman	London	No

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Designated Countries/Territories
Countries P-S
Country/Territory	Medical Office	Designated
Pakistan	New Delhi	Yes
Palau	Manila	Yes
Panama	Port of Spain	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Singapore	Yes
Paraguay	Port of Spain	Yes
Peru	Port of Spain	Yes
Philippines	Manila	Yes
Poland	London	Yes
Ponape	Manila	Yes
Portugal	Paris	Yes
Puerto Rico	Ottawa	No
Qatar	London	No
Raiatea	Singapore	Yes
Reunion	Nairobi	Yes
Romania	Vienna	Yes
Russia	London	Yes
Rwanda	Nairobi	Yes
Sabah	Singapore	Yes
Saharawi Arab Democratic Rep.	Paris	Yes
San Marino	Paris	No
Sao Tome e Principe	Paris	Yes
Sarawak	Singapore	Yes
Saudi Arabia	London	Yes
Senegal	Paris	Yes
Serbia-Montenegro	Vienna	Yes
Seychelles	Nairobi	Yes
Sierra Leone	Paris	Yes
Singapore	Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Vienna	Yes
Slovenia	Vienna	Yes
Society Archipelago	Singapore	Yes
Somali Republic	Nairobi	Yes
South Africa - Rep. of	Nairobi	Yes
Spain	Paris	Yes
Sri Lanka	Singapore	Yes
St. Barthelemy	Port of Spain	No
St. Helena	Paris	Yes
St. Kitts - Nevis	Port of Spain	No
St. Lucia	Port of Spain	No
St. Martin	Port of Spain	No
St. Pierre et Miquelon	Paris	No
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Port of Spain	No
Sudan	London	Yes
Surinam	Port of Spain	Yes
Swaziland	Nairobi	Yes
Sweden	London	No
Switzerland	Paris	No
Syria	Paris	Yes

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Designated Countries/Territories
Countries T-Z
Country/Territory	Medical Office	Designated
Tahaa	Singapore	Yes
Tahiti	Singapore	Yes
Taiwan	Singapore	Yes
Tajikistan	London	Yes
Tanzania	Nairobi	Yes
Terre Australes et Antartiques	Paris	No
Thailand	Singapore	Yes
Tibet	Hong Kong	Yes
Togo	Paris	Yes
Tonga	Singapore	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	No
Tristan Da Cunha	Paris	Yes
Tuamotu Archipelago	Singapore	Yes
Tunisia	Paris	Yes
Turkey	Paris	Yes
Turkmenistan	London	Yes
Turks and Caicos	Port of Spain	No
Tuvalu	Singapore	Yes
Uganda	Nairobi	Yes
Ukraine	Vienna	Yes
United Arab Emirates	London	No
United Kingdom	London	No
United States of America	Ottawa	No
Uruguay	Port of Spain	Yes
Uzbekistan	London	Yes
Vanuatu	Singapore	Yes
Vatican City State	Paris	No
Venezuela	Port of Spain	Yes
Vietnam	Singapore	Yes
Wallis and Futuna	Singapore	Yes
Western Sahara	Paris	Yes
Western Samoa	Singapore	Yes
Yemen	London	Yes
Zambia	Nairobi	Yes
Zimbabwe	Nairobi	Yes

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Designated Country/Territory List

Designated Country/Territory List

Countries A-E

Designated Countries/Territories

Countries F-J

Designated Countries/Territories

Countries K-O

Designated Countries/Territories

Countries P-S

Designated Countries/Territories

Countries T-Z

Designated Lists