Talk:Visa policies of Overseas France

Saint Barthélemy and Mayotte
On 1 January Saint Barthélemy left the EU to become an OCT and Mayotte joined the EU as a OMR. Any sign that the visa policies have been changed yet? — Blue-Haired Lawyer t 15:32, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Timatic
Please go through Timatic. I've already noticed that West Indies have a visa-free policy for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines similar to that for Grenadian citizens and T&T citizens, but French Guiana does not extend the visa-free to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.--Twofortnights (talk) 22:20, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I've been working based on the official French site. I don't know if there's a way of getting Titamic information for every country at once - I'm pretty sure I don't have the patience to do several thousand individual searches (225*12 = 2700 searches).  If you're willing to do that then congratulations on your endurance!  You are of course welcome to correct, improve, add, or remove any information that I have added as is normal on Wikipedia. Kahastok talk 22:32, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There is a way to see the information at once, see the external links I posted.--Twofortnights (talk) 22:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Renaming article
The term "overseas departments and territories" is outdated. In 2003, France renamed most of its permanently inhabited territories "collectivities", while New Caledonia kept its own unnamed status. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands remain the only "territory", and Clipperton Island also has its own unnamed status. The common term to refer to all of these places seems to be "Overseas France", so I propose renaming the article "Visa policies of Overseas France". It's also shorter and avoids possible future changes in terminology. Any comments? Heitordp (talk) 06:39, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable.--Twofortnights (talk) 23:09, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

EU citizens
Although EU law only applies in the parts of Overseas France that are part of the EU (overseas departments and regions and Saint Martin), French law allows EU citizens to reside for an unlimited period also in the other parts of Overseas France like French Polynesia. The difference is that EU citizens can work freely in the EU parts, while in the other parts those who are not French citizens need a permit to work. But just for residing there is no restriction, EU citizens are not limited to a stay of 3 months like nationals of other countries. Heitordp (talk) 01:51, 30 May 2021 (UTC)