# Permanent Move to St. Helena (UK) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750 "2011-05-13T03:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/21 "2015-02-19T09:35:42Z")
Baah, St Helena is for wimps who want the soft life. Move to Kerguelen… **MrDibble** , whose father’s ancestors fled St Helena for beautiful Cape Town just as soon as they were able. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/22 "2015-02-19T10:22:33Z")
> [@JScion](#): > > I’m in same boat…eager to go far away from civilization. Pitcairn is actively seeking immigrants at the moment, with free land available. > **[Pitcairn Island Immigration](https://www.immigration.pn/)** ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/23 "2015-02-19T22:06:44Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > You also can’t work legally unless you have a proper British work visa. > > St. Helena is TINY and very remote. Even if you get your papers in order and move there, you better not need a lot of entertainment. You’ll be sharing a 47 square mile island with about 4,250 other people (Puerto Rico in comparison seems vast at 3,515 square miles). Can a _UK_ citizen just up and move to St. Helena without any specific authorization? I know that US citizens don’t need any sort of visa or other permit to live and work in Puerto Rico, but I was under the impression that some or all of the UK island territories didn’t work that way. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/24 "2015-02-19T22:25:46Z")
> [@JScion](#): > > I know this is old thread, but curious for an update on Pug’s actions. Given that **Pug** last posted on March 28, 2013, you’re quite unlikely to get one. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/25 "2015-02-19T22:30:52Z")
Guess he moved after all. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/26 "2015-02-19T22:54:09Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Baah, St Helena is for wimps who want the soft life. Move to Kerguelen… > > **MrDibble** , whose father’s ancestors fled St Helena for beautiful Cape Town just as soon as they were able. Kerguelen is the closest bit of land to the antipodes of my home, so I’ve always been fascinated by it. Sunken microcontinent inhabited only by penguins and seals, nothing but glaciers, icefields, rocks, and tundra. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/27 "2015-02-19T23:44:08Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Can a _UK_ citizen just up and move to St. Helena without any specific authorization? No, the tiny ones are too small to have any sort of unlimited right to move there, and they aren’t part of the UK anyway\*. Given the ability to support yourself and willingness to invest in the local economy, then I’m sure that it is possible though. - it’s complicated ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/28 "2015-02-20T13:25:20Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Kerguelen is the closest bit of land to the antipodes of my home, so I’ve always been fascinated by it. Sunken microcontinent inhabited only by penguins and seals, nothing but glaciers, icefields, rocks, and tundra. Hey now. Don’t sell them short! They have the Kerguelen Cabbage! Also, nowadays, feral reindeer, sheep, rabbits, cats and trout. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/29 "2015-02-20T13:30:17Z")
Also, wasn’t there a Biggles book about Kerguelen? ---
**Author:** ![JScion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@JScion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JScion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/30 "2015-02-20T23:30:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Guess he moved after all. haha very true ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750/31 "2015-02-23T21:07:23Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Can a _UK_ citizen just up and move to St. Helena without any specific authorization? I know that US citizens don’t need any sort of visa or other permit to live and work in Puerto Rico, but I was\*\* under the impression that some or all of the UK island territories didn’t work that way\*\*. Confirmed that it does not work that way in the Cayman Islands. UK residents need a visa to take up residence or work in Cayman. Moreover, Cayman has a policy of promoting geographic diversity when evaluating applications for a permanent residence status. Citizens of the UK get knocked 5 points because there are too many of their countrymen here. The French or Irish, on the other hand, get maximum points and thus have a bit easier time establishing PR. And as to St Helena… the [new Education Director in St Helena](http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2015/01/09/Education-chief-moving-to-St--Helena/) will be a transplant from Cayman. I assume she still needed a work visa from St Helena. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-move-to-st-helena-uk/581750.md?page=1)