English Harbour - Clearance
See the main Antigua Formalities page for full details and specific park fees payable in English and Falmouth Harbors.
For yachts clearing-in or out of English Harbor, the current operating hours for Customs and Immigration is 08:00 to 15:45.
General Clearance:
Yachts should anchor in the bay (Freeman’s Harbour) or go to a marina and hoist the Q flag. All offices are located in the old Officers’ Quarters building at Nelson’s Dockyard (a large, two-story rectangle building you will see as you approach the sea wall). On the east side of the building are three offices. If closed, go to the ‘Nelson’s Dockyard Marina Office’ who may be helpful in finding out if and when officials may return.
There is an eSeaClear office in the same building, just two doors down from Customs and Immigration. If you can’t submit notification using your own computer in advance, you can do it here on arrival. There are three workstations and helpful staff (who belong to the company who wrote the software). Print out the paperwork as directed.
National Parks Fees related to anchoring in English and Falmouth Harbors must also be paid at the Dockyard port authority office in English Harbor, in the same building as customs and immigration.
See the main Antigua Formalities page for full details and specific park fees payable in English and Falmouth Harbors.
On departure from English Harbour, harbour fees must be paid to collect the port clearance certificate. Once registered with eSeaClear outgoing clearance and later re-entry is straightforward.
Last updated: January 2022
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Almost every couple we met went together. No one cared that one of the couple “shouldn’t have been there”.
We filled out everything in Seaclear before arriving. We just gave the helpful officer our clearance from Guadeloupe and he used that to find us in the system and print what we needed. Everything took 15 minutes. Easy.
We had some work done by Cap Green and Slipway. In our opinion he is about the best electrical troubleshooter we have met! As an aside the Nelsons Dockyard marina currently does not have WiFi or showers. You can pay for a cold shower if you like but thought people might like to know
Posted on behalf of Max Terragni:
Just cleared in English Harbour. 7th February 2016
We are moored in Falmouth, we went ashore with our dinghy and 10 minutes walk we found English Harbour
The custom and immigration office is open Monday to Sunday 8 am to 4:45 pm.
I suggest to arrive with the eSeaClear form completed already, otherwise, there are computers available in the office.
I completed the entire process, custom, immigration and port authority for the cruising permit in less than 30 minutes.
Officers were friendly.